Anthony Bale
Professor of Medieval & Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Girton College.
3 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Katherine Lewis, Miri Rubin
Covers topics in categories such as:
Pope Joan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval legend of Pope Joan, the story of a scholarly woman in the ninth century who was said to have become the Pope.
30 January 2025
Also featuring: Katherine Lewis, Laura Kalas
Medieval Pilgrimage
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of pilgrimage for Christians in Europe in the Middle Ages and options for those who could only imagine pilgrimages and imitate them at home
18 February 2021
Also featuring: Miri Rubin, Kathryn Rudy
Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe (1373-1438), the English mystic who went to Jerusalem and dictated her life story, said to be the first autobiography in English.
2 June 2016
Also featuring: Miri Rubin, Katherine Lewis
HistoryAnglican saints15th-century English writersEnglish women non-fiction writersWriters from King's LynnRoman Catholic mystics14th-century Christian mystics, 14th-century English women writers, 15th-century English women writers, 15th-century deaths, English Catholic mystics, Middle English literaturePre-Reformation Anglican saintsEnglish Roman CatholicsWomen religious writersEnglish autobiographersWomen mysticsFemale saints of medieval EnglandEnglish religious writers14th century15th century