Simon Thomas Parsons @_simonparsons

@UoBrisHistory medieval historian, tinned seafood enthusiast. I'm interested in medieval historical traditions, orality, crusades, songs, gender, and pleasure research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/sim… Leamington Spa, England Joined November 2013

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Simon Thomas Parsons @_simonparsons

3 years ago

🚨Looking for a fantastic book on the medieval epic? Well, we have not one but eight (and one in two volumes!), available direct from the Societe Rencesvals British Branch, from our new website rencesvals.co.uk

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Joan Passey @JoanPassey

3 years ago

Do you want a student-facing #UCURising strike explainer? Do I have a treat for you! This pamphlet explains what trade unions are, what they do, and why Higher Education staff are striking, while busting some common myths. PDF available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1REzSmd…

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux

3 years ago

One of the things in visual representations of the past, especially a 'fantastic' past (e.g. fantasy medieval Europe) is the tendency to skip over the period when mail was the dominant heavy armor, from roughly the second century BC to the 13th century AD. So let's talk mail. 1/

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milo edwards @Milo_Edwards

3 years ago

there’s a lot of ukraine discourse today and i just think the problem with a lot of people’s positions is that they haven’t survived contact with reality but they’re persisting with them regardless (short thread)

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Mark Hailwood @mark_hailwood

3 years ago

I wrote a thing! If you work with signed/marked historical documents it might be of interest... #twitterstorians

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Simon Thomas Parsons @_simonparsons

3 years ago

Is the Biblioteca Nacional de España manuscript page down for anyone else? (bdh.bne.es) @BNE_biblioteca

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Simon Thomas Parsons @_simonparsons

3 years ago

Sheltering from the rain in Dorset at the lovely Saint Aldhelm's chapel, with 12th century groin vaults, a dramatic location on a cliff, and some seventeenth century graffiti. Perfectly tailored to make me happy, apparently

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CWU @CWUnews

3 years ago

Wow - incredible. With just 5 working days notice to mobilise 115,000 members across 1,500 workplaces for the second national ballot in a month we have absolutely smashed it again. 72.2% Turnout 98.7 % YES Up the postal workers

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Simon Thomas Parsons @_simonparsons

3 years ago

It's here, finally! So glad to have my chapter Women at the Walls included in this fantastic and good-looking tome edited by the esteemed @andrewdbuck and Thomas Smith of @HistoryRugby Much reading of other chapters now to undertake...

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Enough is Enough @eiecampaign

3 years ago

Enough is enough. It's time to turn anger into action. Join the campaign to fight the cost-of-living crisis. wesayenough.co.uk

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Sara @tinyredbook

3 years ago

I am sorry but how can you still call yourself the leader of the *labour* party if you sack your shadow transport minister for joining a rail workers picket line?

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Historians @ Bristol @UoBrisHistory

3 years ago

We are hiring for a full-time, open-ended lecturership in any aspect of early modern history. We are especially keen to hear from researchers whose specialism would broaden the geographical range of the department. More details/informal contact in ad: jobs.ac.uk/job/CRT257/lec…