#OTD (14th October) The course of history is changed dramatically as Duke William triumphs over Harold II at the battle of Hastings

There was no Old English word for train. “Railroad”, on the other hand, is a good example of a modern kenning (multiple words combined to mean another). In Old English, it would be *regolrād. The problem is, a native Old English speaker would interpret *regolrād as meaning “the

William The Conqueror with the chronicler William of Jumieges

getting out-feministed by teenage boys is a new one

William of Malmesbury praising Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians; "(She was a woman)with an enlarged soul… a spirited heroine who aided her brother (Edward The Elder) greatly with her advice and of building cities.”

Geert Wilders rn:

Huge congrats to Rob Jetten, our D66 friends, and VVD in the Netherlands! 💛 Proof that hope, optimism and liberal values can beat the fear and division of the populist right. Let’s do the same here in the UK and wipe the smile off Farage’s face at the local elections in May.

Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃

William II puzzled as to what that thing is sticking out of his chest

Fair enough.

nothing is more beautiful to a humanities student than seeing the words Full Text Available Online

do you guys know about the jawbone of St Anthony

Emma of Normandy with her two sons, Edward The Confessor and Alfred, from her first marriage to Aethelred The Unready

I am ✨obsessed✨ with this guitar-playing dragon The Morgan MS M. 358, fol. 32r, ca. 1440-1450 Provence

Young and overtaxed? You deserve better than Labour #AutumnBudget

The rather splendid tomb of Robert Curthose, troublesome eldest son of William The Conqueror which can be found at Gloucester cathedral

The maths is really not that hard

🚨BREAKING🚨 MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union. The Prime Minister must now listen MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth with an ambitious trade deal with the EU.