A historian who specializes in the nexus of apocalyptic religion and political violence. Angry swearbear. France-US. Views own. He/him.
Oct 8, 2018 • 36 tweets • 7 min read
It's #ColumbusDay and my oldest came to class with me, so I couldn't give my traditional #columbuswasamurderer lesson to my students. I was disappointed. Thankfully, Twitter is here, so here we go.
First, I do know that Columbus is in many ways a product of his time, specifically the economic and political crisis in Genoa post-1453 and the fall of Constantinople--we find Genoese cartographers, navigators and sailors all over the place in the aftermath, so...
Nov 15, 2017 • 35 tweets • 6 min read
Oh for fuck's sake. All right, ye olde wee little Islamaphobes, let's try this again, shall we? The Crusades Were a Bad Idea, Take 2, 280-character edition:
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1. The First Crusade is called, somewhat nebulously, in 1095, with a message that we will never properly recover--so first and foremost, trying to claim you know what the cause was is ludicrous. We have a number of sources for it. Try actual history! sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/urban2-…
