Alex Drace-Francis
@alexdrace.bsky.social
Cultural historian, modern Europe @uvahumanities.bsky.social. Books: The Making of Mămăligă (CEU Press); Networks, Narratives and Nations (Amsterdam UP). Amateur gardener.
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Idem, Eine Hochzeit in der Wallachei [A wedding in Wallachia], also 1840s
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November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Idem, Eine Hochzeit in der Wallachei [A wedding in Wallachia], also 1840s
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Maybe it was some kind of pitch-in party where each ethnic group brought a different food - Avars the beef, Balts the fish, Thracians the porridge, Romance speakers the lettuce..
October 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Maybe it was some kind of pitch-in party where each ethnic group brought a different food - Avars the beef, Balts the fish, Thracians the porridge, Romance speakers the lettuce..
Controversially, Curta argues that Slavic was not an ethnic language with deep roots but a koine formed in a specific conjuncture. This involved not only beef and porridge but also lettuce (ibid.)
October 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Controversially, Curta argues that Slavic was not an ethnic language with deep roots but a koine formed in a specific conjuncture. This involved not only beef and porridge but also lettuce (ibid.)
Interesting piece, thanks! So not The Death of the Author but The Silencing of the Translator..
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Interesting piece, thanks! So not The Death of the Author but The Silencing of the Translator..