Barbarians in Dungeons and Dragons' 5th edition blend two things: fascinating Viking history, and disgusting stereotypes of Native peoples. It should be changed.
Paul B. Sturtevant
The Public Medievalist's 2020 Holiday Gift Guide is here! Come find all the weird and wonderful medievalia that the internet has to offer!
NBC's "The Good Place" says that nobody has gone to heaven in 521 years. That makes the last truly good person medieval! But were the Middle Ages really so good?
It's that time of year! The TPM editorial team has scientifically determined the very best gifts for the medievalist in your life. And after this year, be real, we all could use it...
A brand new podcast from The Public Medievalist! Game of Thrones has come and gone, and have we got a postmortem panel for you! Three scholars discuss where the show went right and wrong, and what to look forward to in the future.
Welcome to The Public Medievalcast, a new podcast by the team here at The Public Medievalist!
If "History is written by the victors", who was victorious in Game of Thrones—not on the battlefield, but in writing the history books?
The Battle of Winterfell would have gone a lot better had our heroes known a thing or two about medieval warfare...
Fairy tales are not known for being progressive. But one from 1901 is remarkably gender-affirming, featuring a trans man as a chivalric hero.