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[aliencomicinvasion]

We use majuscule and minuscule, I don't know if that's how they were referred to back then but it's currently how we talk about lowercase and uppercase script from before the printing press.

If uppercase letters are capital letters then what the FUCK are lowercase letters

[troythecatfish]

Murder, kidnappings, and corruption.

These are just some of the best known crimes of anti-communist Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori, who has just died. A few months ago he had claimed he would run for president again.

[burningvelvet]

the worst part about having an embarrassing amount of knowledge about your hyperfixation is having to repress the urge to correct people when they talk about it bc u don't want to be an asshole but at the same time u Need to Share and Protect the Knowledge for the Good of All Mankind

[the-orphic-youth]

I find it lovely how each fencer I know compares fencing to a different thing. I've heard it is like :

• writing, because you learn guards and cuts like you learn letters, and when you can read and write each of them (execute them), you can combine them and write your own poems (fence).

• acting on stage, because you learn by heart a big part of the role, but nothing goes perfectly all the time. then you can't just stop in the course of playing (during a sparing), instead you need to use your skill in order to improvise.

• cooking with an unclear recipe (again, improvising with what you've got, possibly coming up with something new as a result).

• learning how to play an instrument.

• chess but 3D (I like this one a lot).

[americanrevolutionxx]

📸 high_tide_ on TikTok

[lost-pumpkin-pie]

Dolmabahçe palace (1856), Turkey/Istanbul

[enlitment]

Huge shout-out to my friend who lets me indulge my hyperfixations and somehow managed to track down a photo of my old high school history notes on the French revolution??

Some higlights!

Headline: The Impact of the French Revolution (on the Czech Lands) (which was part of the Austrian Empire back then, making it just a bit more spicy)

After the fall of the Bastille in 1780, the revolution gains traction, making Austrian authorities uneasy

Leopold II. (Austrian emperor) knows it is important to filter the news getting to Austria from France

The news about the revolution are apparently more censored in Czech-language newspaper than the German ones, since the Czechs were known to rebel against authorities (kind of a "don't want to give them any ideas" type of situation") -> this meant that Czechs who spoke German would have had better access to the news about the French Revolution

The French Revolution would have more support in the Czech intellectual circles, compared to the countryside

a first disinformation campaign was launched in the Austrian newspaper, focused on making the French Revolution look as bad as possible (designed to protect the "traditional regime = the right solution" narrative)

This was contrasted with the experiences of real French people brought to the Czech lands by French soldiers (e. g. during the Napoleonic Wars - the Battle of Austerlitz, arguably the most important battle on our territory)

it also says that the French army was apparently viewed largely positively by Czech people and that the soldiers generally behaved quite decently? (I guess there's a really low bar for a behaviour of a foreign army but still. This surprised me, definitely not something I remembered from my class!)

After the ideas of the French Revolution spread to our country, it influenced the intellectual climate and made people rethink the status quo under the Austrian rule

last point (in all caps for some reason lol): FIRST RECORDER TIME IN WHICH THE STATE USED A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN, trying to paint France in a bad light

you also get to witness my horrible handwriting I guess~

[animelionessmika]

Any history nerds on this webbed site that know what medieval princesses in Central Europe usually dressed like

google is trying to sell me halloween costumes

[little-desi-historian]

Anyway… seeing as I do not personally specify in Tudor history despite being a very junior member of the society of creative anarchism and an American Revolution patriot unit in Philadelphia… @theladyelizabeth and @marythequeen are great Tudor oriented accounts that are not specifically all about Anne Boleyn/The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Also, @elysabeththequeene is a cool person. Anyway, this has been a PSA, follow them!

[deepperplexity]

Does anyone know what it was called/termed when someone was confined to a tiny cage with only standing room while it hung in midair as a punishment? Like, in Outlaw King, Queen de Burgh is taken and put in house arrest (I believe they called it that) but was locked in one of these cages hanging outside the castle walls with no chance of escape even if she could get through the large squares of the cage it would only mean plummeting to her death if she crawled/climbed out.

(I can't even find a gif of it but I remembered that scene and now I can't stop wondering what that punishment is called)

Got the answer!!!

Thank you @dontwanttobeanamericanidiot ! This was driving me crazy - so wonderful to have such a helpful community to turn to with the weirdest of questions 😂

[chesnat]

As an Indonesian I was shocked that Che Guevara and Soekarno were chummies like that?! They met in Indonesia in 1959 and then they met again in Cuba in 1960.

[emilykaldwen]

Hey History Tumblr! I’m looking for resources in regards to the lives of people in Venice during the 15th century. The classes, economics, jobs, what were family laws. Age of marriage, big families (if any). How did the people live, festivals, rituals. I’m finding a bunch of things about the Ottomans and the trade but I’m hoping for the equivalent of ‘widow and ward in medieval England’ type books for Venice. What were the households like, inheritance? Noble class vs merchant classes, etc. books are love, documentaries also great (I have a dvd set from my trip to Venice but it’s currently packed away and more of a high level overview)

Tagging history friends even though I know you’re British history: @theladyelizabeth @mihrsuri @harritudur @english-history-trip @queenemaker

[troythecatfish]

The JFK files reveal tactics used by the CIA to influence regime change in Cuba Recently released documents indicate that the CIA conspired to cause crop failure in Cuba, with the intention of collectively punishing the civilian population to pressure the socialist government of Fidel Castro at the time.

Source: MintPress

[rowleianlove]

hiiii <3 i’m charlie, short for charlotte; 19, sapphic, she/they. not new to tumblr but new account and am looking for moots!!

i think this is mainly gonna be a history/shakespeare blog but i’m not sure. my twt is @/drowndophelia too so you can find me there being strange and silly.

fav historical figures: lady jane grey, richard iii, arthur tudor prince of wales, thomas chatterton, jane seymour

anyways i’m shite at intro posts so just shoot me a message or an ask!!! i’m mainly here to make friends :3 oh and here’s what i look like:

[the-orphic-youth]

Plate armor, Nuremberg, ca. 1530-1545.