Introducing The Public Medievalist's new series on Gender, Sexism, and the Middle Ages. A profoundly sexist view of the Middle Ages has gone uncorrected for too long. Let's tell some new stories.
Amy S. Kaufman
We've been discussing Race, Racism and the Middle Ages for 9 months. It's time to address the elephant in the room: the "Knights" of the Ku Klux Klan. Part XXXIV of Race, Racism and the Middle Ages, by Amy S. Kaufman.
Anti-semitism was disturbingly common in the Middle Ages. But there were some places in the Middle Ages where Jews not only survived, but thrived. Part XXII of our ongoing series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
Anti-Jewish hate didn't begin with the Nazis, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, or even the Middle Ages. Its roots are nearly 2000 years old. Part XXI in our ongoing series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
Monsters with no heads, grey aliens, and morphing babies can tell us a lot about medieval racism. Dr. Dark Age explains, in part XII of our ongoing series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
How "civilizational conservatives" want Trump and Putin to start a new Crusade. Part V in our series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
White supremacists promote a bizarre theory: that the Enlightenment was the real "Dark Ages". Part I in our series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
Amy S. Kaufman unpacks what makes ISIS tick, and why people are so tempted to call their actions 'medieval'.