Katherine Lewis
Honorary Professor of Medieval History at the University of Lincoln and Research Associate at the University of York
7 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Laura Kalas, Anthony Bale
Covers topics in categories such as:
Margaret Beaufort
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the resilience of the child bride who made it her mission to protect her son during the Wars of the Roses and helped him become the first Tudor king
5 March 2026
Also featuring: Joanna Laynesmith, David Grummitt
History16th-century English womenAnnulmentHouse of Tudor16th-century English nobilityEnglish Roman Catholics15th-century English women, Founders of colleges of the University of Cambridge, Ladies of the Garter, People of the Wars of the RosesBurials at Westminster AbbeyMothers of English monarchs15th century16th centuryPope 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
Religion15th-century English writersWriters from Norwich14th-century Christian mystics, 14th-century English women writers, 15th-century English women writers, 15th-century deaths, English Catholic mystics, Middle English literatureWomen religious writersWomen mysticsMedieval English theologiansEnglish religious writers14th century15th centuryTheologyMelisende, 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.
24 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
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