Mary Garrison
Lecturer in History at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureAnglican saintsScholastic philosophersMedieval Latin-language poetsMedieval English theologiansChristian hagiographers9th-century philosophersGrammarians of LatinAnglo-Saxon poets, Anglo-Saxon writers, 8th-century English writers, 8th-century Christian theologians, 8th-century writers in LatinHistory
Alcuin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cleric, educator and poet from York who put learning for its own sake at the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance
30 January 2020
Also featuring: Joanna Story, Andy Orchard
HistoryAnglican saintsScholastic philosophersMedieval Latin-language poetsMedieval English theologiansChristian hagiographers9th-century philosophersGrammarians of LatinAnglo-Saxon poets, Anglo-Saxon writers, 8th-century English writers, 8th-century Christian theologians, 8th-century writers in LatinThe Carolingian Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Emperor Charlemagne, the first of the Holy Roman Emperors, and the Carolingian Renaissance.
30 March 2006
Also featuring: Matthew Innes, Julia Smith