
Medieval literature
Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th, 15th or 16th century, depending on country).
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Icelandic Sagas
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Icelandic sagas.
9 May 2013
Featuring: Carolyne Larrington, Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, Emily Lethbridge
Le Morte d'Arthur
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Le Morte d'Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory's epic medieval tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
10 January 2013
Featuring: Helen Cooper, Helen Fulton, Laura Ashe