Dr Christopher Monk
@medievalmonk.bsky.social
Medieval manuscripts, languages & cultures. I write about & cook medieval food @ modernmedievalcuisine.com; create public history content for heritage professionals & collaborate with creatives: https://www.themedievalmonk.com/projects--publications.html
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Christmas Caudle
This is a wonderful Christmas drink! You’ll fine my easy-to-follow, modern-medieval recipe, based on one from the early fifteenth-century.
modernmedievalcuisine.com
It's time for my new Christmas Caudle, based on a recipe from about 600 years ago! I do hope you'll try making this delicious Christmas tipple.
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Good morning from Cheshire.
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Good morning from Cheshire.
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More light in the darkess: "Mariana and the Black Whippets" by our former Dartmoor neighbour David Wyatt.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
More light in the darkess: "Mariana and the Black Whippets" by our former Dartmoor neighbour David Wyatt.
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The totally stunning 17th century Riding House at Bolsover Castle, where William Cavendish practised and mastered the art of manège - a subject he also wrote extensively about.
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The totally stunning 17th century Riding House at Bolsover Castle, where William Cavendish practised and mastered the art of manège - a subject he also wrote extensively about.
It's delicious! It takes like liquid zabaglione with a hit of warm spice. It does not taste like Advocaat! 🤣
It's time for my new Christmas Caudle, based on a recipe from about 600 years ago! I do hope you'll try making this delicious Christmas tipple.
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
Christmas Caudle
This is a wonderful Christmas drink! You’ll fine my easy-to-follow, modern-medieval recipe, based on one from the early fifteenth-century.
modernmedievalcuisine.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It's delicious! It takes like liquid zabaglione with a hit of warm spice. It does not taste like Advocaat! 🤣
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
It's time for my new Christmas Caudle, based on a recipe from about 600 years ago! I do hope you'll try making this delicious Christmas tipple.
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
Christmas Caudle
This is a wonderful Christmas drink! You’ll fine my easy-to-follow, modern-medieval recipe, based on one from the early fifteenth-century.
modernmedievalcuisine.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's time for my new Christmas Caudle, based on a recipe from about 600 years ago! I do hope you'll try making this delicious Christmas tipple.
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
It's time for my new Christmas Caudle, based on a recipe from about 600 years ago! I do hope you'll try making this delicious Christmas tipple.
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
Christmas Caudle
This is a wonderful Christmas drink! You’ll fine my easy-to-follow, modern-medieval recipe, based on one from the early fifteenth-century.
modernmedievalcuisine.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's time for my new Christmas Caudle, based on a recipe from about 600 years ago! I do hope you'll try making this delicious Christmas tipple.
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
modernmedievalcuisine.com/2025/12/14/c...
Boozy fig tartlets. My adaptation of a 15th-century recipe is FREE to download during December.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Boozy fig tartlets. My adaptation of a 15th-century recipe is FREE to download during December.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
In the run up to Christmas you can get my fig tartlets recipe for FREE.
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In the run up to Christmas you can get my fig tartlets recipe for FREE.
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
In the run up to Christmas you can get my fig tartlets recipe for FREE.
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In the run up to Christmas you can get my fig tartlets recipe for FREE.
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
In the run up to Christmas you can get my fig tartlets recipe for FREE.
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In the run up to Christmas you can get my fig tartlets recipe for FREE.
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Based on a 15th-cent bake metes recipe.
Perfectly spiced and a little boozy.
Check out my shop for other ideas for medieval Christmas pastries.
buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/49366
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
My area has a few nesting bald eagles, but we tend to have more eagles during the winter.
Here's one of my favorite eagle in flight photographs.
Full-res preview and prints here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/bal...
📷 #birds #wildlife #nature
Here's one of my favorite eagle in flight photographs.
Full-res preview and prints here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/bal...
📷 #birds #wildlife #nature
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My area has a few nesting bald eagles, but we tend to have more eagles during the winter.
Here's one of my favorite eagle in flight photographs.
Full-res preview and prints here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/bal...
📷 #birds #wildlife #nature
Here's one of my favorite eagle in flight photographs.
Full-res preview and prints here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/bal...
📷 #birds #wildlife #nature
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
Apple Cinnamon Tear & Share. Maybe make one to share over a chat with a neighbour or friend. Find the recipe and a bite-sized history now at my website www.myhistoricaltable.com
By @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social
By @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Apple Cinnamon Tear & Share. Maybe make one to share over a chat with a neighbour or friend. Find the recipe and a bite-sized history now at my website www.myhistoricaltable.com
By @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social
By @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social
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This dragonfly is a Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens). It was preening its tarsus as it rested on a branch.
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #photography #dragonflies #insects
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #photography #dragonflies #insects
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This dragonfly is a Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens). It was preening its tarsus as it rested on a branch.
