Matt Gabriele
@profgabriele.com
Professor, author THE BRIGHT AGES (2021), BETWEEN PROPHECY & APOCALYPSE (2024), & OATHBREAKERS (2024). Host podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social
nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
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nostalgia/apocalypse. religion/violence. medieval/modern. Neutral Good. He/ him.
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AND WE'RE LIVE!!!!!
Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
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Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
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Public Medievalism with Eleanor Janega
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · 11/12/2025 · 57m
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HERE WE GO BOYS AND GIRLS! The podcast is live! please have a listen! @goingmedieval.bsky.social is amazing and this was a super fun conversation. i was barely drunk* during it!
*not drunk
*not drunk
It’s cool that you don’t like that thing everyone likes but have you considered shutting the fuck up
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It’s cool that you don’t like that thing everyone likes but have you considered shutting the fuck up
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i’m biased, but i’m thinking academic(!) religious studies needs to be taught in US public schools.
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
i’m biased, but i’m thinking academic(!) religious studies needs to be taught in US public schools.
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It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
I don’t like the “fuck you for trying” genre of essay
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I don’t like the “fuck you for trying” genre of essay
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anyway these are all great books so far and you could do a lot worse than picking one up, reading the first two chapters tonight, and desperately using it as a conversation topic if someone gets a little too weird over pie
apropos of Buy Books discourse, here’s my current nonfiction reading & rec list:
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
anyway these are all great books so far and you could do a lot worse than picking one up, reading the first two chapters tonight, and desperately using it as a conversation topic if someone gets a little too weird over pie
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This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
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The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
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Both of these are great books, but I found "Oathbreakers" had the kind of cinematic sweep that allows me to recommend it to even the (few) non-history nerds in my life.
And our @lollardfish.bsky.social recent OATHBREAKERS - this one about a medieval empire that devolves into brutal bloodshed between brothers when elites abandon the public good and only care about enriching themselves
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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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November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Both of these are great books, but I found "Oathbreakers" had the kind of cinematic sweep that allows me to recommend it to even the (few) non-history nerds in my life.
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Since we’re talking about books I’d be grateful if you maybe bought mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social books!
First, THE BRIGHT AGES - a survey of medieval Europe as a permeable space and a period that’s fundamentally knowable
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First, THE BRIGHT AGES - a survey of medieval Europe as a permeable space and a period that’s fundamentally knowable
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The Bright Ages
\"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audience...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Since we’re talking about books I’d be grateful if you maybe bought mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social books!
First, THE BRIGHT AGES - a survey of medieval Europe as a permeable space and a period that’s fundamentally knowable
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
First, THE BRIGHT AGES - a survey of medieval Europe as a permeable space and a period that’s fundamentally knowable
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The thing I love about this particular poster is that there are never structural problems and it’s always just some weirdo
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The thing I love about this particular poster is that there are never structural problems and it’s always just some weirdo
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New fun podcast interview up, partly about history, partly about finding hope in our present: https://www.wmnf.org/rethinking-the-renaissance-ada-palmer-on-myths-power-and-the-future-were-fighting-for/
Rethinking the Renaissance: Ada Palmer on Myths, Power, and the Future We’re Fighting For
Uncover the reality of the renaissance through conversations with Ada Palmer. What does it reveal about our current struggles?
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November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New fun podcast interview up, partly about history, partly about finding hope in our present: https://www.wmnf.org/rethinking-the-renaissance-ada-palmer-on-myths-power-and-the-future-were-fighting-for/
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Reading OATHBREAKERS by @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social, about the Frankish Civil Wars of the 800s and, whelp…
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reading OATHBREAKERS by @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social, about the Frankish Civil Wars of the 800s and, whelp…
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Who has the group telos login
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Who has the group telos login
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New episode! We talk with the amazing Roland Betancourt about art, the allure of Byzantium, and the pull of teaching stuff where you live — so DISNEY
Listen here or on your favorite podcast app…
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Listen here or on your favorite podcast app…
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Disney and Byzantium with Roland Betancourt
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · 11/26/2025 · 1h
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November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New episode! We talk with the amazing Roland Betancourt about art, the allure of Byzantium, and the pull of teaching stuff where you live — so DISNEY
Listen here or on your favorite podcast app…
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Listen here or on your favorite podcast app…
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Come the fuck on
The New Cliff Facing Higher Ed and How AI Might Help Solve It
There is a new “cliff” in American higher education, and it is not the demographic cliff. Rather, it is the dramatic cliff in math knowledge, skills and abilities. https://bit.ly/4rlwkhN
There is a new “cliff” in American higher education, and it is not the demographic cliff. Rather, it is the dramatic cliff in math knowledge, skills and abilities. https://bit.ly/4rlwkhN
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Come the fuck on
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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A reminder: For the Holidays, your friends and families want books. Buy them books. If you aren't sure which book to get them, buy them more books. People want books!
My family has been calling me a luddite for years, & I’ve never felt better about that moniker than I do now, after a cities conference highlighting AI data centers & a new push for more surveillance downtown. We don’t have to participate. This year, shop in local stores, buy actual books. 📚🎄🕎
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A reminder: For the Holidays, your friends and families want books. Buy them books. If you aren't sure which book to get them, buy them more books. People want books!
The SSI Gold Box games
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The SSI Gold Box games
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I truly need "AI Won't Stand in Authentic Wonder" swag sold in the Vatican gift shop. Also, I will need it on a tote and shirt.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I truly need "AI Won't Stand in Authentic Wonder" swag sold in the Vatican gift shop. Also, I will need it on a tote and shirt.
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PSA: There are some accounts on here that are essentially religion news *influencers,* meaning they pump out viral posts that contain information that is *sometimes* accurate, sometimes *partially* accurate, sometimes purely speculative, and sometimes just…false.
Follow religion reporters.
Follow religion reporters.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
PSA: There are some accounts on here that are essentially religion news *influencers,* meaning they pump out viral posts that contain information that is *sometimes* accurate, sometimes *partially* accurate, sometimes purely speculative, and sometimes just…false.
Follow religion reporters.
Follow religion reporters.
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@ivanthek.bsky.social highly recommend this new podcast series from @profgabriele.com for your holiday travels
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New episode coming Wednesday! We’re talking Byzantium and… Disney
Subscribe so you don’t miss it —> patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
Subscribe so you don’t miss it —> patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@ivanthek.bsky.social highly recommend this new podcast series from @profgabriele.com for your holiday travels
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Fresh podcast! #medievalsky
New episode! We talk with the amazing Roland Betancourt about art, the allure of Byzantium, and the pull of teaching stuff where you live — so DISNEY
Listen here or on your favorite podcast app…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Listen here or on your favorite podcast app…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Disney and Byzantium with Roland Betancourt
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · 11/26/2025 · 1h
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November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Fresh podcast! #medievalsky
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked