Category: Europe

Did the Vikings Kill Gay People and Dump them in Bogs?

, , , , , , , , ,
Did the Vikings Kill Gay People and Dump them in Bogs?
Did the Vikings Kill Gay People and Dump them in Bogs? from YouTube

*CONTENT WARNING: Adult themes and images of human remains*

There’s an odd rumour that’s spread around that the Vikings murdered people we would today consider part of the LGBTQ+ community and dumped their bodies in peat bogs. Yeah, I know.
But what evidence do we have that same-sex relationships were frowned upon in the Viking Age? Was it really not OK to be gay in Viking Age Europe? Is this just a case of later church laws imposing their views on others? Did the Vikings really have masculinity so fragile you could knock it down with a feather? And what does an unreliable Imperial Roman writer, gladiators, and ancient undertakers have to do with all of this?
And where did I leave my tea?
Join Jimmy as he explores what sources we actually have on all of these attitudes, and maybe enjoy the birdsong and greenery as well.

https://youtu.be/_cYRcN3CP6Q The amazing work of Antti Palosaari, who made me my new intro animation: @Anttimation Some reading: https://www.kyrackramer.com/2018/11/0… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of… WARNING: mentions sexual assault: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40918734 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41658776 Find me elsewhere: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jimmyjohnson Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thewelshviking My actual website: www.welshviking.com

Stolen Goods or Finders Keepers? Controversies at the British Museum

, , , , , , , , , , ,
Stolen Goods or Finders Keepers? Controversies at the British Museum

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_8HXihcmUk&ab_channel=TheMuseumGuide[/embed] Looking for more information about the British Museum? Watch my video about its top ten treasures. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about the controversies of the British Museum.

Representing Medieval Space: A Panel Discussion

, , , , , , ,
Representing Medieval Space

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPX5Wk1Vxbw&ab_channel=TheExilianChannel[/embed] With historians Mária Vargha, Acer Lewis, and Madeleine Sterns: chaired by James Baillie. This panel was recorded as part of the Coding Medieval Worlds 3 event, run by Exilian and the University of Vienna Digital Humanities Group, on February 25, 2023.

Jesus Had a Vagina (According to Medieval Christian Mysticism) – Tales of Times Forgotten

, , , , , , , , , , ,
Jesus's wounds resembling a vagina in medieval art

About a month ago, a whole host of right-wing media outlets, including The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the New York Post, NBC Montana, and Fox News, published a flurry of wildly sensationalist articles claiming that a dean at the University of Cambridge said that Jesus was transgender. As Candida Moss, a scholar of the…

Naughty Nuns, Flatulent Monks, and Other Surprises of Sacred Medieval Manuscripts

, , , , ,
Surprises of Sacred Medieval Manuscripts

Flipping through an illustrated manuscript from the 13th century, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Jesus loved a good fart joke. That’s because the margins of these handmade devotional books were filled with imagery depicting everything from scatological humor to mythical beasts to sexually explicit satire. Though we may still get a kick out of…

Vatican returns Parthenon sculpture fragments in move that could add pressure on British Museum to do the same | World News | Sky News

, , , , , , , , , ,
Vatican Returns Parts of Parthenon

The Vatican has returned three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece in a move that could increase pressure on the British Museum to do the same.The sculptures, which represent a horse and two male heads, were originally created as part of the famous Parthenon temple in Athens but had been held in the Vatican…

What was the Inquisition? The Origins, Theory and Practice of the Medieval War Against Heresy

, , , , , ,
What was the Inquisition?
What was the Inquisition? The Origins, Theory and Practice of the Medieval War Against Heresy from YouTube

There is perhaps nothing that evokes the grim, tortured terror of the middle ages more than the institution of the Inquisition. Long conceived as the worst …

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs7OEFCQkKs&ab_channel=ESOTERICA[/embed] There is perhaps nothing that evokes the grim, tortured terror of the middle ages more than the institution of the Inquisition. Long conceived as the worst imaginable combination of legal impunity and religious fanaticism, the inquisition remains more the object of horror than deeply understood. Originating in the 13th century attempt to suppress the…

  • Buy Authentic ModernTraditional.com Network Merch!

  • ModernTraditional Needs You

    Thank you for reading this site!

    We appreciate your attention and positive feedback. This site depends on our readers, and needs your support. Please link to us in your website or social media, and if possible, send a donation. Thank you!

    Click here to send a donation with Paypal.

    Click here to join our Patreon.

    ModernTraditional.com