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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

OTD 7 October 1571, the famous naval battle of Lepanto between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire took place in the Gulf of Patras. News of the victory of the League sped through Europe and Duke Erich II of Calenberg had a room in his castle in Hann. Münden painted with scenes from the battle.

Detail of a fresco showing several galleys under papal and other christian banners.

Fragment of a fresco that once covered a whole chamber in the castle of Hann. Münden. It was commissioned just months after the battle took place.

View over Hann. Münden, taken October 7, 2026. The castle clearly towers over the old town and dominates the cityscape.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I for one am ready to join the Papal brigades in the fight against the machines.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Everytime I pass this 16th century house in Lüneburg I take comfort in the fact that even "the Luhmann", the sociologist famous for his systems theory, was an ordinary human as we all are, and grew up rather modestly in the family's brewery upstairs of the town's oldest still serving pub.

The 16th century brick house with three storeys and a high roof, situated at Salzstraße am Wasser 1 in Lüneburg, where Niklas Luhmann spent his childhood. The basement is occupied by a cozy pub as was in his time.

An entrance in a brick front from ca 1900 with a large sandstone sign Braunbier-Brauerei H. Luhmann. Today apartments and offices, but looks quite run down.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@weirdmedieval.bsky.social spotted in the wild. Compliments to the shop team at the European Hansemuseum in Lübeck.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Start of Semester! We venture out with a crew of 20 bright students to explore the Vast Expanses of 'blue' research. Everyone will be at the helm once, to guide us from Braudel Sound, passing Gillis Island to @stevementz.bsky.social Bay and down to the Rozwadowski Deep @oceanhistories.bsky.social

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A very good choice. Have a safe trip! Looking forward to the first pictures.

The cover of the 1978 Mexican edition of Galeano's Venas abiertas.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

In der 5. Klasse darf meine Tochter @sasastanisic.bsky.social lesen. Sehr cool! Rosenkohl kommt hier trotzdem nicht auf den Teller, so.

Nachricht von der Deutschlehrerin: Bitte Wolf von Saša Stanišić anschaffen (sogar richtig geschrieben!)

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Whence did all that fury come? W. B. Yeats, 1939

A printed poem by W B Yeats. It says:

A Stick of Incense
Whence did all that fury come, From empty tomb or Virgin womb?
Saint Joseph thought the world would melt
But liked the way his finger smelt.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Reality catches up with the splendid Norwegian series Beforeigners, where people from past centuries suddenly appear in the waters of Oslo harbour. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beforei...

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Winter Solstice sunset in Göttingen 21 December 2025 16:22 CET

Winter Solistice in Göttingen, view from my window, you can see the reflektion of the christmas tree and my favourite reading spot on the sofa

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

@rbb mit unklarer und ziemlich harscher Berichterstattung: Bezieht sich die Überschwemmung mit Jauche nun auf das Berliner Kindl oder den "Glühwein! 3,50 €"?

Meldung: Überschwemmung mit Jauche in Neukölln, Treptower Straße. Im Vordergrund ein Werbeschild für Berliner Kindl, darunter: Glühwein! 3,50 Euro.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Happy Birthday Paulus Potter! I really fell for your bovines.

A Holstein cow. In the painting Countryman with his herd, by Potter in 1648, the year the Thirty Years War officially ended. Hessen Kassel Heritage, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

A countryman with his herd, painted by Potter in 1648, the year the Thirty Years War officially ended. Hessen Kassel Heritage, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sign here! Don't miss this perfect opportunity for a great PhD project in Hanseatic and Gender History.

Merchant Dirck Tybis from Duisburg, portrayed by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1533, showing off his correspondence

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Heimat und Region im digitalen Zeitalter? Ausgerechnet dann gewinnt die Kategorie Raum erneut eine besondere Relevanz zur Selbstverortung, so @maltethiessen.bsky.social auf der Göttinger Tagung "Länder und ihre Identitäten - Geschichte in den regionalen Medien" www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

Malte Thießen zeigt eine Website des Landes NRW aus den 1990er Jahren. Links aufmerksames Publikum. Kaffeetassen natürlich auch, in der Alten Mensa der Uni Göttingen.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"The whole world in a clover leaf, which is the crest of my home of Hanover" - a classic in our regional history dept. The clover leaf still is a part of today's crest of Hanover

Green Clover on yellow shield. Crest of Hanover, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from Hermann Bote's Schichtbuch, 1514

Today's crest of Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Wikimedia commons. The Clover on a yellow shield set on a castle. On top a standing lion.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Definitely! And: Will he show up in casual attire?

