The Holy Roman Empire famously never had a capital, except for one brief period in 1414-1418 during the council of Constance. The emperor Sigismund's was there, as were the Prince Electors, the dukes and archbishops as well as counts and nobles in their hundreds. #skystorians
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In 1417 the emperor Sigismund travelled to England to mediate in the 100 years war. King Henry V of England had just won the battle of Agincourt and was about to force the French into the treaty of Troyes.
The emperor brought gifts as you can see in this picture #history 🧵(1/

The Council of Constance where the Western Schism ended and Jan Hus was burned kicked off in November 1414.
If you want to follow the tumultuous events at this gathering of 20,000 in a mid-sized German city and hear how it changed Europe go to:
historyofthegermans.com/2024/11/21/c...

#art painting and reference. I am bad a perspective and proportions. But I kind of like how the figure in the for ground came out.

#art watercolour and reference.

Inhale a question for the #ADHD and #art people kicking about here. I am finding it really difficult to draw/paint from reference. I can’t simplify things. I see all aid the detail and I feel like I have to include it, but then I’m not good enough to do that either. So is this a ADHD or me thing?

Do hashtags #️⃣ hier also summen the ADHD illuminati like the did on the bird app? #ADHD

Der letzte Teil Satz ist das wichtigste. Der Bereich in dem meiner Meinung nach alle anderen durch fallen. Sie wollen polemisieren, definieren und lauter als der andere sein. Nicht aber konstruktiv über Lösungswege diskutieren.

Just spent over 90min talking about this amazing sculpture with my ADHD coach. I had to look up who it was by and share it.

Morning Star by Paul Fryer

So sehr ich die Graue Eminenz nicht mag verstehe ich nicht ganz warum er schuld ist.

Echte Männer wählen grün!

If BlueSky is our new home, then let's make the best out of it!
Here is a list of history podcasters I have found on BlueSky so far. If I have missed one, let me know and I will add!

go.bsky.app/KHQqBE9

Found the painting to the meme. It’s by Arnold Böcklin. The rest of his work is not bad either. Really just leaving this here as a reminder.