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American Medieval is a podcast about the history of the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, host Prof. Matthew Gabriele is joined by expert guests to explore not medieval history, but how and why the Middle Ages have such a hold on our collective imagination. After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.
New episodes released every Wednesday. Be inscribed into the Book of Life, Drink with us Historians, and get ad-free episodes by subscribing at patreon.com/americanmedieval
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Medieval Techno-Optimism with Jennifer Jahner
This episode we talk about Roger Bacon, maybe not perfect for Instagram but not far off. There’s some medieval science (and using data to understand the medieval world), some alchemy, and some…
The 100 (200?) Years War with Michael Livingston
Michael and Matt talk about wars between England and France. There were a lot of them, or maybe there was just one. Plus we talk about humility in doing the work of history and how telling stories is…
Grief/Pain and Turning Away in the Middle Ages with Benjamin Saltzman
Although our guest doesn’t still skateboard (much), he does have a great new book on the history of a gesture - to turn away from grief/ shame. What does it mean to bear witness in the medieval and…
Medieval America with Kathleen Duval
In this episode, Kathleen and Matt talk about vast early North America and all the peoples who inhabited it during (what Europeans call) the Middle Ages. There were cities, and then there weren’t.…
Lost Worlds with Patrick Wyman
There’s something just amazing about being able to reconstruct a person’s life in the deep past, from say 5,000 years ago. Matt and Patrick talk in this episode about how being a medievalist helps…
Multicultural Middle Ages with Reed O’Mara and Loren Cantrell
I think this might be a food podcast now because we talked a lot about cake. But also in this episode we talk about archives, how podcasts can demystify the medieval world, and how everyone should be…
Future Medievalisms with Matthew X. Vernon
It’s the Matthew and Matthew show! In this episode, we talk about frictions - about how art can help us think differently about the Middle Ages, as well as our own futures. Plus we talk about…
Medieval Video Games with Blair Apgar
Video games! They’re fun. We discuss, and mention some of our favorites set in/ around the Middle Ages. Plus they’re really great for showing how history works. Trust us, we’re doctors.GuestBlair…
Crossover Episode with “Reckoning” (the film “Kingdom of Heaven”)
This is an older episode from the “Reckoning with Jason Herbert” back catalog, but we all talk about the Ridley Scott epic (?) “Kingdom of Heaven.” Matt yells about water, among other…
Medieval Comics with Natalie Hopwood
This episode we talk about Norse sagas and medieval comics. Jack Kirby was an interesting guy - loved norse stuff and hated Nazis. Plus dragons. We talk about medieval dragons.GuestsNatalie Hopwood…
The “Dark Ages” with David M. Perry and Eleanor Janega
Ok, we get yell-y about the “Dark Ages” in this episode. But first David and Matt make a shocking admission on this April 1, 2026 episode. Then we talk about other things. GuestsDr Eleanor Janega is…
Medieval America (Cahokia) with Sarah Baires
North America? Of course you did. We have Dr. Sarah Baires about that, specifically Cahokia - a city of about 20,000 people outside (modern) St. Louis that was bigger than Rome was at the same…
Medieval Printing (and why LLMs are crap) with Sonja Drimmer
Did you know that the earliest printing press is from the 13th century? And that the idea of print in the Middle Ages was pervasive and very different from ours? Plus, so-called “AI” is bad for…
The Voynich Manuscript with Lisa Fagin Davis
Aliens! Not really. In this episode, Prof. Gabriele and Lisa talk about the travels of medieval manuscripts (including why there are so many right here in the USA - only Alaska doesn’t have any!),…
Russian Medievalisms with Eugene Smelyansky
This episode ranges over 19th-century history and why they thought of the Middle Ages as vibes, to the vast varieties of experiences of minority communities in medieval Europe, to how Putin uses the…
Medieval Islam (and Race) with Rachel Schine
This episode focuses mostly on medieval Islam, including a cool medieval epic about a warrior woman and her son. But also we talk about why theory is good (it is), and how medievals - not just in the…
American Holy War with Thomas Lecaque
Prof. Gabriele and Thomas talk about holy war and the end of the world and why early white Americans were kind of like medieval Europeans. GuestThomas Lecaque is an Associate Professor of History and…
Spectrum of Desire with Nancy Thebaut and Melanie Holcomb
Prof. Gabriele and guests today are talking about sex, baby. About you and me. About all the good things and the bad things that may be. Sorry. But we are talking about medieval sex and desire with…
Wow if True / American Medieval on Medieval Memes and Other Internet Stuff
Enjoy this special collab episode with "Wow if True," a podcast on internet culture and sibling in the Multitude Collective. Prof. Gabriele, Isabel J. Kim, and Amanda Silberling talk about your most…
Vikings with Daniel Melleno
Vikings. We talk about Vikings. It’s great. Traders and raiders, but no horned helmets. GuestDaniel Melleno is Associate Professor of pre-modern history at the University of Denver. His recently…
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American Medieval has published 32 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Arts, Books.
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