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Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!

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a year ago 16 votes
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars

A history of the monastic high life

a year ago 58 votes
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns

Plus a little history of manuscript illustration

a year ago 58 votes
Why is medieval art so weird?

Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and the future historic legacy of explicit images of Garfield the cat.

a year ago 56 votes
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!

Travels, murders, and......eels?!!

a year ago 70 votes

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Collections: The Strange Armor of Dragon Age: The Veilguard

This week we’re going to have a bit of fun looking at some of the interesting armor choices for the recent Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In a way, this is an extension of the post on “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor,” because I think Veilguard provides a pretty exceptional example of visual character-design armor … Continue reading Collections: The Strange Armor of Dragon Age: The Veilguard →

23 hours ago 3 votes
Our Defenders (1976)

Even if a bit inappropriate, given politics, here is a cool Russian pop-up book. Not really space flight oriented but still interesting. Our Defenders was a book illustrating the Russian military including battlefield rockets. The images are stereotypical of Soviet times and an interesting choice for a children's book. Mihalkov. Sergei. Illustrated by Beslik, A. НАШИ ЗАЩИТТНИКИ (Our Defenders.) Moscow: Baby Publishing (Mayysh) House. (16 p.) 1976.

21 hours ago 3 votes
Hidden Portrait Found Beneath Titian Masterpiece

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23 hours ago 1 votes
‘I say the Americans really won the war’

Vietnam’s victory over communism

4 hours ago 1 votes