Dr. Chris White Writes
@chriswhitewrites.bsky.social
PhD in Medieval Weirdness - ghosts, werewolves (and werecats!), things that go bump in the night.
Tokyo raised. Husband, father. Certified human. Terrible at origami.
Tokyo raised. Husband, father. Certified human. Terrible at origami.
And I wrote a short piece about medieval revenants and 28 Years Later for @aunz.theconversation.com, which has just gone up: theconversation.com/the-28-days-...
The 28 Days Later franchise redefined zombie films. But the undead have an old, rich and varied history
Long before zombies were stars on the big screen, they roamed medieval Europe.
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June 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
And I wrote a short piece about medieval revenants and 28 Years Later for @aunz.theconversation.com, which has just gone up: theconversation.com/the-28-days-...
No massacres, as far as I'm aware.
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
No massacres, as far as I'm aware.
I wrote about this a bit in my thesis (and in an article I'm currently in the weeds of revision on) and there are actually quite a few condemnations of cats! Documents like Vox in Rama or Hildegard of Bingen's de animalibus, amongst others.
They could be both good and bad, symbolically.
They could be both good and bad, symbolically.
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I wrote about this a bit in my thesis (and in an article I'm currently in the weeds of revision on) and there are actually quite a few condemnations of cats! Documents like Vox in Rama or Hildegard of Bingen's de animalibus, amongst others.
They could be both good and bad, symbolically.
They could be both good and bad, symbolically.
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It's so great when they remember what you tell them!
It's so great when they remember what you tell them!
December 3, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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It's so great when they remember what you tell them!
It's so great when they remember what you tell them!
I've always like the idea of some Norman bloke saying "Oh, I was with Henno - come on, you know Henno...with the teeth!"
October 5, 2023 at 8:51 PM
I've always like the idea of some Norman bloke saying "Oh, I was with Henno - come on, you know Henno...with the teeth!"
Did Henno have weird teeth, or really nice ones?
October 5, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Did Henno have weird teeth, or really nice ones?
More tree snakes yesterday, they give me the willies but they are beautiful creatures. Both much bigger than this little one
October 5, 2023 at 8:14 PM
More tree snakes yesterday, they give me the willies but they are beautiful creatures. Both much bigger than this little one