𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖗 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖘 (Will Phillips)
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👋 I'm Will, a #history geek from the US fascinated by the Renaissance & #earlymodern era, particularly the Low Countries (think Benelux) of c. 1549-1619.
I use Rebels or Beggars to share interesting snippets of that history.
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👋 I'm Will, a #history geek from the US fascinated by the Renaissance & #earlymodern era, particularly the Low Countries (think Benelux) of c. 1549-1619.
I use Rebels or Beggars to share interesting snippets of that history.
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Very cool bit of late sixteenth century inspired character design!
I am nailing these.
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July 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Very cool bit of late sixteenth century inspired character design!
This is where I post from:
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is where I post from:
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So as some of you know, in historical games studies I coined the term ‘authenticity lite’ to describe the type of ‘accuracy/authenticity’ players & developers actually want from games focused on the past. And I just want to share this section of ‘Jurassic Park’ which works brilliantly for it. 🗃️
July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So as some of you know, in historical games studies I coined the term ‘authenticity lite’ to describe the type of ‘accuracy/authenticity’ players & developers actually want from games focused on the past. And I just want to share this section of ‘Jurassic Park’ which works brilliantly for it. 🗃️
An unexpected antique book find for the personal library from this weekend:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
July 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An unexpected antique book find for the personal library from this weekend:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
This no-nonsense basket hilt #sword goes *hard.*
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
July 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This no-nonsense basket hilt #sword goes *hard.*
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
Swiss papal guards, mid 1500s, by Giuseppe Rava: an Italian painter who works in a wide range of military history
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
July 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Swiss papal guards, mid 1500s, by Giuseppe Rava: an Italian painter who works in a wide range of military history
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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🎉The Hitpoints & History 2025 schedule is live!✨ Get your tickets now at hitpointscon.com or at Hitpointsandhistory2025.eventbrite.com! We can’t wait to see you there!
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
April 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🎉The Hitpoints & History 2025 schedule is live!✨ Get your tickets now at hitpointscon.com or at Hitpointsandhistory2025.eventbrite.com! We can’t wait to see you there!
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
I'm just here for the swag.
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm just here for the swag.
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
The wounding of Admiral Coligny before the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, one of three frescos by Giorgio Vasari & workshop in the Sala Regia of the Vatican, c. 1574.
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
April 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The wounding of Admiral Coligny before the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, one of three frescos by Giorgio Vasari & workshop in the Sala Regia of the Vatican, c. 1574.
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
Reposting this now that it's not, you know, two o'clock in the morning.
Work continues on my Late Renaissance TTRPG. Mostly frivolous design and art direction (when so much of the rules-writing remains).
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
April 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reposting this now that it's not, you know, two o'clock in the morning.
Work continues on my Late Renaissance TTRPG. Mostly frivolous design and art direction (when so much of the rules-writing remains).
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Work continues on my Late Renaissance TTRPG. Mostly frivolous design and art direction (when so much of the rules-writing remains).
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
What to do on a Saturday night? As I circle back to my Late Renaissance TTRPG, I am compiling sources - modern and extant - to create a top-down city map of Antwerp c. 1576-1585.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
April 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
What to do on a Saturday night? As I circle back to my Late Renaissance TTRPG, I am compiling sources - modern and extant - to create a top-down city map of Antwerp c. 1576-1585.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
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Nighttime lottery raised money for Amsterdam madhouse in 1592. Painted by Gillis Coignet. Don't lose your mind tonight!
April 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Nighttime lottery raised money for Amsterdam madhouse in 1592. Painted by Gillis Coignet. Don't lose your mind tonight!
Reposted by 𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖗 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖘 (Will Phillips)
The Virgin Mary must have been so proud that her son became a pharmacist!
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]
April 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Virgin Mary must have been so proud that her son became a pharmacist!
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]
Reposted by 𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖗 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖘 (Will Phillips)
Really great manuscript. From the same, while I suspect is a reference to the pearl of great price... I can't shake the Always Sunny gag.
"Can I offer you an egg in this trying time?"
"Can I offer you an egg in this trying time?"
April 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Really great manuscript. From the same, while I suspect is a reference to the pearl of great price... I can't shake the Always Sunny gag.
"Can I offer you an egg in this trying time?"
"Can I offer you an egg in this trying time?"
Hans Bol (1534-1593), a master of miniature landscapes and everyday scenes, painted the vibrant and often harsh world of the late 1500s.
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#oldprint #oldengraving #dutchart #flemishart #oldmasters #arthistory #historyofsport #history #earlmodern
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#oldprint #oldengraving #dutchart #flemishart #oldmasters #arthistory #historyofsport #history #earlmodern
April 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hans Bol (1534-1593), a master of miniature landscapes and everyday scenes, painted the vibrant and often harsh world of the late 1500s.
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#oldprint #oldengraving #dutchart #flemishart #oldmasters #arthistory #historyofsport #history #earlmodern
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#oldprint #oldengraving #dutchart #flemishart #oldmasters #arthistory #historyofsport #history #earlmodern
I've not kept up with the Serpent Queen, but from a clip, I'm impressed a 2020s production has the gall to put its men in actual ruffs. Or at least some of them. Some of the time.
(Time for people wearing hats in period pieces to make a comeback, too.)
#history #historicalcostuming #periodpiece
(Time for people wearing hats in period pieces to make a comeback, too.)
