
David Womersley
The Thomas Wharton Professor of English Literature at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureFellows of the Royal SocietyTheorists on Western civilizationEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsBritish critics of religions18th-century English male writersIrony theoristsRhetoric theoristsAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordPeople educated at Westminster School, LondonBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England18th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish rhetoriciansBritish MPs 1774–1780English Protestants18th-century English historiansSocietal collapseHistory
Edward Gibbon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of the writer of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, one of the most celebrated works of its kind.
17 June 2021
Also featuring: Charlotte Roberts, Karen O'Brien
CultureEnglish rhetoriciansFellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish essayistsAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordBritish MPs 1774–1780British critics of religionsEnglish ProtestantsEnglish male non-fiction writers18th-century English historiansPeople educated at Westminster School, LondonBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England18th-century English non-fiction writersTheorists on Western civilization18th-century English male writersIrony theoristsRhetoric theoristsBritish male essayistsThe Roman Empire's Collapse in the 5th century
Melvyn Bragg discusses the causes and events leading to the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and assesses the role of Christianity, the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths and the Vandals.
5 April 2001
Also featuring: Charlotte Roueché, Richard Alston