Basil Dragonstrike @BasilDragonstrike@medievalist.masto.host

The theft of relics:
https://daily.jstor.org/when-monks-went-undercover-to-steal-relics/

Not medieval, but very relevant for these days:
https://daily.jstor.org/anti-asian-racism-in-the-1817-cholera-pandemic/

What to do when the plague is over? How about, erect a column:
https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-memorialize-a-plague/

Fimbulwinter: prediction or folk-memory?:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/04/surviving-climate-change-in-6th-century-finland/

The ship "Mary Rose" sunk in 1545. Among the artifacs recovered is some chain mail. Butted brass link chain mail. Yes, I'm serious:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/04/what-x-rays-reveal-about-16th-century-armour-from-the-mary-rose/

Medieval touch:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/04/touch-middle-ages/

No, a Cathar is not a medical device:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/04/guide-cathars/

The longbow's effect on England was not limited to the field of battle:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/english-military-revolution/

"Spoiler"--the unmounted men at arms were equally important. };-)

T.P. is medieval Who know?
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/medieval-invention-toilet-paper/

Polo on donkeys? Yep.
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/tang-dynasty-noblewoman-buried-with-her-donkeys-for-the-love-of-polo/
Warning: photo of a donkey skull.

Arabs/Mulims of the 9th century knew abou India and China.
https://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/comparing-china-and-india-in-the-9th-century/

BTW, today (March 24) is the 417th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth I.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth II is still chugging along. ;-)

Russian dragons' shape changed across the years. What meaning does that have?
https://daily.jstor.org/how-saint-georges-dragon-got-its-wings/

Yes, people really did memorize loooong poems:
https://daily.jstor.org/how-do-we-know-that-epic-poems-were-recited-from-memory/

Why couldn't anyone in the Middle Ages draw a lion?
https://daily.jstor.org/why-are-medieval-lions-so-bad/
(no, the lions weren't bad, the artists were)

Want to portray a Mongol? Learn to like millet!
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/how-millets-sustained-mongolias-empires/

Old saint, old bones (warning! photos of bones):
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/bones-belong-to-seventh-century-saint-researchers-confirm/

Carnival and Lent Allegory:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/03/carnival-vs-lent-a-food-fight-of-epic-silliness/

How to avoid being executed:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/saved-execution-middle-ages/

Vikings who did weird things to their teeth:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/vikings-their-filed-teeth/

Women and Elizabethan theater:
https://daily.jstor.org/the-rowdy-women-of-early-modern-theater/

Wanna buy a castle? I've got two for you to look at:
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/french-castle-for-sale-manoir-de-la-sausserie/
https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/16th-century-scottish-castle-for-sale/

Two museum exhibits I wish I could see:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/combining-chivalry-and-technology-the-last-knight-and-making-marvels-at-the-metropolitan-museum/

If you are what you eat, here's help for becomeing medieval:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/modern-foods-medieval-origins/
(including the Frisky Goat Story!™)

Medivalists.net has a bunch of god ones - - -

Looking for gender equality in the Middle Ages? Try Scandinavia:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/gender-equality-and-the-vikings/

How about a lusty, free-speaking woman? Try Wales:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/01/gwerful-mechain-and-the-joy-of-medieval-sex/?utm_source=Sovrn_recirc&utm_medium=Bibblio_widget

Do you often wake up in the middle of the night, then soon fall asleep again? You're medieval!:
https://www.medievalists.net/2016/01/how-did-people-sleep-in-the-middle-ages/?utm_source=Sovrn_recirc&utm_medium=Bibblio_widget

Medieval advice:
https://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10-great-tips-from-the-middle-ages/?utm_source=Sovrn_recirc&utm_medium=Bibblio_widget

Vegitarians aren't entirely new:
https://www.medievalists.net/2018/01/the-medieval-vegetarian/

How to throw your weight around, medievally:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/siege-engines-during-the-crusades/

Oh, go outside and play--in medieval London:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/sports-medieval-london/

Wise words are always welcome:
https://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/wise-words-from-the-9th-century/

A couple of good ones from medievalists.net - - -

Do you know almost nothing about early medieval art styles? Here's a quick look over the field:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/early-medieval-art/

Continuing the trend of the last few years of looking outside Europe--an exhibition of Medival African Art:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/medieval-africa-spotlighted-in-new-exhibition-at-the-aga-khan-museum/
(makes we wish I could get to eastern Canada)

Textiles and clothes from Byzantium---two museum shows:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/two-medieval-textile-exhibitions-open-in-washington-d-c/

Have you ever come across the phrase "broken on the wheel"? This is what that means:
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/archaeologists-discover-medieval-man-broken-on-the-wheel/

Do movie makers and book writers distort history for a "better" story? Yes. Is that a modern-only bad habit? No.
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/how-richard-the-lionheart-got-his-name-the-epic-version/