Podcasts about medieval english

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Seriah is joined by Matt Festa and Chris Ernst to celebrate the 12th anniversary of Where Did The Road Go and, to take a deep dive into the book “The Vertical Plane” by Ken Webster. Topics include keeping the podcast fresh, Gef the Mongoose, messages on a basic home computer in Wales UK in the 1980's from unknown entities, poltergeist activity of various types, bizarre time-traveling dreams, six-toed footprints walking diagonally up a wall, British humor, home renovation as liminal situation and instigator of poltergeist activity, multiple bizarre entities apparently from different time periods, word documents in Medieval English, time travel and time lines, canned goods stacked into a pyramid, people getting hurt by the South Shields Poltergeist in the UK in 2006, an entity's own explanation of poltergeist activity, a weird poem, apparent communications from a man with a voice-activated computer in the 1500's, the Society for Psychical Research, a British Broadcasting Company documentary on the case, poor conduct by investigators, apports and heat/burning, footsteps on the roof, time line discrepancies, similarities between the poltergeist witnesses and UFO contactees, psi activity and fakery, Billy Myers, Uri Geller on Johnny Carson, Trickster activity, the Fox sisters, the difficulties of communicating with the entities in Wales, some people who have a dampening effect on psi and other activities, a complex chalk drawing spontaneously appearing, a witch burning, a medieval sheriff speaking to the people in the 1980's through a spectral computer, the weird significance of the physical location of the 1980's computer, the contradictions of hoaxing, “The White Vault” Lovecraftian horror podcast, furniture being moved, flying pieces of metal, a bizarre dream where a women from the 1980's spends a day in the 1520's and sees a weird book with a caduceus symbol on it, an apparent time travel contradiction emergency, the “2109” vague beings as spirits, tachyons, time travel through astral means, ludicrous explanations by SPR that allege a literally impossible level of cheating, Ufologist Gary Rowe and the entities having his phone number, Gary Rowe's investigation and his own encounters directly with the beings, the abrupt end to the experiences, a mysterious never-found book, convectional magnetism as explained nearly incomprehensibly by 2109 to connect all forms of the paranormal and time slips, and much more! This is a fascinating discussion with a topic worthy of the WDTRG 12th anniversary!

Seriah is joined by Matt Festa and Chris Ernst to celebrate the 12th anniversary of Where Did The Road Go and, to take a deep dive into the book “The Vertical Plane” by Ken Webster. Topics include keeping the podcast fresh, Gef the Mongoose, messages on a basic home computer in Wales UK in the 1980's from unknown entities, poltergeist activity of various types, bizarre time-traveling dreams, six-toed footprints walking diagonally up a wall, British humor, home renovation as liminal situation and instigator of poltergeist activity, multiple bizarre entities apparently from different time periods, word documents in Medieval English, time travel and time lines, canned goods stacked into a pyramid, people getting hurt by the South Shields Poltergeist in the UK in 2006, an entity's own explanation of poltergeist activity, a weird poem, apparent communications from a man with a voice-activated computer in the 1500's, the Society for Psychical Research, a British Broadcasting Company documentary on the case, poor conduct by investigators, apports and heat/burning, footsteps on the roof, time line discrepancies, similarities between the poltergeist witnesses and UFO contactees, psi activity and fakery, Billy Myers, Uri Geller on Johnny Carson, Trickster activity, the Fox sisters, the difficulties of communicating with the entities in Wales, some people who have a dampening effect on psi and other activities, a complex chalk drawing spontaneously appearing, a witch burning, a medieval sheriff speaking to the people in the 1980's through a spectral computer, the weird significance of the physical location of the 1980's computer, the contradictions of hoaxing, “The White Vault” Lovecraftian horror podcast, furniture being moved, flying pieces of metal, a bizarre dream where a women from the 1980's spends a day in the 1520's and sees a weird book with a caduceus symbol on it, an apparent time travel contradiction emergency, the “2109” vague beings as spirits, tachyons, time travel through astral means, ludicrous explanations by SPR that allege a literally impossible level of cheating, Ufologist Gary Rowe and the entities having his phone number, Gary Rowe's investigation and his own encounters directly with the beings, the abrupt end to the experiences, a mysterious never-found book, convectional magnetism as explained nearly incomprehensibly by 2109 to connect all forms of the paranormal and time slips, and much more! This is a fascinating discussion with a topic worthy of the WDTRG 12th anniversary!Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is Psyche Corporation with Whirring World Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From 1066 to 1500 towns and cities in England transformed beyond recognition.  The Norman conquest brought stability, trade and resources and the construction of large castles and cathedrals.   Towns became the economic focus of their rural hinterlands. Meanwhile, a generation of hundreds of planned towns emerged with involvement from  King Edward I himself. Medieval towns had to survive the Black Death, Fires and dramatic changes in economic fortunes.  We will discover the largest settlements in the medieval period and see how their fortunes  changed.Whilst cathedrals, castles, guildhalls and town walls would dominate architecturally, ordinary citizens lived in filth and squalor with limited sanitation and constant risk to health.  This was however a period in which early governance emerged and towns developed limited autonomy.Join us on our exploration of the origins and development of English cities.  If you haven't listened already, the episode Settling in Stone: Tracing the First Steps of British Towns traces the very beginning of settlement in Great Britain.Send us a text

