The Public Medievalist
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The Public Medievalist is where the Middle Ages meets the Modern World. It is a web magazine featuring articles on how the Middle Ages is relevant to today, including articles on politics, pop culture, the heritage industry and more.
The Public Medievalist
1y ago
A lot of Disney films haven't aged well. How can you help your kids understand a film like Sleeping Beauty, without just throwing it in the trash ..read more
The Public Medievalist
1y ago
If you know what to look for, you can find monuments to medieval hate in medieval churches and town squares across Europe. The question then is: what should be done with them ..read more
The Public Medievalist
1y ago
We recently lost a great public medievalist: Sharon Kay Penman, author of a massive corpus of medieval historical novels. If you don't know her work, you don't know what you're missing ..read more
The Public Medievalist
1y ago
Barbarians in Dungeons and Dragons' 5th edition blend two things: fascinating Viking history, and disgusting stereotypes of Native peoples. It should be changed ..read more
The Public Medievalist
1y ago
Vladimir Putin has been comparing COVID-19 to medieval steppe peoples. Why? It actually fits very well into a pattern of how Russian propaganda uses medieval history ..read more
The Public Medievalist
1y ago
The Green Knight, a new film from A24, represents an Arthurian world not as the glorious Camelot we know, but as post-conquest occupiers of a land not their own ..read more
The Public Medievalist
2y ago
The Green Knight, a new film from A24, represents an Arthurian world not as the glorious Camelot we know, but as post-conquest occupiers of a land not their own ..read more
The Public Medievalist
2y ago
Vladimir Putin has been comparing COVID-19 to medieval steppe peoples. Why? It actually fits very well into a pattern of how Russian propaganda uses medieval history ..read more
The Public Medievalist
2y ago
A lot of Disney films haven't aged well. How can you help your kids understand a film like Sleeping Beauty, without just throwing it in the trash ..read more
The Public Medievalist
2y ago
If you know what to look for, you can find monuments to medieval hate in medieval churches and town squares across Europe. The question then is: what should be done with them ..read more