'The Middle Ages are omnipresent: not just in literary adaptations, opera and theatre performances or museum productions, but also in comics, fantasy novels, film and television productions and in the gaming culture. As a mediaevalist involved in transmedial research, I investigate the question of what image of the Middle Ages modern media convey. The link between the Middle Ages and the modern age can enable us to re-explore the potential for insights into our cultural heritage scientifically on the one hand, whilst on the other, those insights can also be imparted to a broader public.'