they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms

hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!! open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...

hey gang

told everyone in the club that someone spilled their drink on my head and it was true!!! (the person was me)

told everyone in the club

one of the reasons i only buy used clothes is because secretly i don’t like it when my clothes look new. “oh yeah i went out to a store and bought this because i wanted to wear it” noooo

when i read a substack article and find more than one comma splice i close the tab immediately

just clocked they’re called heathens bc they live in the heath

it’s so cool that el greco painted stuff like this in the early 1600s and people were like “hmmm…..bit odd! not sure about this!” and then 300 years later people looked at it again and were like “OHHHH”

hello all! i need a recommendation—books to gift to a very clever well-read english lady to cheer her up while she recovers from surgery :) she has very broad interests but especially loves history and especially women’s history !

my grandfather would send me these schizo emails when i was 16 and i would write back like “cool! i had math class today :D”

its pretty crazy how mfs will talk about “decolonialism” until you bring up giving the netherlands back to the sea and then suddenly you’re the villain….

breed standard dalmatians are these like tragically statuesque inbred monstrosities but at the source in dalmatia the ur-dogs are beautiful squat blocky robust mutts with ample joie de vivre

fauvel lives rent free in my head still so i wrote a 2,500 word blog post about him and why he isnt like bart simpson !!!!!! please read open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...

im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell

brother got me lo fucking scorpione for hanukkah so pleased

new wmg podcast episode is up!! and it’s out festive holiday special!! learn how to stay warm and nourished in medieval winter and also how to have fun!! open.spotify.com/episode/374G...

sorry, not sorry, not going to care about christmas because i grew up with a loving, psychologically supportive father in constant state of peace, happiness, and excitement about the future. hearing the key in the door was my own personal “christmas” for almost 20 years.

new wmg podcast episode is up!! and it’s out festive holiday special!! learn how to stay warm and nourished in medieval winter and also how to have fun!! open.spotify.com/episode/374G...

i remember when i got into online fandom in the early 2010s as a pre teen and saw a tumblr post saying “tonight’s safe word is superwholock because i can’t think of anything more off putting” and i got so mad i had to log off for a bit

hey guys i need u to recommend me ur fave youtube vids. ran out of things to watch while spinning. esp long form stuff but anything is fine!

snowball fight, italy, ca. 1400

everybody should follow the intelligent and beautiful @lennie-dsc.bsky.social

(uk only!) you can still order today and tomorrow to get things in time for christmas ! everything except tote bags still in stock

my beautiful book is still only £13.59 on amazon and you can still get it in time for christmas!! woohoo what a deal!! please do grab a copy if you love this account....it's like this but as a book! www.amazon.co.uk/Weird-Mediev...

this the horse btw

maybe my favourite etymology: the phrase “curry favour” originates from a medieval french morality poem about a conniving horse named fauvel who amasses a following of sycophantic humans to groom and tend to him. over time, “currying fauvel” eventually became “currying favour.”

Reviewing @weirdmedieval.bsky.social ‘s notes for the next podcast

cozy winter vibes, france, 14th century

robert grosseteste in the 13th century describing how the universe was created by light and then mass expanding outward from a central concentration of extreme density

i lowkey respect the parents letting their kids roll around on the floor at the train station like yeah fuck it they’re probably getting inoculated against train pox or some shit

acab 👏 includes 👏 him 👏

went to argonaut books in leith today with aran and jessica and the sweet sweet people there let me sign a copy!! go get it there if you like or online with free WORLDWIDE shipping for the perfect christmas gift here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

really gonna miss discourse like this

laptop broke just as i was getting a real good sticker collection going :((

this gotta be one of the all time wmg classics. ive seen this image so many times and i love it more each time

i hate the concept of cottagecore i hate when people call me cottagecore there’s nothing cottagecore about mushroom foraging there’s nothing cutesy about the holy communion between man and mushroom it’s dead fucking serious

new wmg podcast ep out!! @aran.bsky.social and i had so much fun talking about muslim cats, dogs with jobs, and more! pls check it outttt open.spotify.com/episode/5a52...

doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century

btw if we were moots on twitter and i don’t follow u here pls dm meeee

got another Jar on the go

btw if you're looking for a christmas gift, i've just restocked the wmg shop! plenty of time still to order!! weirdmedievalguys.bigcartel.com

This is the vibe

another throwback to the early wmg days, i spent probably a total of 10+ hours trying to find a digitised copy of the source manuscript, which i believe is held by the national library of russia. never did find it.......

btw if you're looking for a christmas gift, i've just restocked the wmg shop! plenty of time still to order!! weirdmedievalguys.bigcartel.com

this was the first weird medieval guy to ever go viral 🥰🥰

trueeee i think it’s time for a highlights reel! here is the first weird medieval guy ever to go viral <33

whenever i post something thats not a weird medieval guy people are like where are the weird medieval guys but im ngl im getting a bit burnt out on weird medieval guys

every medieval inspired project i see makes me so happy!! this looks good af

crazy how this app is actually pretty good