#Medieval

Matt Ufford

mattufford

Now that reading is having a moment, I'm gonna make a thread of the books I read this year. Not a list of recommendations, just my own lil 2020 journey.

Timppa Karjalainen

TimppaKarjalai1

Photo of the members of the 2nd East Turkestan Republic, most of whom died in a famous Il-12 plane crush by Irkutsk. The crush to this day theorized by some

dSTERLINGb

_theBrownprint_

2020 GRATITUDE THREADBefore I go into hibernation for a few winter weeks, I want to thank all the folks #onhere who helped get me through this year in big &

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

TheRaDR

True fact. Also, interestingly, this fact enabled probably the first major trans-friendly modern Jewish legal ruling. Kind of a story, so: thread.https://twitter.com/amydentata/status/935322429949227008 So. 2 Kings 2:11– Elijah the prophe

Maw

TheEbonyMaw

3 Likes = 1 Type of Pic/Aesthetic I find Interesting for whatever reason. 1. "Massive Space" 2. "Knights Vs. Overwhelming Odds." "Gritty Santa Reboots" 4. "Crusaders With Guns" 5. "Muscular

AQ

Evollaqi

Perhaps the most profound thing I took away from this book club session is that we shouldn't see the battle between Mu'tazilis and proto-Sunnis in the Mihna as one between

🕶 John Dyer

johndyer

Fun facts about the Blessed Virgin Mary (#BVM), the color #blue, and whiskey. #Blue is one of colors that appears least often in nature, so it was one of

C.S. Blennerhassett

CSBlenner

Pining for an escape from the damp and dank lockdown to somewhere exotic? Well, there are dozens of volcanic islands dubbed the 'Hawaii of the Atlantic' – some you might

Natania Barron

NataniaBarron

1 - Tonight's #ThreadThread is "All About #Jacquard." This complex patterned material is named after a Frenchman who invented the Jacquard loom in 1804. But before we take a look

Michael Livingston

medievalguy

Let me tell you about five numbers that haunt me: 35, 40, 30, 20, and 15 — the ages of five slaves recorded in the Slave Schedule of the 1850

Dr. Catherine Duigan 🇮🇪🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

c_duigan

Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey -- this small, thin, straight "Needle" river is represented on the Ysgol Gymuned #Pentraeth uniform #stayinglocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #naturalhistory #heritage #language #Wales #placename #thr

One Perfect HEADshot

HeadExposure

The Chateau fight scene from MATRIX RELOADED remains one of the most impressively crafted pieces of action cinema I've ever seen: exciting, precise, meaningful, kinetic. Every detail in this scene

Ben Kesling

bkesling

1. So there's all this abstract talk about counting absentee ballots and transparency and election observers...but what does the actual process look like?How does a vote get from the post

Clive Gabay doesn't think tories know what CRT is

CliveSG

This reminded me of a thread I've been meaning to make for while about another aspect of @QMUL /East End history that doesn't get enough attention, namely QMUL's links to

matthew remski

matthewremski

Following on yesterday’s “Nazis loved yoga” thread lede: from the 20th C on, this love has at times been mutual. This helps account for today’s hyper-aggressive, body-shaming, magical health libertarianism

Matthew Bristow

eric_180uk

1/19 Thanks @louisemiskell and @steelworlds for having me. I'm Matt Bristow and I'm a landscape archaeologist and local historian. I split my time between the @VCH_London at the @ihr_history and

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