Alex Woolf
Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of St Andrews.
4 episodes
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The Battle of Clontarf
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Brian Boru's victory over Sigtrygg Silkbeard and his Viking allies outside Dublin in 1014, one of the best known events in Irish history.
10 April 2025
Also featuring: Seán Duffy, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh
The Orkneyinga Saga
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the myth and history in the Saga of the Earls of Orkney as they fought to control some of the most strategically important islands around Britain.
6 June 2024
Also featuring: Judith Jesch, Jane Harrison
The Davidian Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss great changes in Scotland associated with David I, from the founding of trading towns such as Edinburgh to new monasteries and new ways of governing
5 May 2022
Also featuring: Richard Oram, Alice Taylor
The Picts
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Picts who, according to Bede, formed one of the five nations of Britain, with the English, Britons, Scots and Latins, but who disappeared.
9 November 2017
Also featuring: Katherine Forsyth, Gordon Noble