Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

1140s births

The 1140s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1140, and ended on December 31, 1149. == Events == === 1140 === ==== By place ==== ====== Levant ====== Spring – King Fulk of Jerusalem confronts Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Mosul, near Dara'a in southern Syria.

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  1. Gerald of Wales

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales, the author of colourful and influential works about his journeys around Ireland and Wales.

    4 October 2012

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    Featuring: Henrietta Leyser, Michelle Brown, Huw Pryce

     
  2. Nizami Ganjavi

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th-century Persian writer of epic romantic poetry whose fame spread from his hometown of Ganja across the Persian-speaking world and beyond.

    05 December 2024

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    Featuring: Christine van Ruymbeke, Narguess Farzad, Dominic Parviz Brookshaw