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Simon John

@simonajohn.bsky.social

Historian of the Middle Ages and their reception, among other things. Cyclist, Germanophile and pun aficionado.

Simon John @simonajohn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Swansea - in fact right in front of the university - during the recent heatwave. That flaming yellow thing in the sky seems to have vanished again...

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Simon John @simonajohn.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Submitted to the publisher this morning: 'Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments', edited by myself, @tomasirish.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. Could also have been titled 'Colston Five Years On' @swanseahistory.bsky.social

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Simon John @simonajohn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

#OTD in 1099 the armies of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem, killing thousands as they did so - a fateful event with repercussions stretching down to the present. This is how one C19th French painter imagined the scene.

E Signol's painting of the capture of Jerusalem, Palace of Versailles

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Simon John @simonajohn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Me: it would be cool to get students to design an action figure of a person from history as a piece of assessment. AI: I can do that, here's a Gerald of Wales action figure

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Simon John @simonajohn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

While I'm disappointed that the hat of my Innocent III action figure has fallen off inside the package, I'm pleased to learn that Innocent had a shock of jet black hair.

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