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2 weeks ago | 
onet.pl | Matthew Gabriele |David M. Perry
Lekarz walczący z zarazą dżumyPrzedstawiamy fragment książki "Wieki Światłe. Nowa historia średniowiecznej Europy" wydanej przez wydawnictwo Prześwity, Warszawa 2025. Według obywatela i szewca Agnolo di Tury "umieranie" (czarna śmierć) rozpoczęło się w Sienie w maju 1348 roku. Przybycie choroby było nagłe i straszne. Rodziny się rozpadały, kiedy obywatele próbowali poddać kwarantannie zarażonych, ale zaraza wciąż się rozprzestrzeniała, przenosząc się przez "zły oddech", a czasem nawet sam wzrok.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Matthew Gabriele |David M. Perry
A new book examines the rise and fall of the Carolingian dynasty, discussing how people across social classes understood the momentous history of their day In the tale, the demon called himself Wiggo. As the Frankish courtier Einhard recounted, a young girl of about 16 began behaving erratically in the early ninth century C.E.Eventually, the girl’s desperate parents had no choice but to seek an exorcism.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Matthew Gabriele |David M. Perry |David Grann |Howard Zinn
Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. During that time, enrolled members of the Osage Indian nation were among the wealthiest people per capita in the world. The rich oil fields beneath their reservation brought millions of dollars into the tribe annually, distributed to tribal members holding "headrights" that could not be bought or sold but only inherited.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
buttondown.com | David M. Perry |Matthew Gabriele
October 14, 2024 Junk science is also junk history Modern Medievalby David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele We don’t know much about Christopher Columbus’ origins because, like most people who become important, he wasn’t important until he was important.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
msn.com | Matthew Gabriele |David M. Perry
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Matthew Gabriele |David M. Perry
On a quiet Tuesday afternoon in August, just a week before students were due to return to campus, the administration of New College of Florida emptied the library of the college’s Gender and Diversity Center by putting those books in a dumpster. They were joined shortly afterward by books from the main library, most on topics related to religion and LGBTQ+ issues.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | David M. Perry |Matthew Gabriele
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
cnn.com | David M. Perry |Matthew Gabriele
Editor’s Note: David M. Perry is a journalist, historian and senior academic adviser in the history department of the University of Minnesota. Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies in the Department of Religion and culture at Virginia Tech. They are the co-authors of “The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe.” Their new book, “Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers that Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe” will be out in December 2024.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | David M. Perry |Matthew Gabriele
Editor’s Note: David M. Perry is a journalist, historian and senior academic adviser in the history department of the University of Minnesota. Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies in the Department of Religion and culture at Virginia Tech. They are the co-authors of “The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe.” Their new book, “Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers that Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe” will be out in December 2024.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
portside.org | David M. Perry |Matthew Gabriele
A New History Changes the Balance of Power Between Ethiopia and Medieval Europe Published April 3, 2024 Medieval Ethiopian Kingship, Craft, and Diplomacy with Latin EuropeVerena KrebsPalgrave MacmillanISBN-13: 978-3030649333In early 2020, just as the scope and scale of the coronavirus pandemic was revealing itself, historian Verena Krebs went to spend a few months at her parents’ house in the German countryside.
