#Medieval

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eksplaine

girls don't want boys girls want a spin-off series following Kate the Blacksmith from A Knight's Tale as she opens a forge in 14th century London yes i deleted it

Victoria County History

VCH_London

While #Lockdown rumbles on, there's still time to take advantage of our e-book #LockdownSale! For just £1.49 you can read some high-quality local history. The THREAD that follows profiles one

Incunabula

incunabula

A charter in Occitan, the oldest living language of France, dd 11 Nov 1289 ("Vo ydus novembris), conveying a vineyard by sale from P. Barrieira to Esteve Garcola 'a la

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

DrSueOosthuizen

The atmospheric earthworks of the deserted #medieval village of Nobold, Northants., first recorded in 1284 - the main street, house plots & their back yards clearly visible. Most of the

Dr Francis Young

DrFrancisYoung

Christmas elves are everywhere at the moment, but have you ever wondered *why* elves and fairies have pointy ears? Short answer: they are wild ass ears. Let me explain… (thread)

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410MLXVI

A short thread on The British origins of some Christmas traditions. The first Christmas card.Posted in England by Henry Cole. (1840s)Designed by John Callcott Horsley. The first Christmas cracker.Invented

Simon Maghakyan

simonforco

Many of you have been asking me about the future of Artsakh’s indigenous Armenian monuments. Here is a likely scenario of what will happen to them. 1/4 Azerbaijan will renovate

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

So far this year, we’ve taken three closed churches into our care. They were no longer needed for worship. Two would have been demolished.Our places of worship are the spiritual

DisabilityHistory

DisabilityHistr

Thread:1/nToday is #NationalDogDay!Time to re-examine the roles dogs have played in #DisHist!For centuries, artists have shown dogs accompanying blind subjects, performers & beggars across the world, suggesting that dogs lived/worked

KYP North Somerset

KYPNorthSom

The first written reference to Chelvey is in Domesday (1086), but the name itself indicates an earlier origin. “Chelvey” has Old English and Anglian origins, meaning ‘calf farm’. A farm

M is a wilbur apologist

TERAVAIINENS

Things I Think Dsmp! Technoblade Would Look Good In: A Thread THIS IS PURELY IF DSMP HAD A DARK FANTASY/MEDIEVAL AESTHETIC anime one srry

David H. Montgomery

dhmontgomery

A brief thread on medieval sovereign debt, inspired by unanswered questions after the finale of #GameOfThrones. Quotations are cited from James Macdonald’s history of sovereign debt, “A Free Nation Deep

Albert Bikaj

AlbertBikaj

I’m a graduate in Medieval Studies, and when I try to explain some myths about it, people look at me as if I was insane. The Enlightenment propaganda is so

Plashing Vole

PlashingVole

I see the Universities Minister intends to defund her own degree, History and Politics. It seems to have served her own career quite well.https://twitter.com/michelledonelan/status/1352268481954242560 But perhaps she feels the Humanities

AstralNaught

FlightAstral

Thread: Y “Bronze Age?” Is conquering spirit the main attribute admired by @bronzeagemantis? Bronze Age on equal or lesser footing with Roman, Crusader, & Mongols as conquerors...no. Bronze Age has

Lauren

sapheneias

Druids inhabited north-western Europe around 2000 years ago. The modern English word comes from the Latin ‘druidēs’; this is derived from the Proto-Celtic ‘druwides’ (‘oak-knower’), which itself is rooted in

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