… Student Testimonials and Achievements As I began to seriously consider a career in history academia, my interest in antiquities and the Middle Ages continued to grow. By taking a combination of courses from the History, English, and Religion departments, I was able to piece together an interdisciplinary medieval studies education with similar pillars as … corpus, and the Reconquista period. I believe that the Middle Ages is a period that popular culture largely misunderstands, and while this is misunderstanding is mostly harmless, it opens the door for nefarious groups such as white nationalists to misappropriate the medieval past to justify hateful ideologies. Through studying this period of world history, I …