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On Guillotines, Monarchy, and the American Right

François Furet, his reading of the French Revolution, and the use of authoritarian political discourse by the US political right.

6 min readJun 14, 2021

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Book on French Revolution next to gallows at US Capitol from January 6 insurrection.

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Trump, Charlemagne, and Nostalgia

Donald Trump is a lot like Charlemagne (the great medieval emperor), just not in the ways that one might think. Instead, the comparison has…

5 min readFeb 2, 2017

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Trump, Charlemagne, and Nostalgia

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Matt Gabriele

Donald Trump, Twitter, and the Rapid-Fire Sales Technique

Although President Obama was the first “Twitter President,” Donald Trump’s use of the medium is different from almost anything else we’ve…

5 min readJan 24, 2017

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Donald Trump, Twitter, and the Rapid-Fire Sales Technique

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Matt Gabriele

What is religion?

Medieval Heresy/ Modern Islamophobia

5 min readDec 18, 2015

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What is religion?

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Video Games as Historiography

How do video games shape the ways we understand the past?

4 min readNov 16, 2014

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Video Games as Historiography

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Matt Gabriele

The Aims of an Education

Medieval Roots to the Modern University.

3 min readOct 14, 2014

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The Aims of an Education

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Pope Francis’ “Call for War” was Actually a Call for Peace

The ancient roots of the papal use of force.

4 min readAug 19, 2014

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Pope Francis’ “Call for War” was Actually a Call for Peace

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Matt Gabriele

The Modern Medieval Archive

Curated links on the modern uses of the “medieval.”

3 min readAug 15, 2014

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The Modern Medieval Archive

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Matt Gabriele

On Mass Killings

Into the “Cultural Ether”

3 min readNov 9, 2013

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On Mass Killings

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Matt Gabriele

Matt Gabriele

Prof & Dept Chair. medieval/ modern. nostalgia/ apocalypse. Wrote THE BRIGHT AGES (Harper, Dec 21). Neutral Good. See more profgabriele.com

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