Sarah Foot
The Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral
6 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: John Hines, Richard Gameson, Richard Gameson
Covers topics in categories such as:
Saint Cuthbert
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of the Northumbrian monk, priest and hermit who lived on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne and became one of England's most revered saints.
28 January 2021
Also featuring: Jane Hawkes, John Hines
Athelstan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of King Athelstan, whose military exploits united much of England, Scotland and Wales under one ruler for the first time.
1 July 2010
Also featuring: John Hines, Richard Gameson
The Norman Yoke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke’ – the idea that the Battle of Hastings sparked years of cruel Norman oppression for the Anglo Saxons.
10 April 2008
Also featuring: Richard Gameson, Matthew Strickland
St Hilda
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Hilda, who led a large and influential network of monasteries in 7th century Britain.
5 April 2007
Also featuring: John Blair, Rosemary Cramp
Alfred and the Battle of Edington
Melvyn Bragg discusses King Alfred, the defeat of the Vikings at Battle of Edington and Alfred's project to create a culture of Englishness.
7 April 2005
Also featuring: Richard Gameson, John Hines
The Venerable Bede
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Venerable Bede, who revolutionised history and scholarship, and became adopted by Rome as the last of the founding fathers of Christian religion.
25 November 2004
Also featuring: Richard Gameson, Michelle Brown
ReligionAnglican saintsLutheran saintsTrope theoristsMedieval English theologiansNorthumbrian saintsChristian hagiographersDoctors of the ChurchEnglish Christian theologiansHistory of Catholicism in England, English Roman Catholic saintsAnglo-Saxon poets, Anglo-Saxon writers, 8th-century English writers, 8th-century Christian theologians, 8th-century writers in Latin