Henrietta Leyser
Emeritus Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford
5 episodes
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Gerald of Wales
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales, the author of colourful and influential works about his journeys around Ireland and Wales.
4 October 2012
Also featuring: Michelle Brown, Huw Pryce
The Concordat of Worms
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms of 1122, a negotiation which marked a temporary lull in the power struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire.
15 December 2011
Also featuring: Kate Cushing, John Gillingham
Greyfriars and Blackfriars
Melvyn Bragg discusses the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans, the Blackfriars and Greyfriars, who were a great force for change in Catholic Europe.
10 November 2005
Also featuring: Alexander Murray, Anthony Kenny
Abelard and Heloise
Melvyn Bragg discusses the story of Abelard and Heloise, a medieval tale of literature and philosophy, love and scandal in the high Middle Ages.
5 May 2005
Also featuring: A. C. Grayling, Michael Clanchy
The Schism
Melvyn Bragg discusses events surrounding the 11th century division of medieval Christendom into what became the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
16 October 2003
Also featuring: Norman Housley, Jonathan Shepard