Dáibhí Ó Cróinín on St. Patrick's parade in Galway in 2003. so many fond memories.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The murder of archbishop Engelbert of Cologne 1225 is the subject of the medieval panel at @historikertag.bsky.social feat. Claudia Garnier, @katha-m.bsky.social and Claudia Lauer. And what a fitting location it has. More: www.historikertag.de/Bonn2025/pro...

Katharina Mersch gives her paper in the Schlosskirche at University of Bonn.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Ob es der Tagesschau-Redaktion bewusst war bei der Illustration ihrer Meldung? Das Tattoo des Arbeiters ist jedenfalls der perfekte Kommentar zur Berliner Amo-Debatte: *Furor Teutonicus*... 🙄

Ein Arbeiter bringt ein Straßenschild an mit dem Namenszug Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße. Eine ganz prominent sichtbare Tattoowierung auf seinem Unterarm lautet Furor Teutonicus. Screenshot tagesschau.de

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Mission accomplished, and really well done!

A sign saying: we are all smart in academia. Distinguish yourself by being kind.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

What times do we live in, where an ordinary German bookshop chain offers a casual presentation of banned books - banned not in the usual oppressive countries, but in the US!

A table in a German bookshop with a large sign saying: "Book Bans in the U.S.". On the table books like The Hate U Give or The Handmaid's Tale, The Kite Surfer or The Bluest Eye are presented.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Stumbled upon it in Göttingen in May. In a history book. Lovely!

An exlibris in form of a book. On its cover in German: Borrowers of books from this collection are requested to take care of these books and return them within 14 days. Library of Aug. Hartwig

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Prof Masaki Taguchi (Tokyo) is talking in Göttingen about Emperor Charles IV. (1316-1378) and his use of legislation as means of government and pacification in his realm.

Masaki Taguchi talking in front of an audience in the Auditorium in Göttingen

In the foreground a book written by Taguchi about royal jurisdiction in the reign of Ludwig the Bavarian (1314-1347). In the background the author giving his presentation

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Who wants more authoritarian regimes and state oppression? They're on offer...

A booklet by an editorial that says in its headline: Authoritarian Regimes and State Oppression. Spring/Summer Promotion 2025. In a blue bubble it says: 15% Discount Offer

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Oy, now you got me... I returned to the good old stuff.

Cover of the first German paperback edition of Do androids dream of electric sheep? By Philip K. Dick. Printed in 1971. A soldier-like man, a dark-haired woman holding up an owl.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I read a lot of SciFi in my teens, Asimov, Heinlein, LeGuin, etc. But when I was 14, Frank Herbert's Dune was like a revelation. Even though I like the two movie versions, they of course cannot even closely convey all the intellectual layers the books offer. Always worth a reread.

Bookshelf with old science fiction paperbacks of German translations of works by Heinlein, Asimov and Herbert.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

1st Webinar Histories. Novel Insights into Naval Warfare and Diplomacy in Medieval Europe. 22 April 2025, 17:00 (CEST) sciforum.net/event/Histor...

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The whole family in front of the TV instantky thought of this

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This highly esteemed colleague just digitized herself. Or, how they said in Tron: She entered the game grid

A screenshot of academia.edu where a notification says: Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz just uploaded Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Et voilà: The Nürnberger Bratwurstmuseum with a large map of Bratwurst-sites in greater Nuremberg. Me: Team Kohlwurst, btw.

A 1.5 meter metal sign saying Nürnberger Bratwurstmuseum. A map filling out most of the window below.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Moin! That is an adorable model! The Bremen wreck is still the most complete, though there are recent good finds in Kampen (www.medieval.eu/late-medieva...) and Tallinn (meremuuseum.ee/en/wreck-of-...), as well.

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 13/10/2024

See you at the workshop "Lernen, um zu siegen? Anpassung, Kreativität und Wissenstransfer im globalen militärischen Kontext, 1600-1900", 15./16.10.2024 in Göttingen www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Oder Holzbein... es gibt noch Phantomschmerzen

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Call for Papers: Bundesländer - Medien - #Landesgeschichte (10/2025) Welche Rolle spielten Medien, Politik und Netzwerke bei der Entstehung regionaler Identitäten und der Anhänglichkeit an die Verwaltungseinheit "Bundesland"? Vortragende für Tagung in Göttingen gesucht! s.gwdg.de/1mhC5Z

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Die Tagung "Umwelten verflochten" bei der Professur für Bayerische und Fränkische Landesgeschichte in Erlangen beschäftigt sich mit der Verbindung von Umweltgeschichte und Landesgeschichte

Gabriel Zeilinger eröffnet in einem mit Stuck geschmückten Saal der Erlanger Orangerie

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,560,430!

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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Well done! Hier gehts jetzt leider wieder zurück ins miefige Binnenland 😩

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