Polkagoat
@polkagoat.bsky.social
Voracious reader, Central Asian history, history, fibre arts, gardening, tomato breeding, cats, dogs, blues, and hockey. Canadian. I don't like doomers or fascists.
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With Redcoathistory and I back in Spain.
Following Salamanca 1812, the Battle of Garcia Hernandez, when the German Cavalry in Britain's service broke at least two French Infantry Squares.
Who were they and why was it almost unheard of?
youtu.be/lkWg9PgGzo4?...
Following Salamanca 1812, the Battle of Garcia Hernandez, when the German Cavalry in Britain's service broke at least two French Infantry Squares.
Who were they and why was it almost unheard of?
youtu.be/lkWg9PgGzo4?...
Wellington’s Secret Weapon: Germany’s Hardest Men
YouTube video by Redcoat History
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December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
With Redcoathistory and I back in Spain.
Following Salamanca 1812, the Battle of Garcia Hernandez, when the German Cavalry in Britain's service broke at least two French Infantry Squares.
Who were they and why was it almost unheard of?
youtu.be/lkWg9PgGzo4?...
Following Salamanca 1812, the Battle of Garcia Hernandez, when the German Cavalry in Britain's service broke at least two French Infantry Squares.
Who were they and why was it almost unheard of?
youtu.be/lkWg9PgGzo4?...
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Current issue of Natural History Magazine has a huge TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES spread, an excerpt from the book! 🌍
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Current issue of Natural History Magazine has a huge TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES spread, an excerpt from the book! 🌍
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Vincent Carretta takes a look at the remarkable life of the poet Phillis Wheatley, the first ever African-American woman to be published: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/phillis-wheatley-an-eighteenth-century-genius-in-bondage
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Vincent Carretta takes a look at the remarkable life of the poet Phillis Wheatley, the first ever African-American woman to be published: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/phillis-wheatley-an-eighteenth-century-genius-in-bondage
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Researchers have marshaled ice core and tree-ring data to suggest that a previously unknown volcano erupted in 1345 and triggered climate changes that eventually led to the Black Death. 🏺🧪
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
Volcanic eruption triggered 'butterfly effect' that led to the Black Death, researchers find
A volcanic eruption in 1345 may have kicked off a series of events that led to the Black Death sweeping through medieval Europe.
www.livescience.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Researchers have marshaled ice core and tree-ring data to suggest that a previously unknown volcano erupted in 1345 and triggered climate changes that eventually led to the Black Death. 🏺🧪
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
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"Nothing will come of nothing: speak again."
– Shakespeare, King Lear
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Nan Da about her book The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear, which explores Shakespeare’s story of King Lear and the tragedy of Maoist and post-Maoist China. #books @princetonupress.bsky.social
– Shakespeare, King Lear
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Nan Da about her book The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear, which explores Shakespeare’s story of King Lear and the tragedy of Maoist and post-Maoist China. #books @princetonupress.bsky.social
755 The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear (with Nan Z. Da) | My Last Book with Iris Jamahl Dunkle
At the start of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based on his daughters’ professions of love, but he portions it out before he…
www.historyofliterature.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Nothing will come of nothing: speak again."
– Shakespeare, King Lear
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Nan Da about her book The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear, which explores Shakespeare’s story of King Lear and the tragedy of Maoist and post-Maoist China. #books @princetonupress.bsky.social
– Shakespeare, King Lear
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Nan Da about her book The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear, which explores Shakespeare’s story of King Lear and the tragedy of Maoist and post-Maoist China. #books @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Stuart Lloyd reviews “Spring Castle”, historical fiction by Michiko Ishimure tr by Bruce Allen (Tuttle) asianreviewofbooks.com/spring-castl...
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Stuart Lloyd reviews “Spring Castle”, historical fiction by Michiko Ishimure tr by Bruce Allen (Tuttle) asianreviewofbooks.com/spring-castl...
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For those who, like me, love speculative and alien evolution, there's a remarkable new book out, "Wildlife on the Planet Furaha" by Gert van Dijk. www.crowood.com/book/wildlif...
Wildlife on the Planet Furaha | The Crowood Press
On the planet Furaha, Gert van Dijk creates a biosphere on a new world along with its solar system. Evolution on Furaha found solutions to life’s problems that remained unused on Earth. There are in-d...
www.crowood.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For those who, like me, love speculative and alien evolution, there's a remarkable new book out, "Wildlife on the Planet Furaha" by Gert van Dijk. www.crowood.com/book/wildlif...
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Registration is now open for my 13 Jan 2026 public lecture, "The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories: Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses," csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin.... Sponsored by @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social. #histmed #aDNA #PandemicThinking
Infectitious Disease Histories - CSMBR
In this lecture, Monica Green explores how pathogen palaeogenetics, through ancient microbial genomes, is transforming our understanding of the evolution and global circulation of premodern infectious...
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Registration is now open for my 13 Jan 2026 public lecture, "The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories: Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses," csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin.... Sponsored by @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social. #histmed #aDNA #PandemicThinking
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6,000-Year-Old Rock Murals in Texas and Mexico Reveal Ancient Beliefs on the Cosmos www.discovermagazine.com/6-000-year-o...
