Introduction
David Perry | 1
Part I - Stories

The Invisible Peasantry
Sandy Bardsley | 14

The Hidden Narratives of Medieval Art
Katherine Anne Wilson | 23

Modern Intolerance and the Medieval Crusades
Nicholas L. Paul | 34

Blood Libel, a Lie and Its Legacies
Magda Teter | 44

Who's Afraid of Shari'a Law?
Fred M. Donner | 58

How Do We Find Out About Immigrants in Later Medieval England?
W. Mark Ormrod | 69

The Middle Ages in the Harlem Renaissance
Cord J. Whitaker | 80
Part II - Origins

Three Ways of Misreading Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Ryan Szpiech | 94

The Nazi Middle Ages
William J. Diebold | 104

What Would Benedict Do?
Lauren Mancia | 116

No, People in the Middle East Haven't Been Fighting Since the Beginning of Time
Stephennie Mulder | 127

Ivory and the Ties That Bind
Sarah M. Guérin | 140

Blackness, Whiteness, and the Idea of Race in Medieval European Art
Pamela A. Patton | 154

England Between Empire and Nation in "The Battle of Brunanburh"
Elizabeth M. Tyler | 166

Whose Spain Is It, Anyway?
David A. Wacks | 181
Part III - #Hashtags

Modern Knights, Medieval Snails, and Naughty Nuns
Marian Bleeke | 196

Charting Sexuality and Stopping Sin
Andrew Reeves | 208

"Celtic" Crosses and the Myth of Whiteness
Maggie M. Williams | 220

Whitewashing the "Real" Middle Ages in Popular Media
Helen Young | 233

Real Men of the Viking Age
Will Cerbone | 243

#DeusVult
Adam M. Bishop | 256

Own Your Heresy
J. Patrick Hornbeck II | 265
Afterword: Medievalists and the Education of Desire
Geraldine Heng | 275
Appendixes

Appendix I: Possibilities for Teaching-by Genre | 293

Appendix II: Possibilities for Teaching-by Course Theme | 296

List of Contributors | 301