Dr Irina Manea

Sort of a business card. Open to collaborations, research projects, public history projects, consulting and much more! #medievalsky

Winter modules with Signum University! If you know anyone interested in these topics, spread the word! Affordable, remote and led by a very enthusiastic preceptor :D blackberry.signumuniversity.org/everlearn/se... #medievalsky

Exquisite details from Vendel helmet 1, 600s #medievalsky

Oldest battle documented in Europe (Bronze Age northern Germany) #ancientsky #prehistory youtu.be/0m-TNAY9USA

A rare depiction of humans in the Early Middle Ages can be seen on the 7th-century Pliezhausen brooch: a central spear-wielding rider trampling an enemy armed with a sword, a smaller figure with a spear behind, they carry round shields, and there are also two facing animals above. #medievalsky

Growing flotillas using hit-and-run tactics, ambushes and unexpected attacks even on fortified targets - these Vikings were quite the opportunistic terrorists #vikingsky #medievalsky shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/how-the-vi...

No such thing as "AI going rogue", it just means it was poorly contained, whether intentional or not. #AI

Think I did a pretty good job covering this! #vikingsky #medievalsky shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/the-puzzle...

Very interesting S-shaped Brooch from Englerupgård, Sjælland, Denmark, ca 520-620. Animal heads in profile with curling jaws, sharing a body, clear and simple composition. #medievalsky

Cantor: "The ideas of the Middle Ages articulated by the master medievalists vary substantially one from another. The libretto and the score they are working from — the data of historical fact — are the same. The truth, therefore, is ultimately not in the textual details but in the interpretations.”

The Someșeni treasure (Cluj county, Romania) was laid in the grave of a likely 5th-century Christian Germanic high-status woman (possibly Gepid) and comprises items such as beads, buckles, rings or necklace fragments, many decorated with almandines.

The attempt to normalise extreme violence and make it look entertaining serves one sole purpose: brutalising you to such an extent that you will also commit atrocities when asked to. #fascism

Practical magic shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/women-of-t... #medievalsky #vikingsky

Download the app today: www.ucc.ie/en/norsemap/... Photograph of VinWonders Phu Quoc- courtesy to Phương Huy (Wikimedia Commons) #iViking #VikingTourism #ModernVikings #HeritageTourism #NorseCulture #TravelInspiration #DigitalHeritage #UnexpectedVikings #medievalsky

One of AI’s major problems remains its inability to stop. It does not acknowledge its own limits because it’s been trained to spit something out no matter how misplaced or downright ridiculous it gets. Wondering about how much you actually don’t or cannot understand - there’s the rub.

A peacock in a Viking ship? Oh yes! youtu.be/KmVQRmky0V8 #vikingsky #medievalsky

Modules I'm hoping to teach at Signum Uni this winter! blackberry.signumuniversity.org/everlearn/se... #medievaksky #vikingsky

Or maybe we're the ones with bizarre ideas #medievalsky #vikingsky shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/the-bizarr...

How can one resist this spellbinding animal art? Bird head ornament (probably raven) from the late 500s, Åker, Norway #medievalsky

a foundational figure: Auðr in djúpauðga #medievalsky #vikingsky

Eggers does manage to create a very distinct atmospheric folk horror, although far from Bergman’s philosophical musings - impossible to pull off with today’s audience anyway. #medievalsky

The questions that truly matter. #medievalsky #vikingsky shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/did-the-no...

Yep, the only one I can forgive for turning the Middle Ages into brown smudge is Eggers who uses these tones in a more coherent folk horror concept. #medievalsky

The Dragsholm Mesolithic and Neolithic burials (Zealand, Denmark) are a superb case study of place and memory shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-... #ancientsky

Had to use the unfortunate term "religion" but the conceptual difficulties will be addressed in the very first session :D Lots of fun topics! blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module... #medievalsky #vikingsky

#vikingsky Sorcerous textile workers! shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/women-of-t...

#medievalsky shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/songs-wrap...

When fed up with the Viking age, you try out the prehistoric archaeologist outfit :)) Or at least hold a general class on the topic learning as you go! blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module... #ancientsky #medievalsky

Overcoming the "elite warrior cult" rubbish and "people lived healthier back in the day" if you survived blood poisoning from a tooth infection shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/jaws-the-v... #medievalsky #vikingsky

A principle that still stands: “If anything in this book is wrong or omitted, do not blame me, but rather the paucity of the sources.” (prologue to Thietmar of Merseburg’s Chronicon) #medievalsky

15th-century luxury: Flemish book of hours #medievalsky

Exploring the lives of (more or less historical!) Norse women in this Substack series shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/women-of-t... #medievalsky #vikingsky

Rambling about York for almost half an hour! Insights into daily life mostly #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/OCScoRNadFI

A compilation of fascinating Viking discoveries 2023-2025! youtu.be/oWz-fWwyr5g

The Odyssey is notoriously difficult to put on screen because of its structure and scope youtu.be/0VEC7HfSnYU?... #ancientsky

Medieval football was not for the faint-hearted substack.com/@shieldofsku... #medievalsky