The Medieval Globe

08/17/2018

Hotshot Peasant Has Window https://t.co/fJiY08aPnQ via

HOBSCROSS, BRITANNIA—Taking exception with the flashy, non-accidental opening in the Western wall of the thatched hut, the serf community expressed disapproval Monday after discovering that Ernault Bauldry, a hotshot peasant and laborer in Hobscross fields, has a window. “Well, la-di-dah, look w...

08/16/2018

Beautiful, devastating, and true.

Then we’ll adapt and start telling ourselves new stories, just as humans have always done.

08/15/2018

The Mysterious Landscapes of Heat-Scorched Britain

Prompted by the dry, hot summer, ancient ghosts have emerged from the earth. They’re both unsettling and strangely soothing.

08/15/2018

Retweeted Arc Humanities Press ():

The Beryozovo Cup: A Byzantine Object at the Crossroads of the Twelfth-Century Medieval World, by Alicia Walker in Re-Assessing the Global Turn in Medieval Art History ed by Normore https://t.co/kwqCrVPadu https://t.co/wJZTXE2AL7

08/14/2018

Hareu! Haro! Takehan!

Rosie Henderson kneels and cites Clameur de Haro to stop narrowing of road

08/12/2018

Retweeted Kathleen E. Kennedy ():

🚨 The wee coconut book is away. I repeat. The wee coconut book has been sent back to the editors, with images, permissions, and a first stab at a cover mockup. 🚨

08/12/2018

Retweeted Monica H Green ():

The study on walrus ivory being examined here is available : https://t.co/Y3koLp397M. Combined with Sarah Guerin's work on the African ivory trade (e.g., https://t.co/0bT4L1sx61), this would make a great case study for teaching. https://t.co/OGsbVYOoaq

“distract yourself from everything that's terrible and read my piece in ! it has Vikings, walruses, luxury items for the nobility, and the Black Death! https://t.co/R7pRQusbPM”

08/12/2018

Retweeted Monica H Green ():

This is a great public service to walk us all through the normal procedures of accessing these great repositories we work with as historians. I'm an old-timer, but as you note, we're always newbies again every time we work at a new institution. Thanks!

“Are you thinking about making your first trip to an archive or rare books library? Curious about the procedure for visiting them? Join me on my first trip to Westminster City Archives! Because no matter how long you’ve been doing fieldwork, you never stop being a newbie. https://t.co/O3h2hYwSW0...

08/10/2018

Everything we love about "Drunk History":
https://t.co/ZYSbA3SpEF. And hey, the recent episode featuring medieval events was even global! Mansa Musa! Ghengis Khan!

Sweet, filthy, and forgiving, it’s a corrective to the authoritative, we-know-better tone of most historical nonfiction.

08/09/2018

Retweeted 𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕥 𝔾𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕝𝕖 ():

distract yourself from everything that's terrible and read my piece in ! it has Vikings, walruses, luxury items for the nobility, and the Black Death!

https://t.co/R7pRQusbPM

08/07/2018

Could a return to strong, independent *medieval* cities and civic values be a counterweight to the failures and evils of extreme nationalism and the grip of late capitalism?

The city’s government is the heart of a new global political phenomenon.

08/07/2018

Duh.