American Medieval

John and Matt talk about not liking time machines (generally) but also about how the “medieval” can mean more than Europe, and why we should always talk about Africa. Plus a lot on teaching the Middle Ages, and how K-12 teaching compares with college.

Guest
John Terry is an award-winning world history teacher at the Paideia School in Atlanta, and has taught history from the ancient world to the present at both college and high school levels for over 15 years and his writing has appeared in Slate and The Washington Post as well as academic journals. John has worked in consulting roles with the Medieval Academy of America, the American Historical Association, and the National Humanities Center to produce educational opportunities and curriculum for both teachers and students. As an Arkansan with a PhD in medieval history, he hopes he's uniquely positioned to comment on the joy and weirdness of teaching the middle ages in twenty-first century America.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitude.productions

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About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.
After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
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In this episode there are dead mules, dead asses, and penguins. These are all sort of related to one another in the conversation Prof. Gabriele has with Ellen Arnold, but mostly we talk about how the Middle Ages had much more science than the 0% they supposedly did. People really cared about the natural world! They investigated it! It’s neat!

Guest
Ellen Arnold is a senior lecturer at Ohio State University where she teaches medieval and environmental history courses. Her research has focused on the ways that pre-modern people understood the natural world around them and how they told stories about why nature mattered. See more at her website.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitude.productions

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About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.
After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads

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Everybody loves Wheatus, right? Wait, you don’t know who Wheatus is? Nevermind, we’ll get there in this episode. Megan and Prof. Gabriele talk about book history, how medieval people could indeed read - and engage with books in all sorts of interesting ways. Plus, we talk about dirtbag medievalism, a grungy vibes-based way of thinking about the Middle Ages.

Guest
Megan L. Cook is the Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Associate Professor of Literature and Co-Chair of the Department of English at Colby College. She is interested in the ways that language, poetry, and politics combine in the stories we tell ourselves about shared pasts and collective presents. Learn more about Prof. Cook at https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/megan-cook/.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitude.productions

Find American Medieval Online
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Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
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YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanmedieval.bsky.social

About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.
After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
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Prof. Gabriele and Rutger Kramer talk about jolly old St. Nicholas - who, in part, became a saint because he was a rich guy who was also nice. Then he became Santa Claus.

Guest
Rutger Kramer is assistant professor of Medieval History at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). He works mostly on Carolingian history, monasticism, and hagiographies – topics which are tied together by his interest in the stories people tell about themselves, the way they justify their actions, and the construction of power and authority that flows from these choices. Find more about him at https://www.uu.nl/staff/RDKramer. He’s also visible on BlueSky as @anotheraspirin.bsky.social.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitude.productions

Find American Medieval Online
Website: AmericanMedieval.com
Patreon: patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
TikTok: tiktok.com/@americanmedieval
YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanmedieval.bsky.social

About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.
After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads

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Prof. Gabriele and David Perry talk about their recent book, Oathbreakers, about an early medieval civil war that remade Europe. Plus we talk about how we can understand what happened in the past when the sources want to stay silent.

Guest
David M. Perry is a journalist and historian, who currently works as the associate director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Minnesota. He’s the co-author (with Matthew Gabriele) of the books Oathbreakers and The Bright Ages, both from HarperCollins. Publishers Weekly called Oathbreakers “An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset” while The Boston Globe said The Bright Ages was “incandescent and ultimately intoxicating.” Over the last few years, Perry’s work on history, parenting, disability, and politics has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Daily Beast, Smithsonian Magazine, Slate, CNN, and many others. His website is davidmperry.com, and he can be found on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele.
Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Brandon Grugle
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitude.productions

Find American Medieval Online
Website: AmericanMedieval.com
Patreon: patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
TikTok: tiktok.com/@americanmedieval
YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanmedieval.bsky.social

About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.
After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads

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