Azu | Medieval + Early Modern
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Medieval & Early Modern History 📜
academic 🇲🇽 | medieval courtesan research
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A brief intro since we have a word limit, lol.
Hello! My name is Azucena and I’m a history academic, focusing on the research of women and prostitution in the middle/later medieval era. Occasionally my studies lead me to dabble into early modern history and the slave trade of the Ottoman harem.
Hello! My name is Azucena and I’m a history academic, focusing on the research of women and prostitution in the middle/later medieval era. Occasionally my studies lead me to dabble into early modern history and the slave trade of the Ottoman harem.
Often I remain silent to avoid drawing attention to myself. But if this administration has taught me anything so far is that my future became uncertain overnight. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared shitless.
A thread of concern:
A thread of concern:
February 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Often I remain silent to avoid drawing attention to myself. But if this administration has taught me anything so far is that my future became uncertain overnight. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared shitless.
A thread of concern:
A thread of concern:
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“Historians differ in our understandings of the past. We do not differ in our commitment to evidence or the integrity of our discipline… Our society has never needed us quite as much as now.”
newrepublic.com/article/1912...
newrepublic.com/article/1912...
Trump May Wish to Abolish
the Past. We Historians Will Not.
Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools.
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Historians differ in our understandings of the past. We do not differ in our commitment to evidence or the integrity of our discipline… Our society has never needed us quite as much as now.”
newrepublic.com/article/1912...
newrepublic.com/article/1912...
My academic trauma is a professor telling me that the Ottoman imperial harem is a poor excuse of power, when I argued that the SOW had to have some effect in the way “progressive” ideals infiltrated the empire.
I don’t think I’ve ever been speechless the way I was that day.
I don’t think I’ve ever been speechless the way I was that day.
February 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My academic trauma is a professor telling me that the Ottoman imperial harem is a poor excuse of power, when I argued that the SOW had to have some effect in the way “progressive” ideals infiltrated the empire.
I don’t think I’ve ever been speechless the way I was that day.
I don’t think I’ve ever been speechless the way I was that day.
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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
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NVM there’s no department of education
So, I assume every lesson about corrupt nations in the global South are being updated to reflect how it happens in the North, right?
February 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NVM there’s no department of education
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What Things Were Worth in the Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/what-things-were-worth-in-the-middle-ages/ #medievalsky
What Things Were Worth in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net
Discover how medieval societies defined worth—not just in gold and wages, but through symbolic treasures, priceless gifts, and the stories objects carried.
www.medievalists.net
January 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What Things Were Worth in the Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/what-things-were-worth-in-the-middle-ages/ #medievalsky
Do I even have to say anything? 🤦🏻♀️🙄
January 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Do I even have to say anything? 🤦🏻♀️🙄
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The vibes today/tonight
a man in a suit is playing a violin while another man plays a double bass
ALT: a man in a suit is playing a violin while another man plays a double bass
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The vibes today/tonight
This little guy refuses to come inside despite it being freaking cold outside 🥶😭
January 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This little guy refuses to come inside despite it being freaking cold outside 🥶😭
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1-As a result of the great Mongol invasion in the 13th century, the vast Abbasid library and archival records in Baghdad, as well as the archives of the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century and those of the Ottoman State in the 14th century in Anatolia, were largely destroyed.
January 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
1-As a result of the great Mongol invasion in the 13th century, the vast Abbasid library and archival records in Baghdad, as well as the archives of the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century and those of the Ottoman State in the 14th century in Anatolia, were largely destroyed.
When I tell you I never get tired of reading this? I mean it. 😩 #history #medievalhistory @rmkarras.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I tell you I never get tired of reading this? I mean it. 😩 #history #medievalhistory @rmkarras.bsky.social
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YouTube makes me feel really stressed for our future.
The level of listening comprehension is truly stunning.
The level of listening comprehension is truly stunning.
January 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
YouTube makes me feel really stressed for our future.
The level of listening comprehension is truly stunning.
The level of listening comprehension is truly stunning.