#history #historicalcostuming #periodpiece
April 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've not kept up with the Serpent Queen, but from a clip, I'm impressed a 2020s production has the gall to put its men in actual ruffs. Or at least some of them. Some of the time.
(Time for people wearing hats in period pieces to make a comeback, too.)
#history #historicalcostuming #periodpiece
(Time for people wearing hats in period pieces to make a comeback, too.)
#history #historicalcostuming #periodpiece
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Dismissed as mere “geuzen” (“beggars”), the noblemen donned ragged grey cloaks and toasted with beggar's bowls, turning the word from insult to badge of honor. If the regent's adviser thought them so, they would play the part.
#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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April 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Dismissed as mere “geuzen” (“beggars”), the noblemen donned ragged grey cloaks and toasted with beggar's bowls, turning the word from insult to badge of honor. If the regent's adviser thought them so, they would play the part.
#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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Dismissed as mere “geuzen” (“beggars”), the noblemen donned ragged grey cloaks and toasted with beggar's bowls, turning the word from insult to badge of honor. If the regent's adviser thought them so, they would play the part.
#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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April 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Dismissed as mere “geuzen” (“beggars”), the noblemen donned ragged grey cloaks and toasted with beggar's bowls, turning the word from insult to badge of honor. If the regent's adviser thought them so, they would play the part.
#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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#otd #history #earlymodern #16thcentury #renaissance
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"So anyway, this is called 'Wonderwall.'"
Everyone knows Oasis ripped off The Beatles.
Fewer know The Beatles ripped off sixteenth century Swiss engraver Jost Amman.
#historyfact
Everyone knows Oasis ripped off The Beatles.
Fewer know The Beatles ripped off sixteenth century Swiss engraver Jost Amman.
#historyfact
April 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"So anyway, this is called 'Wonderwall.'"
Everyone knows Oasis ripped off The Beatles.
Fewer know The Beatles ripped off sixteenth century Swiss engraver Jost Amman.
#historyfact
Everyone knows Oasis ripped off The Beatles.
Fewer know The Beatles ripped off sixteenth century Swiss engraver Jost Amman.
#historyfact
Reposted by 𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖗 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖘 (Will Phillips)
A late 1500s TTRPG has been my white whale.
Four times I've designed rules. Four times I've abandoned them: fear of not getting the history right, fear of 𝘮𝘦𝘩 gameplay, fear of lack of audience.
It still spooks me. I don't like that.
Here are some recent proof of concepts.
#ttrpg #tabletop
Four times I've designed rules. Four times I've abandoned them: fear of not getting the history right, fear of 𝘮𝘦𝘩 gameplay, fear of lack of audience.
It still spooks me. I don't like that.
Here are some recent proof of concepts.
#ttrpg #tabletop
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Discover the people who shaped the Renaissance in our Renaissance Lives series. Explore the lives of artists, writers, and thinkers who changed history.
🎟️ Book for upcoming talks.
📺 Watch past events, including discussions on Donatello, Paracelsus,& John Donne.
warburg.sas.ac.uk/renaissance-...
🎟️ Book for upcoming talks.
📺 Watch past events, including discussions on Donatello, Paracelsus,& John Donne.
warburg.sas.ac.uk/renaissance-...
Renaissance Lives
A series of conversations discussing the ways in which individuals transmitted or changed the lives of traditions, ideas and images.
warburg.sas.ac.uk
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Discover the people who shaped the Renaissance in our Renaissance Lives series. Explore the lives of artists, writers, and thinkers who changed history.
🎟️ Book for upcoming talks.
📺 Watch past events, including discussions on Donatello, Paracelsus,& John Donne.
warburg.sas.ac.uk/renaissance-...
🎟️ Book for upcoming talks.
📺 Watch past events, including discussions on Donatello, Paracelsus,& John Donne.
warburg.sas.ac.uk/renaissance-...
Tornadoes may be passing through Missouri with more bad weather forecast in the next couple of days.
It's important to have head protection!
... Sixteenth century style with my cabasset: an open-faced helmet popular with infantry and light cavalry.
#livinghistory #armor #16thcentury #tornadoes
It's important to have head protection!
... Sixteenth century style with my cabasset: an open-faced helmet popular with infantry and light cavalry.
#livinghistory #armor #16thcentury #tornadoes
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Tornadoes may be passing through Missouri with more bad weather forecast in the next couple of days.
It's important to have head protection!
... Sixteenth century style with my cabasset: an open-faced helmet popular with infantry and light cavalry.
#livinghistory #armor #16thcentury #tornadoes
It's important to have head protection!
... Sixteenth century style with my cabasset: an open-faced helmet popular with infantry and light cavalry.
#livinghistory #armor #16thcentury #tornadoes
Reposted by 𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖗 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖘 (Will Phillips)
What a wonderful episode, and so great to hear Lyndal Roper talking about the CHALLENGES of writing histories 🗃️
I really enjoyed this bit from Kate reflecting on the introduction from LR’s book:
I really enjoyed this bit from Kate reflecting on the introduction from LR’s book:
April 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What a wonderful episode, and so great to hear Lyndal Roper talking about the CHALLENGES of writing histories 🗃️
I really enjoyed this bit from Kate reflecting on the introduction from LR’s book:
I really enjoyed this bit from Kate reflecting on the introduction from LR’s book: