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Matthew Fraser

Matthew Fraser

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Jun 12, 2020

The Cadaver Synod: When the Corpse of a Dead Pope Was Put on Trial and “Executed”

At the end of the 10th century, the Catholic Church put the putrefied corpse of a deceased pope on trial. The gruesome event was so…

The Cadaver Synod: When the Corpse of a Dead Pope Was Put on Trial and “Executed”

Matthew Fraser

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Jun 11, 2020

Cromwell’s Posthumous Execution

In our era when figures from history are judged, disgraced, and their monuments removed from public places, a look back at the time when…

Cromwell’s Posthumous Execution

Matthew Fraser

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Jun 6, 2020

Send in the Critics: The Crisis of Confidence at the New York Times

The controversy over an inflammatory New York Times op-ed column is a symptom of a deeper media malaise with far-reaching consequences for…

Send in the Critics: The Crisis of Confidence at the New York Times

Matthew Fraser

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Jun 4, 2020

Egg Shells, Soap, and Sir Robert Walpole’s Kidney Stones

Donald Trump’s belief in the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine isn’t the first time a powerful political figure found comfort in a…

Egg Shells, Soap, and Sir Robert Walpole’s Kidney Stones

Matthew Fraser

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Jun 2, 2020

Bonfire of the Insanities: Trump and Savonarola

Donald Trump’s detractors see him as a mad Roman emperor, but his devout evangelical followers see in him another figure from ancient…

Bonfire of the Insanities: Trump and Savonarola

Matthew Fraser

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Apr 3, 2020

Plague, Pestilence & Pandemics

When the coronavirus crisis is over, we will be forced to come to terms with the lessons inflicted by previous pandemics throughout…

Plague, Pestilence & Pandemics

Matthew Fraser

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Jun 7, 2018

Fake News, Censorship and Democracy

France’s parliament is debating a law that would give the state the power to censor “fake news”. If the law is passed, the French state…

Fake News, Censorship and Democracy

Matthew Fraser

Matthew Fraser

Author, professor, lives in Paris with two bichons, Hector and Djery. Next book: Monumental Folly: Toppling Statues from Buddha to #BlackLivesMatter.

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