Das gemeine Wip
@das-gemeine-wip.bsky.social
A living history project focusing on sexuality, sex work and women's medicine, bodies and identities in late medieval middle Europe.
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and https://wh1350.at/en/category/womens-stuff/
Instagram: @das.gemeine.wip
Mastodon: @das_gemeine_wip
and https://wh1350.at/en/category/womens-stuff/
1/5 Free spirits in the middle ages?
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
1/5 Free spirits in the middle ages?
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
Medieval people were not a monolith. In fact, we find lots of examples of people questioning the church and its moral teachings.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #reenactment
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Female masturbation as a grotesque on the townhall of Saint Quentin, France, likely 15th century
#medievalsexuality #medievalart #medieval #middleages #15thcentury #14thcentury #mittelalter #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky
#medievalsexuality #medievalart #medieval #middleages #15thcentury #14thcentury #mittelalter #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky
September 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Female masturbation as a grotesque on the townhall of Saint Quentin, France, likely 15th century
#medievalsexuality #medievalart #medieval #middleages #15thcentury #14thcentury #mittelalter #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky
#medievalsexuality #medievalart #medieval #middleages #15thcentury #14thcentury #mittelalter #livinghistory #reenactment #medievalsky
1/4 I just had to show you this incredible poem/ballad in full length.
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
August 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
1/4 I just had to show you this incredible poem/ballad in full length.
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
Now, if you have not heard of Francois Villon yet, you have been missing out. At least take some time for his Wikipedia Entry. The guy has an insane vita.
#medievalsky
Do you know what the riddle is talking about?
Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
#medievalsky
Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
#medievalsky
August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Do you know what the riddle is talking about?
Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
#medievalsky
Answer in the first comment 😉
The exeter book of riddles offers a variety of spicy and fun riddles, we solved two of them in earlier posts. Wikisource offers a translation where you find all of them for your next party-conversations 😀
#medievalsky
🧵 1/ CW: domestic violence
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
August 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🧵 1/ CW: domestic violence
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
The old woman's lament/old woman's confession is a very common trope in late medieval poetry and tells us about marginalised women's experiences.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #womenshistory #livinghistory #reenactment
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@skepticannika.bsky.social @berndharder.bsky.social @hummler.bsky.social und ich sprachen mit @das-gemeine-wip.bsky.social und @geschichtsfenster.bsky.social
www.wtf-leipzig.de/wtf-talk/
www.wtf-leipzig.de/wtf-talk/
July 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
...And nowadays, they will send you a "wyd, 🍆💦🍑"...
#medievalsky #livinghistory #13thcentury #medievalsexuality
#medievalsky #livinghistory #13thcentury #medievalsexuality
July 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
...And nowadays, they will send you a "wyd, 🍆💦🍑"...
#medievalsky #livinghistory #13thcentury #medievalsexuality
#medievalsky #livinghistory #13thcentury #medievalsexuality
1/5 An impressive example of the request for sex work services among the population was the Council of Constance from 1414-1418.
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
July 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
1/5 An impressive example of the request for sex work services among the population was the Council of Constance from 1414-1418.
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
The council is a terribly interesting story, which you should read up on, but it is too long to tell here.
#medievalsky #livinghistory #mittelalter #medievalwomen
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👩⚔️Im 223. WildMics-Special ging es um die Legende der antiken Kriegerinnen.
Gab es Frauen in Rüstung mit Schwert, die in vorderster Front kämpften, oder nicht?
Mit @das-gemeine-wip.bsky.social , @geschichtsfenster.bsky.social & @tommykrappweis.de
hoaxilla.com/wildmics-spe...
Gab es Frauen in Rüstung mit Schwert, die in vorderster Front kämpften, oder nicht?
Mit @das-gemeine-wip.bsky.social , @geschichtsfenster.bsky.social & @tommykrappweis.de
hoaxilla.com/wildmics-spe...
July 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
👩⚔️Im 223. WildMics-Special ging es um die Legende der antiken Kriegerinnen.
Gab es Frauen in Rüstung mit Schwert, die in vorderster Front kämpften, oder nicht?
Mit @das-gemeine-wip.bsky.social , @geschichtsfenster.bsky.social & @tommykrappweis.de
hoaxilla.com/wildmics-spe...
Gab es Frauen in Rüstung mit Schwert, die in vorderster Front kämpften, oder nicht?
Mit @das-gemeine-wip.bsky.social , @geschichtsfenster.bsky.social & @tommykrappweis.de
hoaxilla.com/wildmics-spe...
1/4 In medieval stories like the Decameron, we often hear about priests and monks who had a hard time sticking to their vow of celibacy.
