Jan van Doren 🟥
@janvandoren.bsky.social
Early Medievalist | Senior Researcher | SOLEMNE | Radboud Universiteit | he/him
Great! Something to dig into later today!
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Great! Something to dig into later today!
"Turn of the 9th century" can also mean late 9th, early 10th. I've always found the phrase annoyingly ambiguous.
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Turn of the 9th century" can also mean late 9th, early 10th. I've always found the phrase annoyingly ambiguous.
Congratulations, Charles! The Utrecht-Nijmegen medieval history book club will be reading/discussing it at the end of this academic year!
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Congratulations, Charles! The Utrecht-Nijmegen medieval history book club will be reading/discussing it at the end of this academic year!
In incredibly Dutch fashion, I cycled the Elfstedentocht with my grand-parents when I was 11 or so (camping, over the course of a week).
October 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In incredibly Dutch fashion, I cycled the Elfstedentocht with my grand-parents when I was 11 or so (camping, over the course of a week).
It's a Dutch city rights thing: IJlst, historically has city rights and is thus a city, regardless of size. It's one of the eleven Frisian cities that people ice skate through for the "Elfstedentocht", the Netherlands' most famous natural ice skating tour (when we still got thick enough ice).
October 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It's a Dutch city rights thing: IJlst, historically has city rights and is thus a city, regardless of size. It's one of the eleven Frisian cities that people ice skate through for the "Elfstedentocht", the Netherlands' most famous natural ice skating tour (when we still got thick enough ice).
Just an excuse to award a medal for them to study in the future ;)
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Just an excuse to award a medal for them to study in the future ;)
I will back up Sam in saying that since I've been quietly following this discussion, several very questionable and slanderous comments have been deleted from under the main post to which Sam is responding. Some were latching onto insinuations in the main post, others took ugly turns of their own.
October 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I will back up Sam in saying that since I've been quietly following this discussion, several very questionable and slanderous comments have been deleted from under the main post to which Sam is responding. Some were latching onto insinuations in the main post, others took ugly turns of their own.
You're doing all the hits!
September 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You're doing all the hits!