New Online Course: The Myth of the Dark Ages
Learn how to see the past a bit better - a more real medieval world
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King Arthur Refuses to Stay in the Middle Ages
The Seductions of Coevalness
Oathbreakers in the UK
It's like the reverse Beatles, except totally different
How (Not) to Flatter a King
A 9th-century Poem from Iraq on Power, Buildings, and Memories of Rome
"Medieval" as a Moral Argument
Some thoughts on recent comparisons of 2025 to the "Dark Ages" and a New "Feudalism"
Oathbreakers book - Flash Sale!
A celebration for David's birthday
A Short Handbook for Public Scholars
Public Speech by Historians about History
A troubling decision by the administration of the University of Minnesota
Americans still believe in "The Dark Ages"
A new survey reveals some surprising things about how Americans think about the medieval world
The Medieval Past & the Medieval Future
A few thoughts on hope and the humanities
Human Monsters and Monstrous Humans
An interview with Dr. Surekha Davies about her new book
Popes in the News
With the news that Pope Francis is in critical condition (if improving slightly), we’re going to enter another news cycle in which suddenly a lot of people...
The Middle Ages are having a Renaissance
Less King Arthur, more Peasants' Revolt
On Dark Ages
On a history of textual survivals and using medieval analogies well
The Bright Ages in Turkey
A peek into the process of translation, thanks to Ömer Şarlak
Finding Hope in History
History is about contingency, about possible worlds
Come Meet Matt and David at a Bookstore
We'll be signing books and talking about failed coups and deaths of empire (but in the Middle Ages)
New Evidence of Early Medieval English Warriors in Byzantium
And more British medieval stuff (like the UK release of our book!)
Hot To Go (Medieval) for 2025
New York, New York says it'll be a "medieval" 2025