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #photography #dragonflies #insects
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #photography #dragonflies #insects
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My Baked Blueberry Basque Cheesecake. Over on my website www.myhistoricaltable.com I have a bite-size history of this wonderful cake. Have a little look-see if you like food history. Run by me @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social Join me at my table ✌️🫶
#foodsky #skystorian
#foodsky #skystorian
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My Baked Blueberry Basque Cheesecake. Over on my website www.myhistoricaltable.com I have a bite-size history of this wonderful cake. Have a little look-see if you like food history. Run by me @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social Join me at my table ✌️🫶
#foodsky #skystorian
#foodsky #skystorian
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Thessaloniki: A Food Lovers Paradise
Bougatsa, bouyourdi, roast red peppers, fried cheese, patsas, soutzoukakia, leek keftedes...So many delicious dishes...check this lovely interview with Meni:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#food #podcast #thessaloniki #greekfood #traditionalfood
Bougatsa, bouyourdi, roast red peppers, fried cheese, patsas, soutzoukakia, leek keftedes...So many delicious dishes...check this lovely interview with Meni:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#food #podcast #thessaloniki #greekfood #traditionalfood
Thessaloniki - A Food Lovers Paradise!
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 22/10/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thessaloniki: A Food Lovers Paradise
Bougatsa, bouyourdi, roast red peppers, fried cheese, patsas, soutzoukakia, leek keftedes...So many delicious dishes...check this lovely interview with Meni:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#food #podcast #thessaloniki #greekfood #traditionalfood
Bougatsa, bouyourdi, roast red peppers, fried cheese, patsas, soutzoukakia, leek keftedes...So many delicious dishes...check this lovely interview with Meni:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#food #podcast #thessaloniki #greekfood #traditionalfood
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
A mini-🧵 & episode: (1/2)
Lynceus of Samos, a Greek gastronomic author of circa 300 BCE, and pupil of Theophrastus in his letter to Diagoras included an extended comparison of Rhodian with Athenian culinary delicacies. [...]
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Lynceus of Samos, a Greek gastronomic author of circa 300 BCE, and pupil of Theophrastus in his letter to Diagoras included an extended comparison of Rhodian with Athenian culinary delicacies. [...]
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Archestratus Life of Luxury Pt 1 -Quotes from Athenaeus
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 25/07/2023 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A mini-🧵 & episode: (1/2)
Lynceus of Samos, a Greek gastronomic author of circa 300 BCE, and pupil of Theophrastus in his letter to Diagoras included an extended comparison of Rhodian with Athenian culinary delicacies. [...]
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Lynceus of Samos, a Greek gastronomic author of circa 300 BCE, and pupil of Theophrastus in his letter to Diagoras included an extended comparison of Rhodian with Athenian culinary delicacies. [...]
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
Spotted Richard III Society repeating the myth that rude carvings in churches were put there by unpaid masons. Instead they relate to a form of spirituality called negative mysticism: achieving salvation by resistance to temptation. More here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Spotted Richard III Society repeating the myth that rude carvings in churches were put there by unpaid masons. Instead they relate to a form of spirituality called negative mysticism: achieving salvation by resistance to temptation. More here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
I'm back with a winter season of online talks, starting with Dating Ancient Buildings.
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm back with a winter season of online talks, starting with Dating Ancient Buildings.
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
OK. 6/10. 😄 But was my first experiment w/ England's earliest recipe for crêpes, late 1200s, written in Anglo-Norman (French). No milk, no egg yolk in the batter. I must make the batter thinner. Difficult to manoeuvre in the pan, which btw was probably deeper than a frying pan.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OK. 6/10. 😄 But was my first experiment w/ England's earliest recipe for crêpes, late 1200s, written in Anglo-Norman (French). No milk, no egg yolk in the batter. I must make the batter thinner. Difficult to manoeuvre in the pan, which btw was probably deeper than a frying pan.
This is well worth reading. Thoughtful, and offers good evidence. Funny, too. 🤣 I must be one of the naughty ones alluded to in the article.
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #18: Sex, Stonemasons & the Sacred - Triskele Heritage
26 September 2022 In 1517, a flamboyant new gatehouse was under construction at Canterbury Cathedral. Built in a late-flowering example of the Perpendicular Gothic style, the Christchurch Gateway feat...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is well worth reading. Thoughtful, and offers good evidence. Funny, too. 🤣 I must be one of the naughty ones alluded to in the article.
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
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Well, what a strange and wonderful survival this is…a turf maze dating from 1660! 🤩
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Well, what a strange and wonderful survival this is…a turf maze dating from 1660! 🤩
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
I don't usually make champagne cocktails -- just drink the champagne! -- but we had a chilled, gifted bottle of Californian sparkling brut (good substitute), and sugar cubes, Angostura bitters, and cheapo brandy, so made a couple to celebrate exchange of contracts on our new home. Not half bad! 😆
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I don't usually make champagne cocktails -- just drink the champagne! -- but we had a chilled, gifted bottle of Californian sparkling brut (good substitute), and sugar cubes, Angostura bitters, and cheapo brandy, so made a couple to celebrate exchange of contracts on our new home. Not half bad! 😆
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
Tea cups. One for smelling one for drinking the tea.
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Tea cups. One for smelling one for drinking the tea.
Whisky sour. I like to make a few cocktails on holiday.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Whisky sour. I like to make a few cocktails on holiday.