6,000-Year-Old Rock Murals in Texas and Mexico Reveal Ancient Beliefs on the Cosmos
Learn about the ancient story of Pecos River rock murals in Texas and Mexico, representing the Mesoamerican worldview through symbolic paintings.
www.discovermagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
6,000-Year-Old Rock Murals in Texas and Mexico Reveal Ancient Beliefs on the Cosmos www.discovermagazine.com/6-000-year-o...
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A review of my book *Freedom Ship*, by Dave Bell for *Hidden City* (Phila.'s history). He calls the book "a ground-breaking, deeply researched, fascinating look into the long-neglected role of the maritime trade in enabling countless runaways to achieve freedom."
hiddencityphila.org/2025/11/sail...
hiddencityphila.org/2025/11/sail...
Sailing to Freedom with the Runaway Navy
A new book documents how most escaped slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the mid-1800s came by steamboat, schooner, or skiff
hiddencityphila.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A review of my book *Freedom Ship*, by Dave Bell for *Hidden City* (Phila.'s history). He calls the book "a ground-breaking, deeply researched, fascinating look into the long-neglected role of the maritime trade in enabling countless runaways to achieve freedom."
hiddencityphila.org/2025/11/sail...
hiddencityphila.org/2025/11/sail...
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So my book about Howard Zinn’s outsized life comes out August 2026. That’s now official. If you want me to come to your bookstore/library/community center/house party to talk about Zinn’s life and and what teaches us about how to beat back the bastards, please email edgeofsports@gmail.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So my book about Howard Zinn’s outsized life comes out August 2026. That’s now official. If you want me to come to your bookstore/library/community center/house party to talk about Zinn’s life and and what teaches us about how to beat back the bastards, please email edgeofsports@gmail.com
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Chinese fiction in translation, recently reviewed in the ARB: “Women, Seated” by Zhang Yueran, “Delicious Hunger” by Hai Fan, “Portraits in White” by Kaori Lai
asianreviewofbooks.com/tag/chinese/
asianreviewofbooks.com/tag/chinese/
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Chinese fiction in translation, recently reviewed in the ARB: “Women, Seated” by Zhang Yueran, “Delicious Hunger” by Hai Fan, “Portraits in White” by Kaori Lai
asianreviewofbooks.com/tag/chinese/
asianreviewofbooks.com/tag/chinese/
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I just published a new article about turtles in Japanese folklore and culture including folktales, yokai, ghosts, and art. I really hope you enjoy it! 🐢
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
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#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
Turtles in Japanese Folklore and Culture
Folktales, yokai, symbolism and art
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I just published a new article about turtles in Japanese folklore and culture including folktales, yokai, ghosts, and art. I really hope you enjoy it! 🐢
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
#JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseArt
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This weekend is @edinburghup.bsky.social's St. Andrew's Day sale, when everything is 50% off! This includes my dense monograph about the integration of the tribally organized al-Azd's integration into the state structures of the early caliphate, including some material on the conquest of Sind
Arabs in the Early Islamic Empire
Arabs in the Early Islamic Empire
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This weekend is @edinburghup.bsky.social's St. Andrew's Day sale, when everything is 50% off! This includes my dense monograph about the integration of the tribally organized al-Azd's integration into the state structures of the early caliphate, including some material on the conquest of Sind
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The ibidem-Verlag Book series "Ukrainian Voices" on Amazon: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The ibidem-Verlag Book series "Ukrainian Voices" on Amazon: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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“Who has the right to define horses? And who now arbitrates authenticity?”
A battle to define the Arabian horse is underway, writes Mohamed Nasser for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
A battle to define the Arabian horse is underway, writes Mohamed Nasser for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Battle To Define the Arabian Horse
It once embodied migration, honor and survival, but the breed’s identity is increasingly tied to a global bureaucracy
newlinesmag.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Who has the right to define horses? And who now arbitrates authenticity?”
A battle to define the Arabian horse is underway, writes Mohamed Nasser for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
A battle to define the Arabian horse is underway, writes Mohamed Nasser for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Why black women’s stories of encounters with the police are missing from official and unofficial accounts of police violence.
The Secrets of Silence by Shannon Malone Gonzalez is now available worldwide.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Secrets of Silence by Shannon Malone Gonzalez is now available worldwide.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Why black women’s stories of encounters with the police are missing from official and unofficial accounts of police violence.
The Secrets of Silence by Shannon Malone Gonzalez is now available worldwide.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Secrets of Silence by Shannon Malone Gonzalez is now available worldwide.
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Our handbook has a page on the publisher site :)
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
www.bloomsbury.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Our handbook has a page on the publisher site :)
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
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Tear up your Christmas list and start again.
The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Books of the Year 2025: Part 1
www.historytoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Tear up your Christmas list and start again.
The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
The first part of History Today’s Books of the Year 2025 is here!
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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A couple of good ethnographies of Indigenous literacy practices
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A couple of good ethnographies of Indigenous literacy practices
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Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
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How have books shaped the way we think? In January Anna Somfai will teach an online short course on books about science and philosophy in the Middle Ages. Book now 👇 #MedievalSky @ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Medieval Philosophical and Scientific Manuscripts – an online short course taught by Anna Somfai
This course will run online from 14:00-17:00: Monday 26 January – Thursday 29 January 2026. The course explores medieval Western philosophical and scientific manuscripts produced over the spa…
palaeography.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
How have books shaped the way we think? In January Anna Somfai will teach an online short course on books about science and philosophy in the Middle Ages. Book now 👇 #MedievalSky @ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...
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Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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🏺 #Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology