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Robert Feldacker

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Prospect Researcher @Northern Illinois University, Medieval History Enthusiast. Spouse, Parent, Pet Owner, Occasional figure painter and gamer, shameless publicist for https://www.niu.edu/clas/history/about/faculty/garver.shtml he,him

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I've enjoyed all of them very much but my favorite has been the episode on St. Nicholas with Rutger Kramer!

09.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

MAA 2026 Publication Prizes

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Medieval Academy of America Publication Prizes:

The Haskins Medal: Travis Zadeh, Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the WorldΒ and Mapped the
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-2026-pub...

04.02.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

09.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

That "battle against the evil trees" fable doing a LOT of work not explaining political change...

08.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Front and Rear views of a 25mm painted miniature of a fighter with sword, conical helmet, and round shield against a stonework/dungeon background. Made by Heritage Miniatures in the early 1980's

Front and Rear views of a 25mm painted miniature of a fighter with sword, conical helmet, and round shield against a stonework/dungeon background. Made by Heritage Miniatures in the early 1980's

#Miniatures This is one of the first miniatures I ever purchased. Missing his torch and repainted except for his shield which is off a Kingmaker tile. Heritage Dungeon Dwellers 1215c Henchman 3 by M. Carr. Because of the dungeon base pattern I had to make a new dungeon themed background to photo it

07.02.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Open Datasets For Medieval Studies – ODFMS is a showcase of world-class research on the Middle Ages in dataset format.

I am very excited to report that a project I have been working on for 3+ years is finally seeing the light of day! Along with @byzcapp.bsky.social and Jesse Torgerson, we debut a new annual section in Digital Philology that proposes the dataset as a new genre of publication. odfms.hcommons.org

06.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh Χ€ΦΏΧ™Χ“ΧœΧ’Χ¨ אױ׀ֿן Χ“ΧΦ·Χš)

Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh Χ€ΦΏΧ™Χ“ΧœΧ’Χ¨ אױ׀ֿן Χ“ΧΦ·Χš)

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

06.02.2026 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5530    πŸ” 1584    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 158

That would be a great headline to that article! I mean, whom amongst us wants to be ignorant about ski jumpers but…

06.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great looking figure! Who makes that one? The helmet/head looks really good.

05.02.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whom amongst us has not gotten swept away by Oman's epic retelling of how this hero got his ass (and eventually his head) handed to him in three successive battles and not immediately wanted to commemorate him in paint?!

05.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Great Palace Cambridge Core - Middle East History - The Great Palace

Free for download until Feb. 12: Calahorra Bartoloma, The Great Palace. #MedievalSky #MedievalMiddleEast #GlobalMiddleAges #Byzantium www.cambridge.org/core/element... Thanks to Pasts Imperfect for the notice!

05.02.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

do you have a "chainmail guy?" @amanda.omg.lol does (or used to)

youtu.be/mZ_EALNa0ww?...

04.02.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, the use of nuclear power is a complicated issue for me, but it becomes way less complicated if health and safety gets rolled back.

04.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come sing with me Friday Feb 6 at the Sidetrack Bar & Lounge in Chapel Hill. 7-9:15 p.m. Two sets!

03.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Column three

02.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
25mm figure from Grenadier, β€œfemale elf ranger” from their 1980’s Woodland Adventurers box set. Rear view

25mm figure from Grenadier, β€œfemale elf ranger” from their 1980’s Woodland Adventurers box set. Rear view

25mm figure from Grenadier, β€œfemale elf ranger” from their 1980’s Woodland Adventurers box set. Front view

25mm figure from Grenadier, β€œfemale elf ranger” from their 1980’s Woodland Adventurers box set. Front view

25mm Warrior of Rohan on foot in mail and equipped with spear and shield. Figure is slightly modified from Essex Miniatures. Front view

25mm Warrior of Rohan on foot in mail and equipped with spear and shield. Figure is slightly modified from Essex Miniatures. Front view

25mm Warrior of Rohan on foot in mail and equipped with spear and shield. Figure is slightly modified from Essex Miniatures. Rear view

25mm Warrior of Rohan on foot in mail and equipped with spear and shield. Figure is slightly modified from Essex Miniatures. Rear view

#Miniatures Two more completed this week Rohirric foot and Elf Ranger

01.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn.

Just…damn.

01.02.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Front view

28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Front view

28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Rear view

28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Rear view

28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Shield side view

28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Shield side view

28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Axe side view

28mm miniature of a dwarf warrior with axe and Sheild mounted on a moose. The figures base depicts snow and a severed troll head. Axe side view

Made (and given) as a gift for the host of my Tuesday night DnD game, who plays a dwarf warrior and collects moose statues etc. #Miniatures

31.01.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) ⭐ 7.4 | Documentary, History 1h 30m | G

www.imdb.com/title/tt1664...

30.01.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cave of Forgotten Dreams was really interesting!

30.01.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's why the David Lynch adaptation was so hollow, lack of dune footage. It was like you didn't know what you were even watching

30.01.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Still from the animated show "Archer" depicting an office machine which makes toast

Still from the animated show "Archer" depicting an office machine which makes toast

Someone bought one of these for your office?

30.01.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some got a ton of messaging from Reagan on down in the 80's telling them that their wealth (if any) was deserved and came with no responsibilities. Any later messages that contradicted that were received...poorly

29.01.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who went to every damn year of middle school and high school with them (and sigh, a member myself) I remain utterly unsurprised by how much we suck.

29.01.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bilbo B. somewhat of a champion in this regard- confirmed gentleman bachelor at 50, even massive adventures and acquisition of wealth didn't prevent him from joyously celebrating his 111th birthday still single (even if he did feel a bit like butter spread over too much toast...)

29.01.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It will almost certainly be a better day than if you hadn't petted Turbo #pettingdogsisawesome

29.01.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, I feel seen.

29.01.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing, it was very interesting. I'm also going to have to find a way to call something "cobblers" asap

29.01.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is sad to hear! I enjoyed his writing on Sicily and Frederick II so much.

28.01.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Its not as big as his health care, but Obama also presided over a presidency with very few corrupt officials or any personal scandal, which was a big contrast and welcome relief.

28.01.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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