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

oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!

a year ago 17 votes
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars

A history of the monastic high life

a year ago 61 votes
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns

Plus a little history of manuscript illustration

a year ago 62 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 58 votes
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!

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

a year ago 72 votes

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Our Big Oops

Humanity has a huge problem, of which few are aware.

12 hours ago 2 votes
Who Was Rudolf Steiner? (Life and Philosophy)

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23 hours ago 2 votes
Christy Rupp: Rat Patrol in New York City, 1979

In 1979, American artist Christy Rupp (born 1949) created a street poster of a prowling, life-sized rat. With a keen interest in animal behaviour and habitat, Rupp’s popster coincided with a three-week strike by NYC sanitation workers. As the rubbish bags piled up on the city’s streets, Rupp added her poster wherever rats were claiming … Continue reading "Christy Rupp: Rat Patrol in New York City, 1979" The post Christy Rupp: Rat Patrol in New York City, 1979 appeared first on Flashbak.

yesterday 2 votes
Democracy vs liberalism in the heart of Europe

‘All state authority is derived from the people’

yesterday 2 votes