Matt Gabriele
@profgabriele.com
Professor, historian, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), OATHBREAKERS (2024), and VIOLENCE: A CHRISTIAN HISTORY (coming soon). Host podcast "American Medieval" nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him. profgabriele.com
This is interesting but it says 12 of 192 bodies examined bore clear signs of violence. That’s 6%!
Live Science@livescience.com · 2h agoArchaeologists discover a child's skull built into the floor of a 2,500-year-old Scandinavian house www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
fwiw this is also a reason for far-right medievalism, a poisonous nostalgia for via patriarchy built from myths like the "first night"
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 6h agothis is all a joke to them because far-right conservatives think that rape is good, and that high status men should be entitled to rape any women around them who are not also already attached to other high-status men. this is their actual ideology
The Plan of Saint Gall in black and white. I couldn't find one that I thought was good for students to write on, so I made this. I took some liberties with the size of some spaces (to allow for text) and few descriptions, but overall I'm happy with the result.
Some reading recommendations for fans of The Bayeux Tapestry, now on display in England’s British Museum. buff.ly/yvmJjf7
What to read after you see the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Bayeux Tapestry is now on display in England’s British Museum, and the hottest ticket in London right now is a chance to peek at a nearly thousand year old piece of fabric art. Whether you’ve g…
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the reason they want to kill the humanities is because we know they're* hacks *not all of them, of course
Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com · 9h agoA new working paper found that 29 percent of Ph.D. dissertations in science, technology, engineering, and math fields filed between January and May of this year contain AI-generated writing, raising questions about scientific training and cognitive offloading. https://chroni.cl/3VuxX1a
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY @jtpmedieval.bsky.social!!!
Basic Books Group@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social · 9h agoDiscover the remarkable rise and fall of the Carolingians in CHARLEMAGNE'S DREAM by @jtpmedieval.bsky.social—a sweeping history of the dynasty that forged the Middle Ages and shaped Europe as we know it. Out now! Learn more: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james...
love this piece in @literaryhub.bsky.social #medievalsky lithub.com/what-to-read...
What to read after you see the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Bayeux Tapestry is now on display in England’s British Museum, and the hottest ticket in London right now is a chance to peek at a nearly century old piece of fabric art. Whether you’ve gotten …
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as @lollardfish.bsky.social alluded to earlier, political uses of divine visions have a long pedigree. for example, in OATHBREAKERS we talk about several 9th-c visions that were used to either bolster or critique the legitimacy of the ruler (Louis the Pious) www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
Oathbreakers
“Fascinating.” — The Wall Street Journal “An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset.” — Publishers Weekly The authors of The Bright Ages return with ...
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Christian Nightmares@christiannightmare.bsky.social · 2d ago"Talk about testosterone!" Apparently, this guy met Manly MAGA Jesus in Heaven...
In today's @theguardian.com, an article about the #Voynich work Colin Layfield and I have been doing: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text
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I think one reason it’s good to have a liberal arts education in the classic sense is that you don’t then spend time trying to invent the concept of “intellectual pursuits” from first principles
Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏
as @lollardfish.bsky.social alluded to earlier, political uses of divine visions have a long pedigree. for example, in OATHBREAKERS we talk about several 9th-c visions that were used to either bolster or critique the legitimacy of the ruler (Louis the Pious) www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
Oathbreakers
“Fascinating.” — The Wall Street Journal “An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset.” — Publishers Weekly The authors of The Bright Ages return with ...
harpercollins.com
Christian Nightmares@christiannightmare.bsky.social · 2d ago"Talk about testosterone!" Apparently, this guy met Manly MAGA Jesus in Heaven...
Let’s do a giveaway! I have 1 copy each of the Turkish & Portuguese (Brazilian) translations of me & @lollardfish.bsky.social’s THE BRIGHT AGES. If you’re in US, respond below with which one you want, what you want me to write in it, and I’ll pick people to send them to. Share widely! #medievalsky
excited to be giving this online talk in January. particularly excited because this December will be the 5-year anniversary of the release of THE BRIGHT AGES, so i'm happy to revisit some of this. even more delighted if I got to talk about it more... 😉 #medievalsky secularaz.org/single-event...
Dark Ages/ Bright Ages: Religious Violence in the Medieval World - Secular AZ
Join us on January 15 at noon/MST as we welcome special guest Dr. Matthew Gabriele.Gabriele is a scholar, author, and speaker focusing primarily on religion/ violence, nostalgia/ apocalypse during th...
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Very very excited to announce my next book, a middle grade nonfiction book titled “Truly Terrifying Tales: 13 Spooky Stories and the Science Behind Them”! This one was a lot of fun to write and I’m hoping you and the smaller people in your life enjoy it. Out next July from Weldon Owen Kids!
Listen I appreciate this call for solidarity but ultimately this is advocating faculty capitulation. To take the lead from AEI (and universities accommodating far right attacks) is a poison pill! They are against higher education as a public good! Bannon is a fascist! Bernie is abetting fascism!
Mike Thicke@mikethicke.bsky.social · yesterdayArgues that faculty and administrators need to work together to facilitate "academic civics", both within and between institutions. Yes. But academics are trained as critics, and a tension exists between faculty and administrative visions of what college is for. (via. @cathyndavidson.bsky.social )
Mac users on mac OS 27 - we can get our disk space back and remove Apple AI! Somebody has made a tool: www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/a...
Mac Users Reclaim Storage With New Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called "RemoveMacAI," the tool disables Apple Intelligence on...
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screenshot because quote post disabled but DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE that f-ing banshee
My mother got certified in cosmetology and that’s part of how she was able to raise my three brothers and I. These people are assholes who experience the world solely through “takes” hinging on misogyny and the like.
Philip Bump@pbump.com · yesterday*stokes anger* *pooh-poohs anger^
