The medieval student

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What did the Welsh ever do for us? Well, if you attend Oxford then you pretty much owe the survival of your university to the Welsh Chancellor during a bloody riot in the 14th Century. Not that the Welsh, who were "never quiet", didn't enjoy a bit of violent debauchery too. Like most students at the time they enjoyed drinking, fighting and going to brothels.

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Can you help out a friend and fill in this short (like 5 minutes!) survey about teaching archaeology in schools?

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Christine de Pisan, ‘L'Epistre Othea la deesse…’, Paris ca. 1406 (BnF, Français 606, fol. 6r)

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#lovewins

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It's almost like we are taught to project how women are oppressed now onto the past rather than consider how roles have changed and question wether that's for the better... Women in medieval Europe were still oppressed. Still faced the prospect of violence daily (although, so did everyone) and their opportunities in life conditioned by sexism as well as class and good fortune. But they lead armies into battle, ruled kingdoms and fought civil wars against men for their right to the crown. They were excluded from universities but not from receiving an education and some of the most important literary resources from the Middle Ages were written by, or involved women authors (Christine de Pizan, Heloise, Paston letters etc). And yet are often portrayed as victims, as passive objects of beauty. Frail, weak, defenceless and without agency. Or just shadows in the background whimpering while the men get on with the brutal business of ruling (whether it's the household, or the county). I think that trope holds a mirror up to our own society and how women are oppressed today.

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A friend of mine is raising money for food banks in the UK because basically our government thinks poor people should starve so they stop claiming benefits. I think that’s the logic anyway. :p

Please help with donations and reblogs.

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U of York just finished this huge project called England's Immigrants (first result from a search) that archives tens of thousands of immigrants who were subject to immigrant taxes or submitted denization forms from 1330 to 1550. Turns out there ARE, in fact, a significant number of religious and racial minorities in England at the time, ranging from "Indian" wealthy merchant couples to servants to "converted" Jews to Saracen residents. And this list isn't even close to exhaustive, they say.

THIS IS SO COOL

There’s an interactive map, too!

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Architectural Veduta, attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini, ca. 1490-1500

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Medieval name tags from an orphanage.

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Memento Mori. The three living and the three dead. c.1480, British Library, Harley 2917, f119. http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=13168

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can we all please take a moment to appreciate karma in action.

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Omg

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Omg Alex @crowmemes

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purpleannoys that caption!

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grave-robbing hyena  Conrad of Megenberg, ‘Buch der Natur’, Germany ca. 1434.

Strasbourg, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Ms.2.264, fol. 78v

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Can you spot the medieval baby wearing?

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Two Medieval Monks Invent Bestiaries

By Mallory Ortberg on The Toast

MONK #1: do birds have meetings MONK #2: absolutely they have a Meeting Hat and everything MONK #1: what do they have meetings about MONK #2: mostly who gets to wear the meeting hat

MONK #1: do human women sleep in beds or– MONK #2: no that’s dogs you’re thinking of MONK #1: right right

MONK #1: what part of the knight do fish go on MONK #2: the head MONK #1: thanks MONK #2: oh absolutely no problem at all MONK #1: both lying flatwise across the head, or…? MONK #2: no one on each side like ears MONK #1: ok great

MONK #1: so when a dog and a bird make out MONK #2: right MONK #1: it’s usually the bird that’s on top right? MONK #2: yeah usually MONK #1: great

MONK #1: hey is it owls or people that live in caves and build fires? MONK #2: owls

MONK #1: hey roughly what size are sparrows MONK #2: mm it kind of depends MONK #1: like AS big as a tree or not quite as big as a tree? MONK #2: oh pretty much the same size as a tree

MONK #1: can cows sail boats? MONK #2: hahaha no common misconception they have to put wheels on the boat and roll it over land

MONK #1: what do birds eat MONK #2: other birds mostly MONK #1: like different kinds of birds, or something else MONK #2: no birds only eat exactly the same kind of birds that they are

MONK #1: what kind of bird tucks people into bed at night usually I mean MONK #2: any bird any kind of walking bird MONK #1: and when it tucks you in, people usually look… MONK #2: incredibly worried it’s incredibly worrying when the bedbird tucks you in

MONK #1: ugh sorry to bother you again MONK #2: no no its fine this is what i’m here for what is it MONK #1: what part of a goat is a snail again like the front end or the back end MONK #2: what part do you feel like should be the snail part MONK #1: the back part? MONK #2: you shouldnt doubt yourself you know more about goats than you give yourself credit for

MONK #1: what usually rides horses like people or– MONK #2: fire

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Tbh this is the funniest post on this dumb website

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Medieval Bookmark

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rabbit musician Le livre de Lancelot du Lac and other Arthurian Romances, Northern France 13th century.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 229, fol. 1r