#Medieval

Neil Jackman

JackmanNeil

(CW human remains, child)...Great to see more of Dublin's Viking archaeology but is the evidence and interpretation a bit contradictory here? Evidence says the child was wrapped in a shroud,

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

No city is complete without walls: they define it and protect it from sprawling uselessly over the surrounding countryside. Now we can add one more qualification to the endless resume

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

I talk about WEIRD MEDIEVAL EUROPE a lot and how I wish more fantasy authors would take advantage of all that weirdness and I figured I should give a few

Zarrar Khuhro

ZarrarKhuhro

The law of #contempt has an interesting history. Stemming from medieval England where judges acted with the conferred authority of the King. Hence, any insult, perceived or otherwise, to them

Eagle Eye

SortedEagle

Barbaric is the only word that comes to mind when one thinks of what happened in Palghar, where two Juna Akhara Sadhus, Chikane Maharaj Kalpavrikshgiri (70), Sushil Giri Maharaj (35)

☦️ Елена Соломон

Mrs_Perepela

When you study history, you will learn that there were (and still are) places where people had different ways of understanding their relationships to their bodies and to healing. This

𝕊onja Drimmer

Sonja_Drimmer

1. Including a sculpture of a famous Holocaust Survivor and Jew in Washington Cathedral is Very Problematic, and I shall explain why in a thread that will probably unfold slowly.

Asim Ali

AsimAli6

The 'virile' Muslim male is a recurring trope in Hindu nationalist discourse, in opposition to which Hindutva adopts its hypermasculine stance. In their imagination, hypersexual Muslims were able to invade

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

Some interesting early maps of Cornwall — new post by me :) https://www.caitlingreen.org/2020/11/some-interesting-early-maps-of-cornwall.html Detail from the Anglo-Saxon world map in Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, dated c. 1025–50, probably

Marianne Fireemblem has OCD

CdRomelle

I've noticed some recurring historical inaccuracies that pop up in #TheOldGuard crusades-era fanfic. Would a history thread be helpful/welcome or should I just shut up and let people have

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

IAmSuyiDavies

I always find the “Africa is better off from the results of colonization” arguments amusing. What do people think happened with African empires & their European counterparts prior to colonization?

Sean W. Anthony

shahanSean

Sorry, but Muslim scholars did 𝒏𝒐𝒕 write about evolution, let alone natural selection, 1000 yrs before Darwin ..."A Thousand Years Before Darwin, Islamic Scholars Were Writing About Natural Selection" https://www.vice.com

Rutger K

AnotherAspirin

Is this medievalism? A #medievaltwitter #thread on a scene from the #Avengers (2012) that I've been thinking about a lot for no reason.Specifically, it's the scene where Loki kicks ass

WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹🏳️‍🌈

wgsaraband

Today, 6th of April 2020, marks the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath (1320), one of the most important documents in Scottish history. Here's a wee thread, from someone

Cania Citta

Cittairlanie

Gue pengen komen dikit hehe bener sih we cannot say *for sure* apakah sex makes people stay. Actually mungkin kita emg gak bisa isolate 1 faktor gitu utk nentuin orang

Spring Seeker

_forest_seeker_

Dragonfire: A Seeker theory. Although its obvious that dragons existed in some form or another, its never been clear to me what the ancients meant by their "firebreathing" capacity. Well,