Andy Orchard
Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureAnglican saintsPoems adapted into filmsScholastic philosophersMedieval Latin-language poetsMedieval English theologiansChristian hagiographersGrammarians of Latin9th-century philosophers8th-century Christian theologians, 8th-century English writers, 8th-century writers in Latin, Anglo-Saxon poets, Anglo-Saxon writersHistoryInfluences on J. R. R. Tolkien
Alcuin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cleric, educator and poet from York who put learning for its own sake at the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance
30 January 2020
Also featuring: Joanna Story, Mary Garrison
HistoryMedieval Latin-language poetsMedieval English theologiansAnglican saintsGrammarians of Latin9th-century philosophers8th-century Christian theologians, 8th-century English writers, 8th-century writers in Latin, Anglo-Saxon poets, Anglo-Saxon writersChristian hagiographersScholastic philosophersBeowulf
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the epic poem Beowulf, one of the masterpieces of Anglo-Saxon literature.
5 March 2015
Also featuring: Laura Ashe, Clare Lees