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Matthew Fraser

Matthew Fraser

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…

8 min readJun 12, 2020

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

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Matthew Fraser

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…

6 min readJun 11, 2020

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Cromwell’s Posthumous Execution

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Matthew Fraser

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…

9 min readJun 6, 2020

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

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Matthew Fraser

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…

6 min readJun 4, 2020

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

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Matthew Fraser

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…

8 min readJun 2, 2020

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Bonfire of the Insanities: Trump and Savonarola

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Matthew Fraser

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…

9 min readApr 3, 2020

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Plague, Pestilence & Pandemics

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Matthew Fraser

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…

7 min readJun 7, 2018

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Fake News, Censorship and Democracy

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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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