Dr Christopher Monk
@medievalmonk.bsky.social
Medieval manuscripts, languages & cultures. I write about & cook medieval food @ modernmedievalcuisine.com; create public history content for heritage professionals & collaborate with creatives: https://www.themedievalmonk.com/projects--publications.html
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FREE recipes during November: Chykens in Hocche (chicken, stuffed w/ garlic, grapes, herbs, poached in spiced broth); Ryse of Fleysche (saffron rice).
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
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Spotted Richard III Society repeating the myth that rude carvings in churches were put there by unpaid masons. Instead they relate to a form of spirituality called negative mysticism: achieving salvation by resistance to temptation. More here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Spotted Richard III Society repeating the myth that rude carvings in churches were put there by unpaid masons. Instead they relate to a form of spirituality called negative mysticism: achieving salvation by resistance to temptation. More here:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
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I'm back with a winter season of online talks, starting with Dating Ancient Buildings.
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm back with a winter season of online talks, starting with Dating Ancient Buildings.
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.
Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
OK. 6/10. 😄 But was my first experiment w/ England's earliest recipe for crêpes, late 1200s, written in Anglo-Norman (French). No milk, no egg yolk in the batter. I must make the batter thinner. Difficult to manoeuvre in the pan, which btw was probably deeper than a frying pan.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OK. 6/10. 😄 But was my first experiment w/ England's earliest recipe for crêpes, late 1200s, written in Anglo-Norman (French). No milk, no egg yolk in the batter. I must make the batter thinner. Difficult to manoeuvre in the pan, which btw was probably deeper than a frying pan.
This is well worth reading. Thoughtful, and offers good evidence. Funny, too. 🤣 I must be one of the naughty ones alluded to in the article.
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #18: Sex, Stonemasons & the Sacred - Triskele Heritage
26 September 2022 In 1517, a flamboyant new gatehouse was under construction at Canterbury Cathedral. Built in a late-flowering example of the Perpendicular Gothic style, the Christchurch Gateway feat...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is well worth reading. Thoughtful, and offers good evidence. Funny, too. 🤣 I must be one of the naughty ones alluded to in the article.
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2022/09/26/m...
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Well, what a strange and wonderful survival this is…a turf maze dating from 1660! 🤩
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Well, what a strange and wonderful survival this is…a turf maze dating from 1660! 🤩
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
I don't usually make champagne cocktails -- just drink the champagne! -- but we had a chilled, gifted bottle of Californian sparkling brut (good substitute), and sugar cubes, Angostura bitters, and cheapo brandy, so made a couple to celebrate exchange of contracts on our new home. Not half bad! 😆
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I don't usually make champagne cocktails -- just drink the champagne! -- but we had a chilled, gifted bottle of Californian sparkling brut (good substitute), and sugar cubes, Angostura bitters, and cheapo brandy, so made a couple to celebrate exchange of contracts on our new home. Not half bad! 😆
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Tea cups. One for smelling one for drinking the tea.
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Tea cups. One for smelling one for drinking the tea.
Whisky sour. I like to make a few cocktails on holiday.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Whisky sour. I like to make a few cocktails on holiday.
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
FREE recipes during November: Chykens in Hocche (chicken, stuffed w/ garlic, grapes, herbs, poached in spiced broth); Ryse of Fleysche (saffron rice).
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
FREE recipes during November: Chykens in Hocche (chicken, stuffed w/ garlic, grapes, herbs, poached in spiced broth); Ryse of Fleysche (saffron rice).
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
FREE recipes during November: Chykens in Hocche (chicken, stuffed w/ garlic, grapes, herbs, poached in spiced broth); Ryse of Fleysche (saffron rice).
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
FREE recipes during November: Chykens in Hocche (chicken, stuffed w/ garlic, grapes, herbs, poached in spiced broth); Ryse of Fleysche (saffron rice).
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
From Richard II's cookery book.
Great food for autumn (or indeed spring, if you're in the Southern hemisphere)
buymeacoffee.com/MonksMMC/e/4...
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
The usurpation of Richard II paves the way for the terrible conflict of the Wars of the Roses and dynastic struggles that shatter the fifteenth century. buff.ly/2xMXJTW? / #Free on #KindleUnlimited
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The usurpation of Richard II paves the way for the terrible conflict of the Wars of the Roses and dynastic struggles that shatter the fifteenth century. buff.ly/2xMXJTW? / #Free on #KindleUnlimited
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Life in Eleventh Century Britain: The Fyrd and the Housecarls: Before the Normans brought over their own version of feudalism, the Anglo-Saxons had a different way of calling up an army in need of defense. buff.ly/444Sfxy
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Life in Eleventh Century Britain: The Fyrd and the Housecarls: Before the Normans brought over their own version of feudalism, the Anglo-Saxons had a different way of calling up an army in need of defense. buff.ly/444Sfxy
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The paywall vanishes with this "gift" link to my story, published last week in the @nytimes.com, about a place prized for its biodiversity where an international airport is under illegal construction and Donald Trump's son-in-law plans to build a luxury resort.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/t...
