Peter L Larson
@medievalhistorian.bsky.social
Historian of England c. 1400-17??; law, society, economy, trade; Associate Dean & Prof. Fan of ice hockey, scotch, Warhammer, Battletech, & naps. He/him/his/ipse/eius/eum.
Views are my own, retweets are not endorsements, beware of sarcasm
Views are my own, retweets are not endorsements, beware of sarcasm
First day of classes at UCF.
If I did the math right, I'm in my 46th year in or at a school, and this is my 20th at UCF.
If I did the math right, I'm in my 46th year in or at a school, and this is my 20th at UCF.
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
First day of classes at UCF.
If I did the math right, I'm in my 46th year in or at a school, and this is my 20th at UCF.
If I did the math right, I'm in my 46th year in or at a school, and this is my 20th at UCF.
typo du jour: primary source databaes.
July 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
typo du jour: primary source databaes.
For those using MIT's recent study on AI to decry AI, please read it first. If you're not familiar with such studies, ask a colleague who is. It's not the big "gotcha!" some claim it to be.
Also it was not peer-reviewed when posted. I don't think it has been peer-reviewed since.
Also it was not peer-reviewed when posted. I don't think it has been peer-reviewed since.
June 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
For those using MIT's recent study on AI to decry AI, please read it first. If you're not familiar with such studies, ask a colleague who is. It's not the big "gotcha!" some claim it to be.
Also it was not peer-reviewed when posted. I don't think it has been peer-reviewed since.
Also it was not peer-reviewed when posted. I don't think it has been peer-reviewed since.
New personal best today - 50 consecutive orbits around the sun.
50 is the new 15: I just want to play video games and sleep but have to go in to school every day. 🤪
50 is the new 15: I just want to play video games and sleep but have to go in to school every day. 🤪
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New personal best today - 50 consecutive orbits around the sun.
50 is the new 15: I just want to play video games and sleep but have to go in to school every day. 🤪
50 is the new 15: I just want to play video games and sleep but have to go in to school every day. 🤪
I just agreed to review a manuscript for a journal. In the manager system, I'm noted as Reviewer 2.
LOL. Is this an instruction how to review the ms? A challenge to redeem the concept of Reviewer 2?
LOL. Is this an instruction how to review the ms? A challenge to redeem the concept of Reviewer 2?
May 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I just agreed to review a manuscript for a journal. In the manager system, I'm noted as Reviewer 2.
LOL. Is this an instruction how to review the ms? A challenge to redeem the concept of Reviewer 2?
LOL. Is this an instruction how to review the ms? A challenge to redeem the concept of Reviewer 2?
Episode IV A New Pope
Episode V The (Holy Roman) Empire Strikes Back
Episode V The (Holy Roman) Empire Strikes Back
Pope springs eternal
A Popemobile Named Desire
April 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Episode IV A New Pope
Episode V The (Holy Roman) Empire Strikes Back
Episode V The (Holy Roman) Empire Strikes Back
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Good Friday is the story of a man unjustly arrested and rushed to judgment. Diana Butler Bass tells it for our time, using only pictures from the last two weeks, and it hits so heavy
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Good Friday Now
The cross of imperial violence
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Good Friday is the story of a man unjustly arrested and rushed to judgment. Diana Butler Bass tells it for our time, using only pictures from the last two weeks, and it hits so heavy
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Arthurian manuscripts in a property ledger?
Why aren't they leading with 'Arthur, king of the Britons' huge tracks of land'?
Why aren't they leading with 'Arthur, king of the Britons' huge tracks of land'?
Cambridge researchers have recovered rare 13th-century Arthurian manuscripts hidden within a 1500s property ledger using multispectral imaging and CT scanning technology normally used for dating fossils. buff.ly/zOi3eTU
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light (Gift Article)
Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.
buff.ly
April 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Arthurian manuscripts in a property ledger?
Why aren't they leading with 'Arthur, king of the Britons' huge tracks of land'?
Why aren't they leading with 'Arthur, king of the Britons' huge tracks of land'?
I had this great joke about Alexander the Great in India, but that was taking things too far.
I used to tellthis great joke about Sisyphus but I never could get to the ending.
I used to tell this great joke about Midas but I just lost the touch
April 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I had this great joke about Alexander the Great in India, but that was taking things too far.
A joyous and peaceful Passover to those observing.
April 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A joyous and peaceful Passover to those observing.
My wife bought me a laser pointer so I can play with the cats. I love it.
Especially turning it off when Abyss is getting ready to pounce. It's like pretending to throw a ball for a dog. She spends several minutes trying to find it.
Especially turning it off when Abyss is getting ready to pounce. It's like pretending to throw a ball for a dog. She spends several minutes trying to find it.
April 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My wife bought me a laser pointer so I can play with the cats. I love it.
Especially turning it off when Abyss is getting ready to pounce. It's like pretending to throw a ball for a dog. She spends several minutes trying to find it.
Especially turning it off when Abyss is getting ready to pounce. It's like pretending to throw a ball for a dog. She spends several minutes trying to find it.
I'd tell my Achilles joke here, but I'd feel like a heel.
My Icarus joke won’t fly here.
My Herakles joke is a bit too laboured.
April 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'd tell my Achilles joke here, but I'd feel like a heel.
Reposted by Peter L Larson
I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
April 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
Rest of the world, I am so sorry.
April 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Rest of the world, I am so sorry.
A happy and peaceful Trans Day of Visibility, to those who celebrate and those not able to celebrate openly.
March 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A happy and peaceful Trans Day of Visibility, to those who celebrate and those not able to celebrate openly.
Reposted by Peter L Larson
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Reposted by Peter L Larson
Txt STOP to opt out of updates on war plans
March 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Txt STOP to opt out of updates on war plans
Best Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.
March 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Best Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.
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Don't judge a book by its cover. Judge it by its index.
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
March 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Don't judge a book by its cover. Judge it by its index.
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
(From my Inventing the Renaissance)
Reposted by Peter L Larson
Great linkage AND a really informative Vladeck essay
In 1905, my great-grandfather helped @stevevladeck.bsky.social's great-grandfather escape arrest by Imperial Russian police who didn't like his speech.
120 years later, Steve has the best summary I've seen of key legal questions the case of Mahmoud Khalil:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
120 years later, Steve has the best summary I've seen of key legal questions the case of Mahmoud Khalil:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
131. Five Questions About the Khalil Case
The government's arrest and detention of a pro-Palestinian Columbia student (and green card holder) raises difficult questions about both technical immigration statutes and the First Amendment.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Great linkage AND a really informative Vladeck essay
Thank God for Habeas Corpus and judges willing to grant it.
BREAKING: Judge blocks Columbia pro-Palestinian protest organizer Mahmoud Khalil's removal from US pending further action on habeas petition. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thank God for Habeas Corpus and judges willing to grant it.
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I hate these arguments based on relevance but:
1. Latin is still exceptionally relevant
2. Everyone should have a chance to study it
3. Sitwell imagines a world of soulless worker bees who are allowed no interests
4. Doing interesting things for their own sake is an important act of resistance
1. Latin is still exceptionally relevant
2. Everyone should have a chance to study it
3. Sitwell imagines a world of soulless worker bees who are allowed no interests
4. Doing interesting things for their own sake is an important act of resistance
March 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I hate these arguments based on relevance but:
1. Latin is still exceptionally relevant
2. Everyone should have a chance to study it
3. Sitwell imagines a world of soulless worker bees who are allowed no interests
4. Doing interesting things for their own sake is an important act of resistance
1. Latin is still exceptionally relevant
2. Everyone should have a chance to study it
3. Sitwell imagines a world of soulless worker bees who are allowed no interests
4. Doing interesting things for their own sake is an important act of resistance
Reposted by Peter L Larson
When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵
On the work-related good news front:
1. One of my MA students was accepted into Fordham's PhD program;
2. I've been invited and will be able to participate in a conference panel on material culture and consumption;
3. UCF Celebrates the Arts starts in 4 weeks cah.ucf.edu/events/celeb...
1. One of my MA students was accepted into Fordham's PhD program;
2. I've been invited and will be able to participate in a conference panel on material culture and consumption;
3. UCF Celebrates the Arts starts in 4 weeks cah.ucf.edu/events/celeb...
UCF Celebrates the Arts - Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
UCF Celebrates the Arts is an annual festival showcasing music, theatre, visual arts and more at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, FL.
cah.ucf.edu
March 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On the work-related good news front:
1. One of my MA students was accepted into Fordham's PhD program;
2. I've been invited and will be able to participate in a conference panel on material culture and consumption;
3. UCF Celebrates the Arts starts in 4 weeks cah.ucf.edu/events/celeb...
1. One of my MA students was accepted into Fordham's PhD program;
2. I've been invited and will be able to participate in a conference panel on material culture and consumption;
3. UCF Celebrates the Arts starts in 4 weeks cah.ucf.edu/events/celeb...