Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies at Virginia Tech, and co-author with David M. Perry of The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe, alongside several othe...view moreMatthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies at Virginia Tech, and co-author with David M. Perry of The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe, alongside several other academic books. His research generally is on religion and violence, nostalgia and apocalypse, and how people tell stories about the past. His public writing has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, and interviews with him have aired locally, nationally, and internationally. He and Perry co-write the newsletter Modern Medieval on Buttondown. view less