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*Sultan Murad III addresses Elizabeth I in a series of many letters, originally written in Ottoman Turkish, as per the odd translation of England and Elizabeth, which was later translated into Latin for the Queen. Since the comments under this post seem to have their panties in a twist over it.
"The pride of the women who follow Jesus, the most excellent of the ladies honored among the Messiah's people, arbitress of the affairs of the Christian community, who trails the skirts of majesty & gravity, the queen of the realm of Inglitere, Queen Elizaide."
Turkish sultan addresses Elizabeth I
Turkish sultan addresses Elizabeth I
December 13, 2024 at 8:48 AM
*Sultan Murad III addresses Elizabeth I in a series of many letters, originally written in Ottoman Turkish, as per the odd translation of England and Elizabeth, which was later translated into Latin for the Queen. Since the comments under this post seem to have their panties in a twist over it.
A brief intro since we have a word limit, lol.
Hello! My name is Azucena and I’m a history academic, focusing on the research of women and prostitution in the middle/later medieval era. Occasionally my studies lead me to dabble into early modern history and the slave trade of the Ottoman harem.
Hello! My name is Azucena and I’m a history academic, focusing on the research of women and prostitution in the middle/later medieval era. Occasionally my studies lead me to dabble into early modern history and the slave trade of the Ottoman harem.
December 13, 2024 at 8:28 AM
A brief intro since we have a word limit, lol.
Hello! My name is Azucena and I’m a history academic, focusing on the research of women and prostitution in the middle/later medieval era. Occasionally my studies lead me to dabble into early modern history and the slave trade of the Ottoman harem.
Hello! My name is Azucena and I’m a history academic, focusing on the research of women and prostitution in the middle/later medieval era. Occasionally my studies lead me to dabble into early modern history and the slave trade of the Ottoman harem.
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In case you didn't know, librarians are educated professionals with a master's degree and don't just willy nilly buy any old books for their libraries.
December 8, 2024 at 12:36 AM
In case you didn't know, librarians are educated professionals with a master's degree and don't just willy nilly buy any old books for their libraries.
On today’s episode of Azu’s hyper-focus of the day:
Cyrus is killed and Queen Tomyris defiles his body by cutting off his head and thrusting it in a skin full of human blood as revenge for the death of her son.
#history #ancienthistory #queentomyris #cyrusthegreat
Cyrus is killed and Queen Tomyris defiles his body by cutting off his head and thrusting it in a skin full of human blood as revenge for the death of her son.
#history #ancienthistory #queentomyris #cyrusthegreat
November 26, 2024 at 8:49 PM
On today’s episode of Azu’s hyper-focus of the day:
Cyrus is killed and Queen Tomyris defiles his body by cutting off his head and thrusting it in a skin full of human blood as revenge for the death of her son.
#history #ancienthistory #queentomyris #cyrusthegreat
Cyrus is killed and Queen Tomyris defiles his body by cutting off his head and thrusting it in a skin full of human blood as revenge for the death of her son.
#history #ancienthistory #queentomyris #cyrusthegreat
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
When I tell you I haven’t been able to put this book down 😩
#history #medici #lorenzodemedici #clariceorsini #therenaissance
#history #medici #lorenzodemedici #clariceorsini #therenaissance
November 24, 2024 at 9:16 AM
When I tell you I haven’t been able to put this book down 😩
#history #medici #lorenzodemedici #clariceorsini #therenaissance
#history #medici #lorenzodemedici #clariceorsini #therenaissance
November 22, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Today I woke up with the desire to have an academic cockfight with a lecture mate AND with a book by a female historian ✨
#history #medievalhistory #medievaleurope
#history #medievalhistory #medievaleurope
November 21, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Today I woke up with the desire to have an academic cockfight with a lecture mate AND with a book by a female historian ✨
#history #medievalhistory #medievaleurope
#history #medievalhistory #medievaleurope
November 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Here goes nothing! 🥹
November 21, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Here goes nothing! 🥹