Simon of Trent: a medieval object lesson in how rumors and propaganda can spread hate like wildfire. Part XXVII in our series on Race, Racism…
The First Crusade saw a wave of vicious anti-Semitic attacks engulf Europe. But there were some who stood up and said no. Pat XXVIII of our ongoing series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages.
Poor Sam got his hands seriously dirty in the last episode of Game of Thrones. Let's dig into the real history of all the crap…
Game of Thrones doesn’t just have a “diversity problem,” it has a racism problem. Part XXVI of our series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages, by Helen Young.
Did you know that the word "anti-Semitism" didn't exist before 1879? If that's true, how can we talk about anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages at…
The new film The Little Hours performs a deft miracle; it caused me to empathize with, and understand a little better, the inner lives of…
It's always easier to hate someone you've never met. That's as true for medieval antisemitism as it is for contemporary British and US politics. Part XXIV of our ongoing series on Race, Racism and the…
Medieval Scandinavia was riddled with anti-Semitic imagery. Odd thing though: no Jews ever lived there. Part XXIII in our ongoing series on Race, Racism and…
Anti-semitism was disturbingly common in the Middle Ages. But there were some places in the Middle Ages where Jews not only survived, but thrived. Part…