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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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Enemies at the Gate: Political Medievalism, Russian Style

by Eugene Smelyansky on April 15, 2021
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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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If “Chivalry” isn’t Dead, Let’s Kill It Off.

by Paul B. Sturtevant on July 18, 2014
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Social conservatives mourn the "death of chivalry". But it wasn't feminists who killed it, it was the Victorians...
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Everyman Has His Daydreams: Pippin, a Shockingly Medieval Musical

by Paul B. Sturtevant on July 15, 2014
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Yep. A medieval musical that isn't "Camelot". But it's not medieval in the way you might first think...
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