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#neomedievalism — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #neomedievalism, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Two decades before the war against Ukraine, a “special operation” was launched against #Russian #historical #memory,
    aggressively reshaping the nation’s understanding of its history and identity.

    The Kremlin’s #militarization of Russia through World War II propaganda is well documented, but the #glorification of Russian #medieval society and its #warlords as a source of support for Putinism has yet to be explored.
    This book offers the first comparison of Putin’s political #neomedievalism and re-#Stalinization and introduces the concept of #mobmemory to the study of right-wing populism.

    routledge.com/Putins-Dark-Ages

  2. Apollinary Vasnetsov’s 1911 painting “The street in the town”: people fleeing at the arrival of the Oprichniki (inspired by the opera The Oprichnik by Tchaikovsky)

    Massacre of Novgorod
    Location: Novgorod, Russia
    Date: 2 January – 12 February 1570
    Attack type: Massacre
    Deaths: 2,000–15,000
    Perpetrators: Ivan the Terrible and the oprichniki

    #Russia #oprichnina #ivanTheTerrible #putin #putinism #neomedievalism #novgorod

  3. I did an Etsy Update! :blobaww:

    etsy.com/shop/budogirl/ .

    Had to make a quick selection, so if your favourite piece is not yet amongst them, please let me know and I will make sure to add it.

    Furthermore, I love to do custom designs, so please contact me if you have an idea and I can help you with it. 😊

    #fantasyart #illustrator #digitalpainting #digitalart #digitalartwork #artisticresearch #tolkien #fantasy #gamedesign
    #neomedievalism #fanart

    @Curator