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A brand new podcast from The Public Medievalist! Game of Thrones has come and gone, and have we got a postmortem panel for you! Three scholars discuss where the show went right and wrong, and what to look forward to in the future.

Brienne of Tarth is one of Game of Thrones best characters: a chivalrous warrior, and now a knight of the realm. Let's meet another woman warrior of medieval literature.

The Battle of Winterfell would have gone a lot better had our heroes known a thing or two about medieval warfare...

We all know werewolves as legendary figures that periodically fly into an unstoppable rage. What you may not know is that in the Middle Ages this was often a metaphor for domestic violence.

Need a gift for the holidays? Something that says "I am super into the Middle Ages"? Well, we've got you covered with our first-ever holiday gift-giving guide!

When we think of medieval women, one word stands out above the rest: "lady." But what did it mean to be a lady? What does it now? And what should it mean?

Introducing The Public Medievalist's new series on Gender, Sexism, and the Middle Ages. A profoundly sexist view of the Middle Ages has gone uncorrected for too long. Let's tell some new stories.