Gem 📚 🔮 🍄 🏰 (she/her)
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Lover of history, weird little medieval drawings, wandering around anywhere old and possibly haunted, and fan of the Oxford comma.
December 1, 2024 at 6:51 PM
A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.
November 19, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Big mood. Some days be like that.
November 19, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Big mood. Some days be like that.
A letter from Joan D’Arc to the people of Rheims 1429CE. From her words to the people, kept safe for over 500 years through changes she couldn’t fathom to the eyes of a person who read obsessively about her as a child who teared up seeing her handwriting.
November 19, 2024 at 9:09 PM
A letter from Joan D’Arc to the people of Rheims 1429CE. From her words to the people, kept safe for over 500 years through changes she couldn’t fathom to the eyes of a person who read obsessively about her as a child who teared up seeing her handwriting.
A great episode about one of the best exhibitions I’ve been to.
Today on Gone Medieval I am once again enraptured by Joan of Arc’s actual signature, on show @britishlibrary. The #MedievalWomen exhibition is so great, and I'm helping you get hyped to see it, along with its curator Dr. Eleanor Jackson: eu1.hubs.ly/H0dGdWm0
Gone Medieval
From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to...
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November 19, 2024 at 9:00 PM
A great episode about one of the best exhibitions I’ve been to.
A few weeks ago, I went to the Medieval Women exhibition at The British Library. It’s beautifully curated and poignant! Staring at the work by and about these women was like hearing their voices shouting through the ages.
November 17, 2024 at 1:19 PM
A few weeks ago, I went to the Medieval Women exhibition at The British Library. It’s beautifully curated and poignant! Staring at the work by and about these women was like hearing their voices shouting through the ages.