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Holly March [ThornbackQuaintrelleVirago]
marcherwitch
see... this is what i thought... i shelved the book... but having spoken to my publisher and my editor i would humbly amend this to "contemporary POV"...i would never try
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Mateusz Fafinski
Calthalas
The illuminations in bestiaries were a little bit like the medieval memes - often standarised images that could mean many things to different readers and having many versions. And they
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Dr. Erik Wade
erik_kaars
I'm fascinated by what Bible stories medieval artists DON'T depict. Like the Philistines crafting golden hemorrhoids to appease God or David bringing Saul 200 Philistine foreskins as Saul asked, in
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Aristocratic Fury
LandsknechtPike
One of the crucial differences between modern wars and medieval wars is that in the middle ages, warfare was generally the domain of the wealthier and upper classes, while today
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Read The Signs
Semiogogue
Reconstructed patterns of Medieval floor tiles. Surviving Medieval floor tiles. Note relief on two of the examples. Dog hunting a hart. Woman with squirrel. Note the SQUIRREL! I just
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Friendless Churches
friendschurches
England has about 3,000 'lost' or deserted medieval villages.We have churches in a fair few of them. Like St Mary Magdalene, Caldecote: a weather-beaten majesty with embattled parapets, cinquefoil tracery
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: Kuršumlija is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of the southern Serbia. It is situated between Mt Kopaonik and Mt Radan. Outside of Serbia it is
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
ARE YOU READY TO COCOOOOO??Folks, folks, IT'S ON. You've been waiting for this, and it's time.Medieval. European. Coconuts.Friends, he DID find them. He found them at the shop. Yesterday we
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Dr Gillian Kenny
medievalgill
One of the important roles for the wife of a Gaelic chieftain in medieval Ireland was to act as a patron of poets. Women lavished hospitality on poets to ensure
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Dr. Erik Wade
erik_kaars
[TW: racism] Thread: In 1849, a London periodical called The Anglo-Saxon appeared with the stated goal of popularizing the term "Anglo-Saxon"as a racial & linguistic term tied to the early
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Dr. Erik Wade
erik_kaars
Thread: Did you know cats feature in early medieval law? The 10th-cent Welsh Laws of Hywel Dda listed the qualities of a good cat: “that it not devour its kittens,
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Florence of Northumbria #JusticeForOsimeBrown
FlorenceHRS
In light of the most recent controversy over the racist term 'Anglo-Saxon' I want to explain why it's important to have conversations about the existence of Black people, and wider
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Hamza
wingsforus
Has anyone ever done a thread here on Hiran Minar? Do you people know about it? I think its a pretty cool place and a good historical monument that gives
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Hope Doherty
EHopeDoherty
At the kind request of @Seb_Falk here is a #medievaltwitter thread about the Virgin Mary's girdle, as seen in this pic I posted yesterday:https://twitter.com/EHopeDoherty/status/12501158638580695051/ Mary's Assumption happened a short time
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Nemets
Peter_Nimitz
What are some historical questions you all would like to see answered? Pre-1492 only. I want to know cause & extent of Numic expansion, what happened in medieval Canadian arctic,
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Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ
bdaiwi_historia
The authentic-chasing camp mischaracterise the medieval Muslim debates on epistemological certainty, apodictic knowledge, and historical truth. The ḥadīth scholars of early Islam understood the nuances of this debate -- unlike
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