What's the classic sci-fi game Mega Man got to do with the Middle Ages and medievalism? A whole lot, actually!
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...
Barbarians in Dungeons and Dragons' 5th edition blend two things: fascinating Viking history, and disgusting stereotypes of Native peoples. It should be changed.
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.
The Public Medievalist's 2020 Holiday Gift Guide is here! Come find all the weird and wonderful medievalia that the internet has to offer!
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?
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?
Tolkien fan communities can be hostile places for Black fans. Just because Tolkien's work has white supremacy embedded in it does not mean that fans should embrace or replicate it.
Ever since her death at the stake in 1431, Joan of Arc has become a powerful symbol. Women fighting for the expansion of the right to vote took her as a potent icon of their movement.