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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 4d

I’m pleased to say you can now pre-order my next book, ‘Fairies: A History’ (out in February 2026) from
@politybooks.bsky.social. Thank you to Jeremy Harte, Simon Young, Jo Hickey-Hall and Owen Davies for such generous endorsements! 🌿📚 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 15h

I wrote about Latvia’s state-sanctioned endorsement of a modern pagan religion - and what that may mean for Europe’s religious future drfrancisyoung.com/2025/10/10/p...

Pagan dawn: Europe’s first pagan state religion in 638 years?

Members of the Dievturi religion at the Latvian Saeima, 9 October 2025 © Dievturi Sadraudze On Thursday the Latvian Saeima (parliament) passed a rather unusual law that, predictably, has escaped no…

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 20h

It is indeed a modern construct, ‘native faith’ is just the term used by anthropologists of religion for the neopagan religions of East-Central Europe

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 1d

Discovered a new incredibly based medieval person

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

An absolute giant, imo; he provided a crucial moral and intellectual victory over the apologists of the Teutonic Knights that was the crucial counterpart to Jogaila and Vytautas's military victory

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Although ironically the one thing AI seldom f***s up is spelling, even when it ruins everything else

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Flying a Spitfire with new parts feels like cheating, this is the proper way

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 1d

Had a great time catching up with @dannybate.bsky.social today, and super excited to get my hands on a copy of his new book!! I love learning about new topics and Why Q Needs U is a deep dive into the history of the nuts and bolts of written language- letters.

A man and woman smile at the camera. The woman is holding a book.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Purr-kūnas ⚡️

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

C’mon saddle up lads www.deutscher-orden.at/site/lang/en

Deutscher Orden: Brüder und Schwestern vom Deutschen Haus St. Mariens in Jerusalem

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

This does not surprise me in the slightest

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a big day for the Dievturība (native faith) movement in Latvia, as Latvia becomes the first country in Europe to enshrine the place of its pagan religion in law

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, definitely!

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly no, I wanted to see it but didn’t get there

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

He has a statue!

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Lithuanian biscuits companies are missing a trick by not marketing Grand Duchy Originals

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Norse Hagiography Network @networknorse.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the feast of St Denis of Paris, also known as St Dionysius. According to Gregory of Tours, Denis was one of the 7 bishops sent to Gaul by Pope Clement during the reign of Emperor Decius (r. 249-51). Denis preached in the region of Paris together with Rusticus & Eleutherius. (1/n)

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Butterwick was speaking to the British-Lithuanian Society on Tuesday evening about the transformative effect of Kristina Sabaliauskaitė's novel series 'Silva Rerum' on public perception of the LDK in Lithuania. An English translation is desperately needed so the LDK-maxxing can spread

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

OK, 'more' was a bit of an exaggeration - let's start with 'some'...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

I see there's movement happening in Vilnius towards an association for scholars who study the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; we need more LDK-focussed scholars in the UK! www.flf.vu.lt/bendros-nauj...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Well, quite

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Parlour pubs with sticky carpets and licences only to sell beer, cider and perry

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

No bitter? End times stuff

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t want pubs that stay open to the early hours (I’d fall asleep anyway), I want pubs that don’t randomly close at 9.30pm and that have more than one guest ale www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

"Piss-up to Help Out," I'm in

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much for pointing me in his direction!