the idyllic past that never happened

arthuriana, medievalism, bric-a-brac.. ■ she/they (25) - main @thisiswhattheycallafinecareer

[eclogues]

fuck therapy i’m becoming a knight

[performing-medievalist-nostalgia]

oh, huh. I kinda wrote about that once-

L'morte, an arthurian allegory (2023)

[kirikomamura]

[fairyhagmother]

the questing beast by far my fave Arthurian trope. what if trauma was some sort of terrifying, hybrid beast. Incredible

[prokopetz]

Speaking of medieval history, it's fun how the popular accounts are all "the peasantry disliked nobles, but typically loved the King and attributed any harmful decisions to bad advisors", and then the rare examples of surviving testimony from actual peasants are like "I hope the King literally explodes".

[prokopetz]

Popular histories: Medieval peasants understood themselves as inhabiting a cosmic order in which the King was their divinely appointed superior.

Actual medieval peasant: God, please set the King and everyone who looks like him on fire, Amen.

[greyplainsttrpg]

People assume, wrongly, that medieval peasants were uniquely stupid and subservient to the political order. This is not true. The truth is that chainmail armor is really hard to get through, and when the guy collecting you taxes is on a horse in full chain, weidling a sword that can kill you from roughly any position, it's hard to argue against unfair taxation models.

[sparrowlucero]

lindwyrms on a string

(available on my kofi as adoptables!)

[omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa]

Flags of the funeral procession "Memento Mori" (19th-20th centuries)

[rhymewithrachel]

They tried to stop me from drawing ghost knight but they CANT

[faithschaffer]

[prince4knights]

two meads in and i'm asking my knight if i can feel how sharp his blade is 🤦‍♂️ i'm giggling and kicking my feet too. should i ask him to press it against my neck or is that too forward

[fluentisonus]

they're trying to get me to do something called ""my job"" instead of reading about medieval english poaching laws

[slavicafire]

why don't you present yourself more femininely?

fat medieval hedgehog

[archiveofcanvas]

Anonymous painter (circle of Gerolamo Tessari), Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish (detail), 1518, Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua

[zzoupz]

tumblr are you telling me something

[zzoupz]

Very well. I shall find them, and save this kingdom.

[zzoupz]

Ganalf...

[cy-lindric]

Due to its surprising popularity on the many places it's been posted and reposted to, I decided to finally complete this little wlw sketch that I had kind of given up on. I'm hoping to have it riso printed soon !

[english-history-trip]

A Tudor salt dish, made between 1530-1550. The item itself is made using salt-glaze pottery, where salt was thrown into the kiln during clay firing to create a glossy, orange-peel-like texture. Formed into the shape of a woman in Tudor clothing, it was glazed with polychrome brown with some yellow to highlight the decoration. Measuring 16.9cm high, salt would have been held in the little dish coming out from the dress of the lady. Salt was a very valuable commodity in the Tudor period, and ownership of it was often a status symbol. Henry VIII had multiple salt holders in his possession upon his death, and his daughter Elizabeth I granted a patent for a new type of iron pan in the 1560s intended to increase salt production in Tyneside. Much salt at this time was imported to London from France, but during the 16th century there was a boom in salt production in Scotland. This salt dish was found in Cardiff's High Street in 1892 when workmen were digging the foundations for a Lloyd's Bank. It was broken and the base has since been heavily restored with plaster of paris. It is held today at St Fagans Gweithdy gallery, Cardiff.

[rosieandthemoon]

Hornberg Castle in Neckarzimmern, Germany

[vangoghcore]

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