White supremacists are "weaponizing" the Middle Ages. One historian aims to stop them.

Embattled Yale history prof Abe Kantorowicz enlists two grad students, Molly Isaacson and Quinton Quick, to confront neo-Nazis on the battlefield of propaganda. Armed only with a mysterious manuscript and their knowledge of history, they set in motion a scheme to disrupt and derange the Alt-Right for years to come.

It’s The DaVinci Code meets Infinite Jest!

The Medievalist is a fictional response to the real-life threat from contemporary neo-Nazis who coopt medieval symbols for their evil agenda. Set in today’s America, the novel is chock full of real history, yet resonates with present-day issues: the dangers of racism and white supremacy, the uses and abuses of the past, and the responsibilities of academia.

Phil Adamo has practiced many professions in his life: circus clown, graphic designer, art mover. In 2001, he earned a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and for the next two decades taught history at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. He founded and directed Augsburg's nationally recognized Medieval Studies Program and was an award-winning teacher, being named Minnesota Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His works include both academic and popular books, among them Memoir of a Pilgrimage for Eight: Val-des-Choux to Pluscarden Abbey (Minneapolis, 2020), Hold Fast to What is Good: A History of Augsburg University in 10 Objects (Minneapolis, 2019), New Monks in Old Habits: The Formation of the Caulite Monastic Order, 1193-1267 (Toronto, 2014), and The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 2nd ed., with Joseph H. Lynch (London, 2013).

https://philadamo.com/