How "civilizational conservatives" want Trump and Putin to start a new Crusade. Part V in our series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
Were medieval people racist? You might think the answer is a simple "yes!", but it's far more complicated than that. Part VI in our series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
Spoiler Alert: no. Everything you've been taught about "race" is is completely made up. Here's how we know...
Hitler had a crack archaeology unit. Racist nationalists have used medieval archaeology to prop up their worldview-- but modern scholars are knocking out their supports.
Right wing nationalists since Hitler have had a love affair with the Middle Ages. Why is their twisted version of the past on the rise…
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…
Introducing a new Public Medievalist series: taking on the white-supremacist ideas of the medieval past, and exploring the stories of people of color in the Middle Ages.
At the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, President Trump promoted his typically dark vision of Middle Eastern politics: We have seen peace loving Muslims brutalize,…
Donald Trump's rise has revealed an ugly truth: that, for some, prejudice is an addictive source of pleasure. Can a medieval idea help us fight…