*The Medieval Globe* explores media of communication, connectivity, and exchange among medieval regions, communities, and individuals.
08/17/2018
Hotshot Peasant Has Window https://t.co/fJiY08aPnQ via
Hotshot Peasant Has Window 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.
Opinion | Our Hubris Will Be Our End 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
Opinion | 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.
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!
Guernsey resident halts roadworks with ancient plea Rosie Henderson kneels and cites Clameur de Haro to stop narrowing of road
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
𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕥 𝔾𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕝𝕖 on Twitter “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!
Sonja on Twitter “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!
The Healing Buzz of “Drunk History” Sweet, filthy, and forgiving, it’s a corrective to the authoritative, we-know-better tone of most historical nonfiction.
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?
Barcelona’s Experiment in Radical Democracy The city’s government is the heart of a new global political phenomenon.
Duh.