Nicholas Paul

Assoc. Professor of History and Director of Medieval Studies at Fordham University.
Gatherer of vanished marvels. Opinions voiced here my own.

[Nicholas Paul @ProfNickPaul]

Wisdom we need:

"For as strangers come from diverse lands and provinces, so they bring with them diverse languages and customs, and texts and arms, which adorn all kingdoms and magnify the court and ward off the arrogance of neighbours."

-Stephen I of Hungary h/t @DifficileE

[Peter Bach-y-Rita @bachyrita54999]

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@hofrench @peterfrankopan A brilliant lecture, and great conversation afterwards!

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@HistoryRugby @andrewdbuck @_simonparsons It really was! Congratulations all round.

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@LauraJCleaver What an extraordinary post and series of responses. Myself I am on team Tessa Webber.

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Nuclear war as (Russian Orthodox) holy war, as described on Russian 60 Minutes. Source: https://t.co/Q0aYWzdvuh

[Cord J. Whitaker @ProfCWhit]

Announcing Speculum themed issue: "Race, Race-Thinking, and Identity in the Global Middle Ages.” Essay proposals due to me in Jan. @Nahir_Otano @FXFauvelle and I are excited to see them! https://t.co/pya55XAPCC #medievaltwitter #medieval

[Glauco Schettini @GlaucoSchettini]

Delighted to share that my dissertation has been awarded the @achahistory’s Ellis Dissertation Award—thanks so much to the award committee for selecting my dissertation and to the ACHA for supporting my scholarship! @FordhamHistory @FordhamNYC @ModEuroHistColl

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@GlaucoSchettini @achahistory @FordhamHistory @FordhamNYC @ModEuroHistColl Congratulations Glauco!!

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@DrSThroop Inscriptions!!

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@recordedvoice "What's that baby?"=
dere dame to day demay yow neuer"
"Usual Christmastime stuff"=
"wel bycommes such craft vpon cristmasse"
"Can you pass the ham?"=
"neuer þe lece to my mete I may me wel dres"

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@NRHodgson_Hist @TrentUni Congratulations!!

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Reminder folks: get your abstracts in for the 2021 Haskins Society Conference! We are accepting submissions for in-person and remote papers and panels.

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@The_Archpoet @NicholasMorto11 @NRHodgson_Hist @MedievalMidEast @Medievalists @Ox_Medieval_Soc @BLMedieval @Byzanzforscher Note that the “Assises of Jerusalem” is a name given to a later composite assemblage of law texts- there was never one “Assises of Jerusalem”. The transcriptions and translations @LauraMorreale points to are of sone of the texts, Edbury and Greilshammer have edited the others.

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@NicholasMorto11 @LauraMorreale @The_Archpoet @NRHodgson_Hist @MedievalMidEast @Medievalists @Ox_Medieval_Soc @BLMedieval @Byzanzforscher @amnerbo87 @r_braasch Yes. Writing about this stuff currently. Let’s email.

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@EstherLCuenca @salu1292 Just hit you with a small essay in response via DM. You are spoiled for choice.

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@TorbenK1 @bzkedar Thanks Torben!

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@CTMathewes And Vanita Seth's review article: https://t.co/uVWujELbac

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@CTMathewes In addition to the other suggestions, I would suggest these two: (1) Cord Whitaker's review: https://t.co/Xlxbbz3l0Q

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@recordedvoice No, you're right. Which is why we need to found the "Guinness Book of Ineffable Aesthetic Detail". Just under 800 pages of loving description of incidental, otherwise completely overlooked masterpieces. Imagine the entry on well-tied shoelaces.