@sjohnhist

Historian @SwanseaUni, mostly of the Middle Ages | New book: 'Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium' https://xitter.cf/t.co/1tmVKtXL8k | 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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swansea.ac.uk/staff/simon.a.john/
Joined July 2010
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Very pleased that my book 'Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium: The 1848 Monument to Godfrey of Bouillon' is now out - and I have the hard copies to prove it! See @boydellbrewer 's website here: tinyurl.com/4dca63ft & use code BB132 for a 40% discount! #medievaltwitter
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The monument to St Boniface in Fulda - it has some major 'Charlton Heston in the Ten Commandments' vibes
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WELSH PLACE-NAMES IN ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Just *some* of the many place-names in England with Welsh equivalents. I had to miss out so many to fit the ones included… and even most of those aren’t in exactly the correct positions! Search ‘Welsh toponyms’ to find a much more extensive list.
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I can heartily recommend this call for applications to spend some on fellowship at @CAPASHeidelberg thinking about the Apocalypse in all its incarnations and guises. My time there has been transformative and inspiring!
Centre for Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic Studies@CAPASHeidelberg3 Jul 2023
Call for Applications #CfP Fellowships at CAPAS for up to 6 months, starting 09/2024. Academic focus lies on imaginaries and concepts of the (post-)apocalypse as a specific figure of transformation, rupture, and speculative thought. Deadline 31.08.2023 ➡️ uni-heidelberg.de/capas/call…
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Edinburgh: 10/10, would recommend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍
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"Some know me as William the Bastard, but to my friends I'm..."
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Terrible news...
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I'm not at @IMC_Leeds this year, but my new book 'Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium' might well be😉 Should appeal to anyone interested in C19th (ab)uses of the medieval past Seek out @boydellbrewer at the Bookfair!
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Bishops (of St David's) Palace, Lamphey - dates to the early C14th
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Is an entrance still secret when it has a sign saying 'secret entrance' on it...?!
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In Gerald of Wales country (aka Pembrokeshire) for the weekend
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The Cathars after Innocent III called the Albigensian Crusade
Ashley@ashleeeydaf29 Jun 2023
So so stupid from Pope
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Had fun watching baseball in London last weekend 🇺🇸🇬🇧⚾️@MLBEurope
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I learn that at one point plans for the Eurostar included a night train from Swansea to Paris... Just imagine, spending the day in one of Europe's most beautiful cities, catching a train late at night, and waking up the next morning in Paris theguardian.com/business/202…

Adieu Mickey Mouse: Eurostar’s shrinking ambitions seven years on from the Brexit vote

When the Channel Tunnel first opened there were visions of seamless pan-European travel from the UK. Now the Disneyland Paris route has been axed and the Amsterdam route delayed, what went wrong?

theguardian.com
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(One has to read through the detailed information in this article on the profoundly negative impact of Brexit on the Eurostar to find this detail about the night train)
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The route to the local bakery isn't a bad one...
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For anyone interested in the First Crusade, you're in luck! See link for details of an online course organised by @histassoc, beginning on 11 July. history.org.uk/historian/cat…
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Looking like Edinburgh castle and deep fried mars bars at this rate...
Simon John@sjohnhist19 Jun 2023
Top tips for a short visit to Edinburgh (inc. best places to eat)? Thanks in advance!
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Top tips for a short visit to Edinburgh (inc. best places to eat)? Thanks in advance!
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You know it's hot when a museum adds a note to its poster to say that the current exhibition is air conditioned...
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