The Latest Battleground for Luxury Tourism: Albania’s Adriatic Coast (Gift Article)
Two major proposals led by Jared Kushner and a new airport championed by the Albanian government focus on an area prized for its biodiversity. Are they a sign of things to come?
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The paywall vanishes with this "gift" link to my story, published last week in the @nytimes.com, about a place prized for its biodiversity where an international airport is under illegal construction and Donald Trump's son-in-law plans to build a luxury resort.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/t...
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Good evening! Perfect episode to listen on your commute home!
The foods and dishes of Thessaloniki, and the rich tapestry of ingredients of North Greece in general too is what we discuss with the author Meni Valle here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#thessaloniki
#podcast
#greekcuisine
The foods and dishes of Thessaloniki, and the rich tapestry of ingredients of North Greece in general too is what we discuss with the author Meni Valle here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#thessaloniki
#podcast
#greekcuisine
Thessaloniki - A Food Lovers Paradise!
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 22/10/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Good evening! Perfect episode to listen on your commute home!
The foods and dishes of Thessaloniki, and the rich tapestry of ingredients of North Greece in general too is what we discuss with the author Meni Valle here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#thessaloniki
#podcast
#greekcuisine
The foods and dishes of Thessaloniki, and the rich tapestry of ingredients of North Greece in general too is what we discuss with the author Meni Valle here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#thessaloniki
#podcast
#greekcuisine
Last week to get your FREE download of my #gluten-free Tart of Applis, based on a 14th-century English recipe: buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/2...
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Last week to get your FREE download of my #gluten-free Tart of Applis, based on a 14th-century English recipe: buymeacoffee.com/monksmmc/e/2...
Wow!
The awe inspiring ceiling of the 13th century, octagonal, Chapter House at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire 🤩
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Wow!
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The awe inspiring ceiling of the 13th century, octagonal, Chapter House at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire 🤩
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The awe inspiring ceiling of the 13th century, octagonal, Chapter House at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire 🤩
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
One of my all time favourite church doorways! 😍 The broken pediment with elliptical window is so unusual 🤩
St. Mary’s Church, Conington, Cambridgeshire.
St. Mary’s Church, Conington, Cambridgeshire.
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of my all time favourite church doorways! 😍 The broken pediment with elliptical window is so unusual 🤩
St. Mary’s Church, Conington, Cambridgeshire.
St. Mary’s Church, Conington, Cambridgeshire.
Beautiful 😍
Views into, and from, the atmospheric ruins of Pendragon Castle, Cumbria. It dates largely from the 12th century, with some 14th century additions 😊
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Beautiful 😍
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So cool, isn't it? It's on the southern Peloponnesus in a shepherds' settlement in the mountains above the village where I live part of each year. Here's an essay I wrote about touloumotiri. So great to meet another touloumotiri enthusiast!
orionmagazine.org/article/gree...
orionmagazine.org/article/gree...
Searching for the Cyclops’ Cheese - Orion Magazine
Finding home in the flavors of a foreign land
orionmagazine.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
So cool, isn't it? It's on the southern Peloponnesus in a shepherds' settlement in the mountains above the village where I live part of each year. Here's an essay I wrote about touloumotiri. So great to meet another touloumotiri enthusiast!
orionmagazine.org/article/gree...
orionmagazine.org/article/gree...
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
🧵 ALERT!
1/?
Greek cheese of the day! woohoo! Have you been waiting patiently?
Oh well wait no more, here it is!
Today we're going to the North-East Aegean were we find Touloumotyri: Soft, grainy, pungent touloumotyri is named for the goat skin (touloumi) in which it is stored.
1/?
Greek cheese of the day! woohoo! Have you been waiting patiently?
Oh well wait no more, here it is!
Today we're going to the North-East Aegean were we find Touloumotyri: Soft, grainy, pungent touloumotyri is named for the goat skin (touloumi) in which it is stored.
October 12, 2024 at 8:53 AM
🧵 ALERT!
1/?
Greek cheese of the day! woohoo! Have you been waiting patiently?
Oh well wait no more, here it is!
Today we're going to the North-East Aegean were we find Touloumotyri: Soft, grainy, pungent touloumotyri is named for the goat skin (touloumi) in which it is stored.
1/?
Greek cheese of the day! woohoo! Have you been waiting patiently?
Oh well wait no more, here it is!
Today we're going to the North-East Aegean were we find Touloumotyri: Soft, grainy, pungent touloumotyri is named for the goat skin (touloumi) in which it is stored.
Reposted by Dr Christopher Monk
And that's a wrap for the inaugural Serve It Forth Food History Festival! A day of food history talks, video recipes and cocktails with some amazing guests and my lovely co-hosts @neilbuttery.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And that's a wrap for the inaugural Serve It Forth Food History Festival! A day of food history talks, video recipes and cocktails with some amazing guests and my lovely co-hosts @neilbuttery.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social & @mrssbilton.bsky.social
This looks fantastic! Congratulations @mrssbilton.bsky.social 👏
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This looks fantastic! Congratulations @mrssbilton.bsky.social 👏
