Basil Dragonstrike @BasilDragonstrike@medievalist.masto.host

A couple of much-needed series, as antidotes to the misunderstandings of the Middle Ages, esp. the neo-fascists' lies:

https://www.publicmedievalist.com/gsma-toc/

https://www.publicmedievalist.com/race-racism-middle-ages-toc/

Relevant to (most of) our interests:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/06/in-defence-of-the-society-for-creative-anachronism/

Very positive discussion of the SCA.

Who were you, a thousand years ago?

http://www.medievalists.net/2019/06/who-were-you-1000-years-ago/

I was Leif Erikson. ;-)

The Banū Mūsā and their book:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/book-of-ingenious-devices

Pointy medieval shoes:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-europeans-pointy-shoes?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Medieval flying:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/06/history-flying-middle-ages/

Interesting that both ʻAbbās and, a century and a third later, Eilmer, blamed their crashes on not having a tail on their "machines". ;-)

Medieval? Yes, actually. From stage-crazed parents to lazy students:

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/nine-things-didnt-know-medieval/

Article on how wide the Medieval world was, and why studying that whole world is a good idea:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/why-we-need-to-think-about-the-global-middle-ages/

The magazine mentioned in that article, "Journal of Medieval Worlds," can be found at:
https://jmw.ucpress.edu/
It looks like they'll be putting all the articles online. Yay! Note that links to *everything* (reviews, etc.) are at:
https://jmw.ucpress.edu/content/1/1

I've already bookmarked this, and will read it as I have time.

Seems the SCA is soon going to have its second Queen By Right Of Arms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Veg89x51YA&feature=youtu.be

Huzzah! :-)

"To Hell and back" Orpheus did it in Greece, Hadingus in Scandinavia:

http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/the-dead-mans-prophecy-and-a-roundtrip-to-hell-the-early-adventures-of-hadingus/

So, what did peasants eat? Medievalists.net gives their answer:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/what-did-medieval-peasants-eat/

I'm sure many of you, or most, know of the "Modern History" channel on YouTube. I've been going through the old-ish ones. I rather like this one, especially from about 5:30 on, where he's talking about what it would have been like, getting horses, men, etc. on ships to cross the English Channel. He makes some good points I had never considered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDebB0kqO9Q&list=PLEdnpoTDGX7LE454gNUJrm2pMD3wpLOVY&index=40

"... and not a single blow has yet been struck in anger."

Some info on da Vinci:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/whats-new-with-leonardo-da-vinci/

Some claim that laundresses in the Middle Ages were reviled as poor, dirty, prone to prositution, etc.

That's completely wrong, and here's an article showing it:
https://www.academia.edu/38587266/Laundry_Ladies_in_Medieval_Poland

Oh, and there's two side items I picked up from that article: (1) bright white handtowels were an example of conspicuous consumption and (2) there's a town named Monsterberg. ;-) (page 142)

10 "superheroes" from Medival myth and legend:
http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/top-ten-superheroes-of-the-middle-ages/

Quiz for you all.
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/how-much-latin-can-you-remember/
I got 10 out of 10, so there.