Shahrouz, PhD

The linked video is why I am increasing my level of support for MinnMax. I am blown away by the effort needed to put that together. Absolutely remarkable.

New semester, same tricks.

Except I'm adding more banned phrases. (Yes, the worst political climate for me to be banning speech, but an informal poll of me and me alone revealed that phrases like "since the dawn of time" are heinous.)

#medievalsky

Students of history will see the parallels between Reza Pahlavi and Napoleon III. Pahlavi might be far less connected, less capable, and less canny than any Bonaparte, but his claim that he'll "step forward" to "lead this transition" via referendum echoes 1848/1852, down to the royalist backsliding.

A medieval illumination depicting the Trojan war with anachronistic medieval elements (clothing, armor, buildings, etc.)

Have a friend, relative, or anonymous internet adversary complaining about the “historical accuracy” of the costumes in Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey film? Let ‘em see how medieval artists depicted ancient subjects—including Homeric stories! This 14th-c. portrayal of the Trojan war will melt their brains

Source: BNF fr. 60 f. 77. Full folio here.

Bonus: f. 117v with a depiction of Thomas Becket’s assassin—I mean, Paris killing Achilles!

A medieval illumination depicting the Trojan war with anachronistic medieval elements (clothing, armor, buildings, etc.)

Have a friend, relative, or anonymous internet adversary complaining about the “historical accuracy” of the costumes in Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey film? Let ‘em see how medieval artists depicted ancient subjects—including Homeric stories! This 14th-c. portrayal of the Trojan war will melt their brains

YouTube video by Paulo Augusto Gipsy Kings - Hotel California

The cover in Spanish by the Gipsy Kings is also phenomenal

youtu.be/u1jJ7SA3j1U?...

Jokes aside, can a non-satirical outlet write an article like this about feudalism? The public must be informed.

Who let this slip? Just wait till they discover the truth about the Vikings...

In my third decade of life, I realized that referring to Superman and his love interest by their first names results in Lois and Clark.

Intentional or not, this fact has been on my mind without interruption for about 36 hours and counting.

2001, I think you mean?

Please pay your comic artists so they can keep drawing panels like this.

#AbsoluteBatman

Studying the wrong ancient Roman ruler gets Australian high school seniors out of a history exam Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar inst...

The teachers "mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar instead of his predecessor, Julius Caesar."

Were the teachers not suspicious of the fact that their Caesar managed to live into old age and died in a much less perforated state?

apnews.com/article/aust...

I should be grading, which of course means I have exhausted every possible route on the internet to learn about arrowheads made from meteorites, including the Mörigen Arrowhead, found in Estonia and thought to have been made from one of the Kaali meteorites nearly 3,000 years ago.

I'll read anything with your name on it. Sorry if I missed it—what's the ETA for this one? Super excited.

Averroes, Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics: fragment from a MS of the Latin translation by Michael Scot (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 1091)
www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...

It’s surprising what a battered belly craves!

I would like to share my recent discovery that a McDonald's Big Mac combo is not a wise choice as the very first meal after a stomach bug.

What fine company!

Reviving this quote from the historian Marc Bloch, killed in 1944 while resisting the Nazis in France. #medievalsky

"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds."
(Macbeth, 4.3.45-47)

Bob Moore obituary Other lives: Medieval historian at Sheffield and Newcastle universities who wrote influential books on heresy and the roots of intolerance

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

I have similar feelings when people drop the “rouz” from my name.

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The Tetris grid.

Les femmes et la médecine au Moyen Âge : le cas de Trotula de Salerne Que sait-on de Trotula de Salerne, pionnière de la gynécologie et de l'obstétrique au Moyen Âge ? A-t-elle été victime de ce qu'on appelle aujourd'hui l'effet Matilda ? Pourquoi cette figure encore my...

I teach a History of Medicine course and insist, following @monicamedhist.bsky.social, that my students distinguish correctly between "Trota" and "Trotula." A French pop media article came up on my feed with a reminder that her erasure endures.

#medievalsky

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

I wish I could be that disciplined

Is the Early Modern period a black hole of history? As a medievalist, I am frequently exhilarated and dismayed by how often I encounter something seemingly important but totally unknown to me when venturing past my curfew of 1499.

YouTube video by ABC7 Getty Villa employees recount how they raced to save the museum from the Palisades Fire

I'm amazed by the efforts of the staff at The Getty Villa @gettymuseum.bsky.social to protect the museum during the Palisades Fire.

youtu.be/dbt4p7xMfk8?...

I've finally done it. The instructions for the papers in my undergraduate history courses explicitly prohibit the use of the phrase "throughout human history." But will it be enough?

#medievalsky