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You see a handy paper plate offering access to all (!) Popes, Roman Emperors, Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, a lot of Christian kings, and more minor rulers. You need to move the paper pointer, find the correct ring, and read the information. #skystorians: it's an #earlymodern paper tool. 1/2

AskHistorians 16h ago

Listen up #Skystorians, because its #AMA time again! Dr. Josephine Hoegaerts has joined us for a chance to answer any and all your questions about voices of the past, speech, speech impediments and sound history! old.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

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Daniel Bellingradt 1d ago

How to speed up writing before the computer age. This suggestion of writing with 2 quills came from a schoolmaster and was formulated in 1692 Nuremberg, Germany. #skystorians

Daniel Bellingradt 2d ago

“Real History” as a branding is quite a nonsense claim. And using sources is what historians always do and did. This stinks, #skystorians

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AskHistorians 2d ago

Eager for a chance to learn more fantastic #History? We've heard you loud and clear #Skystorians. On Monday March 30th we're hosting an #AMA with Dr. Josephine Hoegaerts, author of Speaking, Stammering, Singing, Shouting: A Social History of the Modern Voice! Don't miss this chance to listen in.

German Historical Institute London 3d ago

Only a few days left to apply for our PhD and Postdoc Scholarships at the GHIL! Applications close 31 March! Find out more: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie... #skystorians #scholarship #phd #postdoc

AskHistorians 3d ago

Our #AMA with @[email protected] is live #Skystorians! Come learn all about the fascinating #History of The Dreaded Pox! old.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

I am Olivia Weisser, a histori...

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Daniel Bellingradt 3d ago

It is called bibliophagy, by the way, the habit of voracious reading: like "eating" a book. #skystorians

AskHistorians 4d ago

Mark your calendars #Skystorians! Because tomorrow we have an #AMA with @[email protected] , author of The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London! You can bring all you burning questions to AskHistorians and learn more about this fascinating subject!

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German Historical Institute London 4d ago

British troops’ bodies, routines, and understandings of ‘regular’ and ‘irregular’ violence. Read it now: ghil.hypotheses.org/... 🔗 #historyofwar #warfare #weapon #guerilla #armalite #historyblog #skystorians 3/3

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The Enemy’s Weapon: Learning Guerrilla Warfare Through an American Rifle

Sarawak, January 1964 ‘You may be intrigued to hear that we have got our first Armalite rifle in Sarawak—captured from the Indos yesterday’, an officer of the British Far East Land Forces stationed in Singapore wrote to his colleague in Whitehall. ‘This may act as a suitable incentive to hasten our own.’1 In the context … Continue reading The Enemy’s Weapon: Learning Guerrilla Warfare Through an American Rifle

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