An exploration of how the Middle Ages are manipulated ideologically in today's communication.

Introduction
Not Dead Yet: The Middle Ages in the Twenty-first Century
Getting Medieval on Your RSS: Medievalism and the Mass Media
"Let's not go back to the Middle Ages": Medievalism, the Dark Ages and the Myth of Progress
"This crusade, this War on Terror, is gonna take a while": The Bush Doctrine, the Crusades and Neomedievalism
"They have announced explicitly that this is a Crusader war": Al Qaeda and Holy War
"The Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ": Anders Behring Breivik and the Templar Knights
"God bless the EDL, the new Templar Knights": The EDL, the Far Right and the Crusaders
"These women-raping, Muslim-murdering, medieval monsters": IS, the Middle Ages and the Mass Media
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