In academic usage, medievalism's the study of the Middle Ages, also referred to as medieval studies. In popular usage, "medievalism" it may refer to a preference for Middle Ages. The intersection of the study of and the preference for things medieval has been termed "neomedievalism". Neomedievalism's an increasingly important area of academic study not merely in relation to the arts (for example in the study of theory and of fantasy/cultural fantasy ) but in terms of current debates in culture… (More on Medievalism)