Yes, Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus
Dr. Rutger Kramer tells us that there really was a medieval St. Nicholas. He has plenty of interesting stories of gift-giving, but is there a connection to Christmas?
Signs in the Sky and Fears about the End of Empire
On comets, drones, and fears manifested in looking at the night sky
Oathbreakers - Excerpt in Smithsonian Magazine
Our new book out today. Read an excerpt about a demon named Wiggo.
Update on our first giveaway (and a big thank you!)
Thanks to all our new subscribers. And a special discount code for our new book, just for you.
2 Things: NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY & (Carolingian) Princes in a Tower
Chances to win a signed book (or 2) and a related story about missing royal nephews, likely murdered
Medieval Women: In their own words
A guest post about the stunning new exhibition on "Medieval Women" now on at the British Library
A Wannabe "Crusader" in the Trump Cabinet
A troubling medievalism that calls for holy war against fellow Americans
Oathbreakers - Reviews and ... MAGIC!
Glowing Reviews about the book, in both real and imagined worlds
Discounted Preorder for Oathbreakers!
20% off our new book for subscribers!
Christopher Columbus was not Jewish
Junk science is also junk history
A Better (European) Middle Ages for Everyone
Getting the Band Back Together to Build Solidarity in Medieval Studies
NEW COVER REVEAL: OATHBREAKERS
A golden field, spattered in blood, that remade medieval Europe.
A Tang Dynasty Lion in Venice
Science stuff shows us an increasingly permeable medieval world
(Chappell) Roan d'Arc
Some thoughts on camp medievalism from Prof. Megan L. Cook.
Persian Silver in Early Medieval Scotland
A precious silver object from the Early Middle Ages reveals its origins, halfway around the world.
The "Great Tradition of the West" is Burning Books?
Tyrants take away your books "for your own good." That's what's happening at New College Florida right now.
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In Memoriam: Elizabeth (Peggy) A.R. Brown
Remembering the woman who got us to rethink "feudalism"
D&D as History
Games have a (medieval) history
Judith, Jezebel, Justina
The longer medieval history of a slur, deployed once again
Proofs (and proofs?)
quick hits on our new book and a new discovery in Rome