#medievalsky
#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
#medievalsky
#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
July 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
1/4 In medieval stories like the Decameron, we often hear about priests and monks who had a hard time sticking to their vow of celibacy.
#medievalsky
#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
#medievalsky
#medievalsexuality
#livinghistory
#reenactment
The book of the civilised man is a collection of advice for young noble men.It goes from pratical advice via moral lessons to table-manners and personal grooming. The author also included advice on how to treat women and sexual urges. And spoiler alert, he is not a huge feminist. 😀
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
May 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The book of the civilised man is a collection of advice for young noble men.It goes from pratical advice via moral lessons to table-manners and personal grooming. The author also included advice on how to treat women and sexual urges. And spoiler alert, he is not a huge feminist. 😀
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
The humanist and later Pope Pius II visited Vienna in the 1450s and was apparently shocked at what he encountered.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
May 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The humanist and later Pope Pius II visited Vienna in the 1450s and was apparently shocked at what he encountered.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #latemedieval #middleages #mittelalter #medievalwomen #14thcentury #15thcentury #livinghistory #reenactment
1/4 Therapeutical masturbation is often known to modern people as a weird victorian practice, but it is actually much older, going back to the times of Hippokrates and Galen.
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
March 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
1/4 Therapeutical masturbation is often known to modern people as a weird victorian practice, but it is actually much older, going back to the times of Hippokrates and Galen.
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
#medievalsky #medievalwomen #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth
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finally updated my computer, and now "æ" is long hold + 6 rather than long hold + 5. really slowing me down with this æthelwold research LOL #medievalsky
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
finally updated my computer, and now "æ" is long hold + 6 rather than long hold + 5. really slowing me down with this æthelwold research LOL #medievalsky
1/2 A sex worker in her makeshift leaf and twig shelter/tent on a market with a client.
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
February 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
1/2 A sex worker in her makeshift leaf and twig shelter/tent on a market with a client.
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
Sex workers were traveling for occasions in which many people and therefor potential clients came together.
#medievalsky #medievalsexuality #livinghistory #14thcentury #medievalwomen #womeninhistory
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Just three weeks until the One Man Conference! 12 hours of one buildings archaeologist battling with his own throat...
More info & bookings:
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More info & bookings:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-man-co...
February 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just three weeks until the One Man Conference! 12 hours of one buildings archaeologist battling with his own throat...
More info & bookings:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-man-co...
More info & bookings:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-man-co...
1/2 This lyrical call to non-monogamy was written by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou and btw. the grandfather of famous Eleanore of Aquitaine.
Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
#medievalsky
Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
#medievalsky
February 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1/2 This lyrical call to non-monogamy was written by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou and btw. the grandfather of famous Eleanore of Aquitaine.
Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
#medievalsky
Next to working politics and going on crusade, he was also a poet. Only a handfull of his poems survived.
#medievalsky
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Der Widerstand beginnt sich zu formieren.
Robert B. Hubbell
Robert B. Hubbell
The resistance begins to coalesce.
February 4, 2025
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February 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Der Widerstand beginnt sich zu formieren.
Robert B. Hubbell
Robert B. Hubbell
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@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
📣 UPDATE: OK, still working with some others to figure out the best way to present it all, but in the meantime here's the first batch of links to the most-recent archived versions of every page at the CDC prior to the Trump/Musk Purge:
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
In which I provide links to archived versions of every CDC.gov page available pre-purge (Part 1 of 15)
As horrific as it is that the Trump/Musk Administration is purging data from federal websites, it's good to know that the Internet Archive has been archiving much of it. However, in addition to the Ar...
acasignups.net
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
You can't do right by our friend Berthold, he just loves to complain about women.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
January 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You can't do right by our friend Berthold, he just loves to complain about women.
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
#medievalsexuality #medievalsky #livinghistory #reenactment #womeninhistory #medievalwomen #costuming
So damn relateable!.... also should probably look after my turnshoes...
When you're a historical reenactor and you need to get your kit ready for the new season 🤣🤣🤣 (We've all been there!)
#historicalreenactment #reenactment #reenactor #historicalreenactor #sealedknot #history #historical #kit
#historicalreenactment #reenactment #reenactor #historicalreenactor #sealedknot #history #historical #kit
January 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So damn relateable!.... also should probably look after my turnshoes...
1/5 Let's talk about the medieval strophium!
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky
January 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
1/5 Let's talk about the medieval strophium!
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky
What did people do before supportive underwear was a thing (and perhaps in more rural, working class contexts)?
We know from medieval text sources, that bandaging breasts was a solution, that people with larger breasts used.
#livinghistory #medievalsky