Dr. M.R. Geldof
@drviolence.bsky.social
Historian of violence, underemployed academic, low-rent podcaster (patreon.com/dr_violence) he / him, treaty 4 territory
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I know no-one wants to think about next term right now, but please remind students to book their places on the Latin palaeography online short courses at beginner or intermediate level taking place in February 👇 #MedievalSky 📖🧑💻👩💻👨🏽💻👩🏻💻🧑🏿💻🧑💻 📚
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Introduction to Latin Palaeography
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December 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I know no-one wants to think about next term right now, but please remind students to book their places on the Latin palaeography online short courses at beginner or intermediate level taking place in February 👇 #MedievalSky 📖🧑💻👩💻👨🏽💻👩🏻💻🧑🏿💻🧑💻 📚
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How did the concept and role of the English soldier change across the late medieval and early modern divide?
'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513' by Dan Spencer, a new research article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/44QK8Y7
#Skystorians 1/2
'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513' by Dan Spencer, a new research article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/44QK8Y7
#Skystorians 1/2
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
How did the concept and role of the English soldier change across the late medieval and early modern divide?
'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513' by Dan Spencer, a new research article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/44QK8Y7
#Skystorians 1/2
'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513' by Dan Spencer, a new research article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/44QK8Y7
#Skystorians 1/2
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Really pleased to have my short article out with @epoch-history.bsky.social on the experience of disability during the Hundred Years' War! The rest of the issue is a fantastic read and it was lovely to work with the editors and @joshcoulthard.bsky.social.
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
The Experience of Disability and Becoming Disabled in the Hundred Years’ War
‘In our said service he was and is mutilated in one of his arms’ (‘en notre dit service il a este et est mutile dun de ses bras’), is the text justifying the pardon by the council of the King of Engla...
www.epoch-magazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Really pleased to have my short article out with @epoch-history.bsky.social on the experience of disability during the Hundred Years' War! The rest of the issue is a fantastic read and it was lovely to work with the editors and @joshcoulthard.bsky.social.
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-exp...
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
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A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
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the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
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This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
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An absolutely outstanding signature on this commissioner's return for an Elizabethan Duchy Chamber case. TNA DL 1/42/K1b
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An absolutely outstanding signature on this commissioner's return for an Elizabethan Duchy Chamber case. TNA DL 1/42/K1b
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We do not need yet more post facto diagnoses of Adolf Hitler. Such things have been happening since the 1940s and historians — real ones, not the ones who write Father’s Day pulp — put no stock in them, because as explanatory devices they tell us, in the technical jargon of my discipline, fuck all.
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We do not need yet more post facto diagnoses of Adolf Hitler. Such things have been happening since the 1940s and historians — real ones, not the ones who write Father’s Day pulp — put no stock in them, because as explanatory devices they tell us, in the technical jargon of my discipline, fuck all.
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Ronan Piontek interviewed both Jordan (formerly from A Better Way 2A) and I about our perspectives on self defense and carving out space away from mainstream gun culture, especially for minorities and others who have conventionally felt left out. Give it a read!
“You are welcome here” - The Advent of Marginalized Gun Culture in the U.S. — The Madison Journal of Literary Criticism
One day in the fall of 2024, I was forced to reckon with how I, and many of my peers, understand gun ownership in the United States. In a class discussion about police shootings, the professor challen...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ronan Piontek interviewed both Jordan (formerly from A Better Way 2A) and I about our perspectives on self defense and carving out space away from mainstream gun culture, especially for minorities and others who have conventionally felt left out. Give it a read!
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🏰 “Uncover the secrets of medieval fencing—no sword required. Just log in and learn! medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/fenc... #HEMA #MedievalMartialArts #MedievalStudies
En Garde! Fencing in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
From apprentices in the street to princes at court, fencing was widespread in late medieval and early modern England. This course explores the fascinating careers and martial arts of those who…
medievalstudies.thinkific.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🏰 “Uncover the secrets of medieval fencing—no sword required. Just log in and learn! medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/fenc... #HEMA #MedievalMartialArts #MedievalStudies
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Going Somewhere This Weekend?
This pilgrim's hat with a tiny "Vernicule" on it is a nod to the Vera Icon or Veronica's Face of Christ contact relic, stemming from Crucifixion lore. Worn this way as a printed or painted badge, often on fabric, it was supposed to keep the wearer safe en route!
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This pilgrim's hat with a tiny "Vernicule" on it is a nod to the Vera Icon or Veronica's Face of Christ contact relic, stemming from Crucifixion lore. Worn this way as a printed or painted badge, often on fabric, it was supposed to keep the wearer safe en route!
