What does it mean when our media says that "no" might mean "yes"? A popular BBC historical drama perpetuates dangerous myths about sexual violence.
The dissenters on the Supreme Court claim that "traditional" marriage has existed for "millennia." Justices Scalia, Alito, Roberts and Thomas clearly aren't medievalists...
There is no "average public". You are not "average". You cannot "average" people. And here's the math to prove it.
Qatar's inhumane treatment of its migrant workers has recently been called "something out of the Middle Ages". But is it really? What was life like for medieval workers?
How should historians engage with the huge audiences on the internet while insulating themselves from the vicious trolls that live there?
As a medievalist interested in popular culture, I’ve been asked by a handful of people to comment on that scene from a recent episode of…
Amy S. Kaufman unpacks what makes ISIS tick, and why people are so tempted to call their actions 'medieval'.
Banished is an exciting return to form for medieval SimCity-esque games. There's only one little problem...
A look inside the inner workings of a medieval grand strategy game by one of the academics who worked on it. Guest post on Crusader…