Katherine Lewis
Honorary Professor of Medieval History at the University of Lincoln and Research Associate at the University of York
6 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Laura Kalas, Anthony Bale
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: Laura Kalas, Anthony Bale
Julian of Norwich
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the anchoress, who is probably the earliest named woman writer in English, and her celebrated work on her visions of the suffering of Christ.
19 October 2023
Also featuring: Philip Sheldrake, Laura Kalas
ReligionMedieval English theologiansWomen religious writers15th-century English writersWriters from NorwichEnglish religious writersWomen mystics14th-century Christian mystics, 14th-century English women writers, 15th-century English women writers, 15th-century deaths, English Catholic mystics, Middle English literatureMelisende, Queen of Jerusalem
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful queen in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in C12th, after the First Crusade, ruling with her husband Fulk and then their son Baldwin III
21 November 2019
Also featuring: Natasha Hodgson, Danielle Park
Is Shakespeare History? The Plantagenets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's treatment of English Plantagenet history from Richard II to Richard III and all the Henrys in between, written under Elizabeth I.
11 October 2018
Also featuring: Emma Smith, Gordon McMullan
Margaret of Anjou
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the Queen of England fought to hold on to power for the sake of her son, when her husband's mental illness made him unable to rule.
25 May 2018
Also featuring: James Ross, Joanna Laynesmith
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, Anthony Bale
HistoryWriters from King's LynnWomen religious writersEnglish Roman Catholics14th-century Christian mystics, 14th-century English women writers, 15th-century English women writers, 15th-century deaths, English Catholic mystics, Middle English literature15th-century English writersAnglican saintsEnglish autobiographersEnglish religious writersRoman Catholic mysticsWomen mysticsEnglish women non-fiction writersFemale saints of medieval EnglandPre-Reformation Anglican saints