Corinne Wieben
@medievalpast.bsky.social
Professor of medieval history, podcaster, writer, & bibliophile. MA/PhD from UCSB. Working on masculinity, marriage, & law in late medieval Italy. D&D & TTRPG enthusiast. Dabbler in history of magic & witchcraft.
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Corinne Wieben
@medievalpast.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hi, medievalists! I’m a professor of medieval history specializing in masculinity, marriage, and law in late medieval Italy. I have a slight TTRPG obsession and do some public-facing stuff, including a podcast on the history of magic & witchcraft.
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#medievalsky #medieval
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#medievalsky #medieval
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Ever heard of the medieval French convent where nuns couldn’t stop… meowing? 🐱
In this limited-time minisode, we dive into one of history’s strangest cases. Was it mass hysteria, or something deeper?
#EnchantedPodcast #HistoryPodcast #MedievalWomen #MedievalHistory #WitchSky #FeminineRebellion
In this limited-time minisode, we dive into one of history’s strangest cases. Was it mass hysteria, or something deeper?
#EnchantedPodcast #HistoryPodcast #MedievalWomen #MedievalHistory #WitchSky #FeminineRebellion
Bonus Minisode: The Arts of Delusion
Podcast Episode · Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft · S6, E69 Bonus · 14m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ever heard of the medieval French convent where nuns couldn’t stop… meowing? 🐱
In this limited-time minisode, we dive into one of history’s strangest cases. Was it mass hysteria, or something deeper?
#EnchantedPodcast #HistoryPodcast #MedievalWomen #MedievalHistory #WitchSky #FeminineRebellion
In this limited-time minisode, we dive into one of history’s strangest cases. Was it mass hysteria, or something deeper?
#EnchantedPodcast #HistoryPodcast #MedievalWomen #MedievalHistory #WitchSky #FeminineRebellion
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Pls. repost and share: #OA #OER free scholar-produced resource for teachinge and readinge *The Canterbury Tales* at the Universitye level: THE OPEN ACCESS COMPANION TO THE CANTERBURY TALES
opencanterburytales.lsusites.org
opencanterburytales.lsusites.org
The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales – The new way to learn about old books
opencanterburytales.lsusites.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pls. repost and share: #OA #OER free scholar-produced resource for teachinge and readinge *The Canterbury Tales* at the Universitye level: THE OPEN ACCESS COMPANION TO THE CANTERBURY TALES
opencanterburytales.lsusites.org
opencanterburytales.lsusites.org
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A coat of arms has to be impressive, full of symbolism, it's important, it represents an powerful family or person, so you have to think long and hard about its design and take it very seriously.
Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;
Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A coat of arms has to be impressive, full of symbolism, it's important, it represents an powerful family or person, so you have to think long and hard about its design and take it very seriously.
Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;
Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;
New episode just in time for spooky season. 🎃
Looking for a spooky story? Check out the latest episode on our fascination with haunted dolls. enchantedpodcast.net/episodes/611
#Halloween #podcast #history #Annabelle #RobertTheDoll #haunted #PossessedDoll #occult #Conjuring #Chucky #spooky #doll #Florida #Amityville #revenant #ghost #haunting
#Halloween #podcast #history #Annabelle #RobertTheDoll #haunted #PossessedDoll #occult #Conjuring #Chucky #spooky #doll #Florida #Amityville #revenant #ghost #haunting
Positively Do Not Open — Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft
Haunted dolls are a cornerstone of folklore and popular culture. Our enduring fascination with them may stem from the fact that they occupy the uncanny valley, where their lifelike resemblance to huma...
enchantedpodcast.net
October 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
New episode just in time for spooky season. 🎃
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The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.
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(solemnly) You've had mail.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(solemnly) You've had mail.
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
This piece does an excellent job of articulating a whole list of things I’ve observed in my classes in particular and felt shifting in The Discourse(TM) in general. I may ask my students in History of Classical Greece & Rome to read and discuss it… if they’re able.
My magnum opus - a unified field theory of why the post-literate society spells disaster for civilisation as we know it
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This piece does an excellent job of articulating a whole list of things I’ve observed in my classes in particular and felt shifting in The Discourse(TM) in general. I may ask my students in History of Classical Greece & Rome to read and discuss it… if they’re able.
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if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities
This is some great news!
NEWS: A House of Representatives Subcommittee just voted to continue library funding in next year's federal budget. This is thanks to YOUR hard work as library advocates.
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is some great news!
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Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
August 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
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I know people don't think through the implications of valorizing a period of history, or even condemning one, but if you want to talk about the period from 500-1500 as a "Dark Ages" you're implicitly saying both the Roman Empire and Early Modernity are... good. And that's fucked up.
August 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I know people don't think through the implications of valorizing a period of history, or even condemning one, but if you want to talk about the period from 500-1500 as a "Dark Ages" you're implicitly saying both the Roman Empire and Early Modernity are... good. And that's fucked up.
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"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
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maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
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With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport?
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
www.pbs.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport?
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
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Stephen Colbert has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
July 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Stephen Colbert has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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The terminally online mind cannot comprehend this
June 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The terminally online mind cannot comprehend this
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Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed 📜
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed
The unpublished work — believed to be the oldest known English book on cheese — contains some “repulsive” entries, experts said.
www.miamiherald.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed 📜
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
This is gorgeously designed (graphically and intellectually)!
Thanks to Carole for reminding me that I hadn’t posted the Langston League #Sinners syllabus yet! Erica Buddington and her team on top of it, as always: drive.google.com/file/d/1Ks_t...
There’s a whole page on each of the major characters.
There’s a whole page on each of the major characters.
SINNERS UNOFFICIAL SYLLABUS (Instagram Post (45)) (2).pdf
drive.google.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is gorgeously designed (graphically and intellectually)!
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
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1/ The rightwing likes to claim it's opposed to higher education because it's "elitist." But the fact that 47's admin is intent on gutting not only DEI programs but also federally funded Pell Grant & student loan programs shows that it's not really aimed at “elitism."
No pay wall.
No pay wall.
There’s nothing elitist about college or university. We should reject that idea | Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti
Higher education institutions continue to function as powerful engines of social mobility. They need more, not less, support
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1/ The rightwing likes to claim it's opposed to higher education because it's "elitist." But the fact that 47's admin is intent on gutting not only DEI programs but also federally funded Pell Grant & student loan programs shows that it's not really aimed at “elitism."
No pay wall.
No pay wall.