Medieval Diesel
@TimothyEveland
Fueling your love for the Middle Ages with daily posts. ⚔️ I'm Tim Eveland. I blog about history, post memes, and write fantasy novels. Medieval Twitter 2.0
Do you think this medieval invention would work? This inflatable tube is supposed to keep a man in armor afloat to cross rivers. From the Heidelberg War Book by Philipp Mönch, 1496. I'll share more crazy medieval inventions from this War Book below. Explore them with me.🧵

Two medieval ladies ask you to follow them into the woods but one of them is a trap. Which lady are you trusting? Left or right?


Apparently, a medieval scribe recorded the moment when @MedievalScholar met Emperor Maximilian I👇
How different do you think the world would be today if the Black Death plague never happened?
Work hard, plague hard ⚔️
Gm, medieval lovers! I hope you're feeling whole and healthy today.

How? Using only medieval technology, how would you siege and take Roccascalegna Castle if it was fully garrisoned in the 11th century?

Imagine how much more beautiful castles were when they were new and full of living medieval people.
There are few things on Earth more impressive than medieval castles. Bamburgh Castle, England (1095)
Just guys doing things and firing awesome medieval handgonnes it's no big deal.
ca. 1400 Handgonne team firing