Hello All!
I’m going to make this short and sweet. Like a rollercoaster. Here are some things I found interesting this week on twitter and the blogs I’m following.
1. From twitter, Medievalists.net posted two very interesting articles. One is on horses in Medieval Iceland as status symbols and their placement in Icelandic culture. The other is on Opium in 9th century Baghdad. When do you get to read about topics like that?!?! Links below.
2. Also from twitter, the ever trusting Byzantine Phil just posted a link to published manuscripts of works from Aristotle, Theophrastus and Galen. Check it out yos!
3. A post on the “A Corner of Tenth Century Europe” blog discusses the existence and life of the Picts and the archaeological evidence for them. A very cool and fascinating blog post for those interested in Irish history.
And… there is a book coming out in February on Wales and the Crusades. I’m already starting to put money in my piggy bank for that one.
Links!!!!
http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/13/opium-in-ninth-century-baghdad/
http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/24336731?n=1&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=.125&printThumbnails=no
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