how could we possibly know the ancient Romans said it like this?! well, it's simple! they were truly more advanced than many medieval european civs in many ways, which included leaving a lot of texts. someof the texts give VERY precise examples of how they spoke, how words were pronounced, etcetera. pretty neat, right?!
#roman #latin #linguistics #language #languages #europeanhistory #history #rome #churchlatin #throwbackthursday
#OnThisDay, 24 Mar 1944, Éliane Plewman is arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France after six months operating as a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier carried messages and equipment around their network.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory #SOE
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Arturo Zoffman's lecture at Sabanci University on his new project, ‘The Constitutional Road to Dictatorship’, funded by the European Research Council, is available on YouTube.
The lecture took place in the context of Arturo's research stay funded by the Erasmus+ programme.
https://www.europesays.com/1899105/ Is Capitalism Reliant on Fossil Fuels? #AmericanHistory #AncientHistory #AncientHistoryBlog #AncientPhilosophy #ArtBlog #ArtistsBlog #Climate #ClimateChange #ContemporaryArt #EuropeanHistory #GlobalWarming #HistoryBlog #HistoryOfPolitics #HistoryOfReligion #LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory #MedievalHistory #MilitaryHistory #ModernArt #ModernPhilosophy #philosophy #PhilosophyBlog #RenaissanceHistory #TravelAndCulture #WorldHistory #wwi #WWII
Contrary to what many might think, it’s not just students who “go on Erasmus” to other countries. An example of this is researcher Arturo Zoffmann, who went to Turkey to spend a month at Sabancı University in Istanbul with the support of the Erasmus+ programme. 
What is he doing there? We'll tell you here: https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/arturo-zoffmann-erasmus-istambul/
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March 4th 1875 saw the birth of Count Mihály Károlyi, who from November 1918 to March 1919 was president of the First Hungarian Republic.
The francophile, left leaning aristocrat's attempt to lead Hungary into an era of reform and peaceful multinationality was thwarted by a French backed territorial dismemberment, Béla Kun's disastrous attempt to sovietize Hungary, and the eventual violent seizure of power by the reactionary regime of Admiral Horthy.
In exile until his return to Hungary in 1946, he served as ambassador of Hungary to France from 1947 -1949, when he resigned in protest against the show trial and judicial murder of László Rajk. He died in France in 1955.
Károlyi remains controversial. Hungarian rightwingers revile him as a traitor who allowed Hungary to be carved up. I see him as a tragic figure, whose faith in liberal ideals could not prevail in 1919 against the ruthless power politics of the Allies on the one hand and of the Bolsheviks on the other.
I want to return to "Against the World", the memoir he published in 1925. I read parts of it years ago, and remember him painting a vivid picture of growing up in an aristocratic family during the last years of the Habsburg empire.
Image: Mihály Károlyi -- Wikimedia Commons -- Public domain
#OnThisDay, 22 Feb 1943, Sophie Scholl is sentenced to death and immediately executed, alongside her brother and a friend, for distributing anti-Nazi literature at her university in Munich, Germany.
Her cellmate said her last words to her were “how can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause... It is such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go.”
Prague Astronomical Clock located in Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic. The oldest parts of the clock are thought to date back to 1410.
Cláudia Ninhos is one of the authors of the paper ‘Travailleurs portugais et espagnols dans l'Allemagne nazie : trajectoires parallèles, chemins croisés’, published in the journal Exils et migrations ibériques aux XXe et XXIe siècles.
In it, the authors show how the life stories of Portuguese and Spanish labourers crossed paths several times in Nazi Germany.
https://shs.cairn.info/revue-exils-et-migrations-iberiques-2024-3-page-197
#EuropeanHistory picks of the day:
@yvonne - Historian of medieval women & religion in Europe
@domwass@scholar.social (main) & @domwass@ramblingreaders.org (book reviews) - Medieval historian at University of Cologne (in German & English)
@BHO - Digital library of British history
@IHChistory - Multidisciplinary research institute in modern & contemporary history, Lisbon
@eseh - European Society for Environmental History
@bhp - British History Podcast
@OxMedStud - Oxford medieval studies platform
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Very early #OnThisDay, 23 Sept 1943, Pearl Witherington parachutes into Nazi-occupied France as a Special Operations Executive courier. The British SOE supported the French Resistance and a courier was tasked with moving papers and equipment around their network.
Witherington takes over leadership of her network, eventually commanding 1,500 maquis and overseeing the surrender of 18,000 German troops.
Step back in time with these 10 European cities that are a treasure trove of history! Explore ancient streets, iconic landmarks, and rich cultural heritage that will captivate any history lover. #AmazingTravelLife #EuropeanHistory #HistoricCities #CulturalTravel #HistoryLovers
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A SIC Notícias também quis falar com o Arturo Zoffmann sobre o projecto #STEXEU, financiado pelo European Research Council.
A entrevista focou-se na principal hipótese do projecto: o papel que os próprios regimes democráticos podem ter no favorecimento da sua queda e na ascensão do autoritarismo.
Leia a entrevista completa:
https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2024-09-06-os-governos-democraticos-nao-sao-inocentes-no-aparecimento-de-ditaduras-f49c921f
We are very proud to announce that Arturo Zoffmann has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council!
Over the next five years, through the comparative history of eight European countries, he will try to answer the question: Were states of exception a factor in the rise of European dictatorships in the 20th century?
Jenny Eclair's random pick of the year 1642 for her 1 minute history lecture in #Taskmaster seems to be frustratingly good when actually looking at a list. Cardinal Richelieu & Galileo Galilei's deaths, the birth of Sir Isaac Newton, #Rembrandt finishing the Night Watch painting all from that year.
Queen Christina in charge in Sweden. Maria de Medici + Louis XIII. The First English Civil War aside.
Medieval Faith or Fiction? When Believers in the Middle Ages Questioned Religion - Medievalists.net
https://www.medievalists.net/2024/08/medieval-faith-questioned-religion/
#OnThisDay, 22 Aug 1943, Yvonne Cormeau parachutes into France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive. The SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.
She worked for 13 months and was never captured. You can hear her story on the Imperial War Museum site. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007171
#OnThisDay, 30 July 1942, Yvonne Rudellat arrives in Nazi-occupied France by boat as courier for the Special Operations Executive. She works for 11 months before her capture.
She had been shot in the head during her capture, and failed to recognise other agents who greeted her in Ravensbruck. She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and died there of typhus just after its liberation.