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November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Going Somewhere This Weekend?
This pilgrim's hat with a tiny "Vernicule" on it is a nod to the Vera Icon or Veronica's Face of Christ contact relic, stemming from Crucifixion lore. Worn this way as a printed or painted badge, often on fabric, it was supposed to keep the wearer safe en route!
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This pilgrim's hat with a tiny "Vernicule" on it is a nod to the Vera Icon or Veronica's Face of Christ contact relic, stemming from Crucifixion lore. Worn this way as a printed or painted badge, often on fabric, it was supposed to keep the wearer safe en route!
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Brundage’s flowchart of medieval sexual decision making as a computer program.
For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.
Here's the video of it running.
Here's the video of it running.
October 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Brundage’s flowchart of medieval sexual decision making as a computer program.
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remarkable transformative anti-racist works in a co-curated Mellon-funded show engaging with ideas of monuments and statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, at The Brick and at Geffen Contemporary @moca-la.bsky.social in LA
>> www.moca.org/exhibition/m...
>> www.moca.org/exhibition/m...
MONUMENTS
Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art.
www.moca.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
remarkable transformative anti-racist works in a co-curated Mellon-funded show engaging with ideas of monuments and statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, at The Brick and at Geffen Contemporary @moca-la.bsky.social in LA
>> www.moca.org/exhibition/m...
>> www.moca.org/exhibition/m...
Sydney Anglo was supervised as a doctoral student, by Francis Yates, was partner to Margaret McGowan CBE, and was a gentleman and scholar who signed his e-mails to me as 'slasher Sid' warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Professor Sydney Anglo FSA, FRHistS, FLSW, FBA (1934-2025)
We are sorry to report that Professor Sydney Anglo has passed away.
warburg.sas.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sydney Anglo was supervised as a doctoral student, by Francis Yates, was partner to Margaret McGowan CBE, and was a gentleman and scholar who signed his e-mails to me as 'slasher Sid' warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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I read your thesis.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I read your thesis.
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Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social
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The tank's role is to draw aggro
October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The tank's role is to draw aggro
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Child 1 has a marketing project about restaurants and needs 300 survey responses. She can't earn higher than 70% if she doesn't reach the target. Seems unfair - some kids just don't have as many friends/family! Could you take 2 min to take the survey? Due in 2 days and she needs 100 more. Thanks!
Restaurant Survey
In one of my classes at school we are creating a restaurant as part of a marketing plan. The purpose of this survey is to gather data on what is popular in the community. The survey helps determine wh...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Child 1 has a marketing project about restaurants and needs 300 survey responses. She can't earn higher than 70% if she doesn't reach the target. Seems unfair - some kids just don't have as many friends/family! Could you take 2 min to take the survey? Due in 2 days and she needs 100 more. Thanks!
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While I would not expect a sudden mass spasm of violence, one of the core drivers of a particular form of individual violence is a permission structure, some sign of "you can do this too".
I would not treat this like the standard saber-rattling.
I would not treat this like the standard saber-rattling.
I think the only surprise here is how quickly this is happening this openly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Daily Caller Opinion Column ‘Explicitly’ Calls for Violence
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
While I would not expect a sudden mass spasm of violence, one of the core drivers of a particular form of individual violence is a permission structure, some sign of "you can do this too".
I would not treat this like the standard saber-rattling.
I would not treat this like the standard saber-rattling.
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A bad journalist misrepresenting data to push his own agenda? No way!
@alyssaur.bsky.social looks at Jesse Singal and his piece in The Economist for this week's TWIBS.
@alyssaur.bsky.social looks at Jesse Singal and his piece in The Economist for this week's TWIBS.
TWIBS: Don’t Believe Jesse Singal’s Lies — Assigned
Writing for The Economist last week, anti-trans journalist Jesse Singal has once again poorly interpreted a study that represents a huge win for trans healthcare as, somehow, troubling news.
www.assignedmedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
[i got that reference dot gif]
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Was going to make one of those "joining the war on autism on the side of autism" memes but still haven't been able to find the right Paradox screenshot
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Was going to make one of those "joining the war on autism on the side of autism" memes but still haven't been able to find the right Paradox screenshot
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The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
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open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
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Today is the day! Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination is now widely available. I will be giving my first book talk at the University of Pittsburgh, with a specific focus on domestic violence. press.edu/books/gender-violence-in-late-antiquity/hardcover
September 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today is the day! Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination is now widely available. I will be giving my first book talk at the University of Pittsburgh, with a specific focus on domestic violence. press.edu/books/gender-violence-in-late-antiquity/hardcover
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”