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It don't mean a thing if you ain't got the bling! Gold rose bezants, real pearls and garnets, silk, gold metal thread and metalwork diadem.

#medieval #middleages #medievalwoman #bling #reenactment

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Ten Medieval Megaprojects That Shaped the World https://www.medievalists.net/2024/09/ten-medieval-megaprojects/ #MiddleAges

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500-year-old Transylvanian diaries reveal how the Little Ice Age shaped life and death

Researchers in Romania have delved into centuries-old documents to grasp how climate fluctuations in the 16th century impacted Transylvania, an area that’s now part of Romania...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/transylvanian-diaries-little-ice-age/

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500-year-old Transylvanian diaries reveal how the Little Ice Age shaped life and death

Researchers in Romania have delved into centuries-old documents to grasp how climate fluctuations in the 16th century impacted Transylvania, an area that’s now part of Romania. The research, which uses various old sources like diaries, travel notes, and monastery records, looks at the big shifts in weather during this time and how they changed human societies. The study, published on February 12 in Frontiers in Climate, shows how these climate changes had an impact on agriculture, public health, and the stability of society in the area...

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I am always impressed by the high quality in which history is presented in England.
A very good example of this is Battle!

August 2024

#ruins #ruine #ruin #ruinen #battle #hastings #WilliamtheConqueror #king #battlefield #normans #kingharold #harold #history #geschichte #englishheritage #museum #england #uk #gb #abbey #monochrome #photography #fotografie #Mittelalter #medieval #MiddleAges #knight #Ritter #sculpture #Skulptur

Wooden sculpture of two knights in Battle/Hastings (monochrome)

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Did you know that in the early #MiddleAges, the opposite of white wasn't black?

Our #colour perception & association aren't universal, culturally or by time.

An interesting example of this is #chess.

When the game came to #Europe, the sides were red and white: white is wisdom & innocence, red is war & intrigue.

#Medieval #knights in literature were also colour-coded.

White was the wise, older one, red the evil, otherwordly foe.

A black knight wanted to hide who they were.

#history

This is a painting from 1283 called 'Knights templar playing chess: illustration in Alfonso X’s', found in a book.

It shows a throne room, with many elaborate pillars in red and green with a bright blue background.

In the front of the picture is a massive chess board tilted towards us, with white and red sides. Two men, one blonde and one brunette, are sitting on either side of the board.

The brunette on the right has a black tunic under his templar great coat, while the blonde has a red hooded one. It is the blonde's turn.

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#MedievalWomen exhibition BOOK "Medieval Women: Voices & Visions" is available from the #BritishLibrary’s online bookshop https://shop.bl.uk/products/medieval-women-voices-visions

This beautifully illustrated, large format volume accompanies the BL's exhibition "Medieval Women: In Their Own Words" which seeks to recover women's voices, visions and experiences in Britain and Europe from around 1100 to 1500. #middleages @BLmedieval

a selection of detailed essays and some 40 studies...a rich and complex picture of their world

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What #archaeologists are learning from the discovery of 50 extremely rare Viking skulls in #Denmark 🇩🇰

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/denmark-rare-vikings-skulls-graves-archaeologists-b2632607.html

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#geschichte #histodons #history #histoire #archaeology #Archaeologie #archaeodons #vikings #MedievalStudies #medievalists #MiddleAges #Mittelalter

Skeletons and skulls sit in graves at an excavation site of a 10th century Viking burial ground in Aasum, Denmark (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

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“The legal profession had a sharp decline until the #MiddleAges where men began to study canon #law as a lifelong profession. The legal profession’s return was marked by the renewed efforts of church and state to regulate it. In 1275 a law was enacted that laid out a punishment for professional lawyers guilty of deceit.”

#history #LegalTech #LawFedi
https://testmaxprep.com/blog/lsat/lsat-prep-break-a-concise-history-of-lawyers