Matthew Gabriele

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Why It’s Time to Shed Some Light on History’s ‘Dark Ages’

Today, the Middle Ages are a sort of paradox; the myth of the “Dark Ages,” which survives quite ably in popular culture, allows space for it to be whatever the popular imagination wants. When people...

By Matthew Gabriele and David Perry

Amid Coronavirus, Early Christianity Offers a Crucial Lesson

Early Christians offered people a sense of equality and a social network that would “love” them with donations of food or money, that would often take them in if they were ill

By Matthew Gabriele

The Middle Ages Have Been Misused by the Far Right. Here’s Why It’s So Important to Get Medieval History Right

Plundering the Middle Ages in order to find the origins of the modern world doesn’t only happen in far-right corners of the web and at racist rallies. It also happens in academic circles, and even among those who may not know they’re doing it

By Matthew Gabriele and Mary Rambaran-Olm
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