kateweikert.bsky.social
Medievalist 900-1200ish England and Normandy most of the time. Immigrant and misplaced Hoosier in the south of England when not in Wales. Usually tired. Trustee @castlestudies.bsky.social. She/her. Insta @katherineweikert
👤 Joined on 19 October 2024
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@kateweikert.bsky.socialIf gendered metaphors of warfare count, rather than gender and actual war, I could probably put together a list! Also a few bits on knightly masculinity if that's any help?
Show Postyep exactly! The students seemed to really like my Black Death lecture (which involved them reading one of your articles!) where I framed it as "old story" vs "new"
Show PostWhich is as it should be! One of the biggest common misconceptions about History is "Oh, that's the past. It's fixed. The story doesn't change." But the story most certainly DOES change when we have new evidence!
Show PostIncluding details of the fund in his memory "to support PhD scholarships in the social history or material culture of Byzantine Studies (preferably) or early medieval history".
Show PostWOOHOO! My copies arrived! You can read it all straightaway, for free, here! www.routledge.com/Alice-Thornt...
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