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2 weeks ago

What links Augusta Savage and WEB Du Bois? The Saturday quiz

2 In what combat sport are competitors divided into east and west? 3 Which force is based in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhone? 4 In hospitals, the Bristol scale is used to classify what? 5 Which English rugby player has been immortalised as a Barbie doll? 6 What begins at Theresienwiese on the first Saturday after 15 September? 7 The River Irwell separates which two cities? 8 Which band played with red flowerpots on their heads?
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fromMedievalists.net
3 weeks ago

Ten Medieval Phrases That Deserve a Comeback - Medievalists.net

Medieval phrases contain vivid, expressive oaths and sayings that preserve historical values and linguistic richness and deserve revival in modern speech.
fromArs Technica
4 months ago

Medieval preacher invoked chivalric hero as a meme in sermon

Falk and Wade believe the correct translation of "elves" is "wolves," due to a scribe's muddling of the letters "y" and "w" in the Humiliamini sermon.
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