Students will be barely able to contain their anger and will gasp in disbelief as I shatter their preconceptions and expectations in the very first minutes of class by telling them that they do, in fact, have to do the reading.
Never, ever do this. Your books have a natural order. Over the course of your life they will find their own equilibrium. Attempts to predict or distort that equilibrium are doomed to fail. Don’t suffer as James has decided to suffer. Save yourself.
German 19th century historians on the other hand: furious nodding.
German 20th century historians: say what?
I’m in this post and I don’t like it
The thing I will never be able to forgive LLMs for is how they ruined em-dashes for those of us who loved and used them for decades.
Students will be barely able to contain their anger and will gasp in disbelief as I shatter their preconceptions and expectations in the very first minutes of class by telling them that they do, in fact, have to do the reading.
Students will be SHOCKED and OFFENDED when I DESTROY their favourite Voltaire quote by dedicating my full-year Early Modern history module to proving it was in fact HOLY, ROMAN, and—yes—an EMPIRE
If this means fewer signalling-exercise “literature reviews” with citations strewn about like yesterday’s confetti outside a church, I’m all for it
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Accidental Witcher 3 during the morning run
Those who know, know.
Let’s face it, if you travel by train Germany is 90% Niedersachsen.
The thematic section of Judaica on "Nature Miracles and Paradoxography in Biblical Reception of the First Centuries CE" has been published!
For the open-access issue go to:
judaica.ch/thematic-sec...
For those interested more generally in Late Antiquity, a special issue in SLA will soon follow!
Poster mit Puzzleteilen, die Ausschnitte aus einer Lithographie zeigen; zu sehen sind die Kirchen von Vilich und Schwarzrheindorf. Text: „23.04.–26.06.2026. Mut zur Lücke. Fragemente aus der Geschichte von Schwarzrheindorf und Vilich. Eröffnung: Do., 23.04., 17.30 Uhr. Paul-Clemen-Museum im P26, Poststr. 26, 53111 Bonn | Mi-So 14.00–18.00 Uhr“
Am Donnerstag (23.4.) startet unsere Ausstellung „Mut zur Lücke – Fragmente aus der Geschichte von Schwarzrheindorf und Vilich“ im Paul-Clemen-Museum in Bonn. Es geht um den Umgang mit Überlieferungslücken in Kunstgeschichte, Archäologie und Geschichtswissenschaft. #medievalsky #skystorians 1/3
Repeat after me: government debt does not work like private debt.
This debt, Mr Valdes, is it with us in the room right now?
I don't know what you've done while Bluesky was down earlier today, but I finished writing a book, started a new book, took a walk, knitted a sweater, went swimming, took a nap, caught up on the reading, learned a new language, prepared a harsh comment about Papal theology, and wrote a love letter ❤️
This must be the best government communication strategy since the pillars of Ashoka
Please let me review this for you. I have Opinions™
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691265940/two-paths-to-prosperity
Reading a book published in 2025 by a Nobel prize-winning economist, and the start is ... not promising. None of this is true, and the scholarship cited here is conspicuously out of date (Mitterauer first published in 2003).
#NewPublication
#OpenAccess
#Syriac
#ChristianEast
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
The solution was, at the end, institutional and aimed at channeling euergetic traditions to support the Church and the poor. The truth is, you cannot expect to understand the current conflict at the heart of American politics without understanding fourth century Christianity.
This is at the core of the interwoven history of Christianity and Empire. Roman elite religious messaging was centered on preservation of capital and it took a lot of gymnastics to square it with poverty as virtue, a key strand of the early Christian tradition.
Do you think it would be possible for JD Vance to support Bardella in the next election? Asking for the French democracy.
Guys, it’s Central Europe, the most insane scenario is the one most likely to happen, this is how we roll.
Gospel Book of Otto III c. 1000 Manuscript (Clm. 4453), 334 x 242 mm Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich This is another miniature from the Gospels of Otto III (folio 139r). It shows St Luke with a piles of manuscripts in his lap (their bindings studded with jewels) exalting all the Old Testament prophets who foretold the coming of Christ. Web gallery of art image: https://www.wga.hu/html_m/zgothic/miniatur/1001-050/1/1gospel5.html
I love this photo of Saint Luke with piles of manuscripts in his lap from the Gospel Book of Otto III (c. 1000 CE)
(Manuscript (Clm. 4453), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich). Probably projection, but he looks traumatized by all the reading he still needs to do before the end of the semester.
Careful, those asking this question have not done well in history!
A prompt transfer of the nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaule to the Vatican navy as HHS (His Holiness Ship) Gregory the Great will ensure an orderly passage of papal ships through the strait.
As far as I know nothing is stopping the Vatican from running the biggest merchant marine on the planet