George Washington: A Descendant of Odin?
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A Beginner’s Reading List: Medieval Europe
It’s difficult for an academic historian to critique popular history books on the Middle Ages without sounding snotty, or dry, or some unappetising combination of …
Thinking Critically About Digital Pedagogy
This week I’ve been attending the 2017 Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute (DPLI) at the University of Mary Washington. This is a week-long gathering of people …
Walking the Medieval Mile Museum
Very few medieval buildings have survived the centuries without major changes, and the former church of St Mary’s in Kilkenny is not one of them. …
Gendered Perspectives on Monastic Reform I-IV
This recap of four sessions on gender and monastic reform in the Middle Ages at the International Medieval Congress, July 2017—#s1030, #s1130, #s1230, #s1330—was originally …
New Religious Histories: Rethinking the Study of Medieval Religion – A Round Table Discussion
This post was originally hosted on Storify, before that service shut down. This panel took place at the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July …
Not in This Day and Age? On “Feisty, Cheeky, and Rebellious” Women in History
In yesterday’s Guardian newspaper, reviewer Mark Lawson called for the makers of television programmes to “stop horrendously airbrushing history”, to “stop the madness” of producing …
History Carnival 165
Welcome to the 165th instalment of the History Carnival, a monthly showcase of some of the best recent blogging on historical topics. The Past in …
Notes from a DH Classroom
This semester, my students have learned the narrow streets of the Marais, traced the path once taken by Paris’s city walls, and considered how the …
Papal Bull? “The Young Pope” and Teaching the Middle Ages
The HBO miniseries The Young Pope is a dreamy and often surreal look at the papacy of the fictional Pius XIII: previously Lenny Belardo, the …