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Fantasy vs. Reality

The Truth of the Vatican Secret Archives

by James Hill on October 20, 2022
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The Green Knight Shows the Dark Age After the ‘Glorious’ Conquest

by Sabina Rahman on September 14, 2021
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Politics

Enemies at the Gate: Political Medievalism, Russian Style

by Eugene Smelyansky on April 15, 2021
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Games

Medieval Robots in Mega Man VI

by Geoffrey B. Elliott on April 1, 2021
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Improving Dungeons and Dragons: Racism and the “Barbarian”

by Paul B. Sturtevant on March 18, 2021
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Solving the Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn’t Exist

by Paul B. Sturtevant on December 5, 2016
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The military flail may have, in fact, existed. But not at all in the places that we think they did...
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Cuck: The Weird History of a Disgusting Word You’re Going to be Hearing a Lot More

by Paul B. Sturtevant on November 17, 2016
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A vile slur with medieval origins has gone mainstream due to the rise of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and the Alt-Right: "cuck". Here's what you…
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Museums and Heritage

Exhibition Review: “Waste Not: The Art of Medieval Recycling”

by Paul B. Sturtevant on August 16, 2016
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An exciting exhibition at the Walters Art Museum asks: how is art recycled, upcycled, and reused throughout history?
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The Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn’t Exist

by Paul B. Sturtevant on May 12, 2016
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What if I were to tell you that a weapon that you've seen in books, movies and museums wasn't actually real?
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This Conspiracy will Put Medievalists Out of a Job! (No, it won’t…)

by Paul B. Sturtevant on May 12, 2016
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Exploding the Phantom Time Hypothesis using logic, history, and science!
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Current EventsThe War for the Humanities

Selling the Humanities is Not Selling Out

by Paul B. Sturtevant on May 12, 2016
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Is "selling" the value of the humanities to students and employers really such a bad thing?
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Games and The InternetWhat is History For?

Facebook and the Value of Forgetting

by Paul B. Sturtevant on May 12, 2016
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Facebook memories, doxxing and revenge porn—is a critical part of making our own history choosing what to forget?
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Education and AcademiaPolitics

Shame on you, Niall Ferguson

by Paul B. Sturtevant on December 2, 2015
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A Harvard Historian's Remarks on Paris Misuse History to Push a Racist, Islamophobe Agenda
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Museums and HeritagePast and Present

Sculpting Medieval Landscapes for Viking Tourism

by Megan Arnott on July 9, 2015
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