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 essayists18th-century English male writersBritish critics of religionsRhetoric theoristsIrony theorists18th-century English non-fiction writersBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of EnglandPeople educated at Westminster School, London18th-century English historiansBritish MPs 1774–1780English rhetoriciansEnglish ProtestantsSocietal 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
Culture18th-century English male writersBritish male essayistsEnglish essayists18th-century English non-fiction writers18th-century English historiansBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesBritish MPs 1774–1780Alumni of Magdalen College, OxfordFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of EnglandEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish critics of religionsEnglish rhetoriciansRhetoric theoristsIrony theoristsPeople educated at Westminster School, LondonFellows of the Royal SocietyEnglish ProtestantsTheorists on Western civilization18th centuryThe 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