White supremacists have ‘weaponized’ the Middle Ages. One medievalist aims to stop them. 

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

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

About the Author:

Phil Adamo has had many jobs in his life, including circus clown, graphic designer, truck driver, sandwich maker, and dog walker. 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. Since 2019, he devotes his time to writing. The Medievalist is his first novel.