(Host: Kristin) Hundreds of years before Dante took us on a tour through the afterlife, there was Thurkill, an English peasant from the 13th century, who described his journey into hell and the edge of paradise. What was it like and what can we learn from his story? Come on a vision quest with Kristin, in this episode of Footnoting History!    For further reading suggestions and more, please visit: https://www.footnotinghistory.com

As time continues its cruel, relentless, and inevitable march onwards, thoughts turn to retirement plans; how will our heroes see out their final days? Who has their eye on one big final paycheck? The answer may surprise you. And who doesn't mind just fizzling out quietly? Elis.It's also a big day for Producer Dave, as his lost university dissertation finally sees the light of day. The nation has been waiting with baited breath to hear about the past, present, and future of Sheffield Hallam's student radio station Rush Radio, and today we can deliver the goods.And fortunately/unfortunately (deleted as appropriate), there is still a little bit of the dance to be danced...Please do continue to send in your excellent correspondence via the usual channels. For email users it's elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk, and for WhatsApp aficionados it's 07974 293022.

Old canned salmon provides a record of parasite infectionTo study marine ecosystems from the past, scientists picked through canned salmon dating back more than four decades to measure levels of parasites in the fish. Natalie Mastick, a postdoctoral researcher in marine ecology at Yale University, said she found the parasite load in two species of salmon increased in their samples between 1979 - 2021. She says this suggests their ecosystems provided more of the hosts the parasites needed, including marine mammals, which could reflect an increasingly healthy ecosystem. Their study is in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Mars has more influence on Earth than non-astrologers might have thoughtMars is, on average, about 225 million km from Earth, which would suggest that it has little impact on our planet. Which is true, but as they say a little goes a long way. In a recent study in Nature Communications, researchers studying the history of deep ocean currents found a surprising 2.4-million-year cycle where giant whirlpools form on the ocean floor, linked to cycles in the interactions of Mars and Earth orbiting the Sun. The team, including geophysicist Dietmar Müller from the University of Sydney, say this may act as a backup system to mix the oceans as the Earth warms.Medieval English silver pennies travelled a long wayStarting in the middle of the 7th century, economic development in medieval England was spurred by the increasing use of handy silver coins that greased the wheels of trade. To date, 7000 of these silver coins have been found that date to the period between the years 660 and 750 AD, but the source of the silver has been mysterious. Using modern technology, researchers from the University of Cambridge, including historian Rory Naismith,  have traced the silver right across the continent to its Byzantine source. In their study in the journal Antiquity, the researchers suggest the silver was brought to Europe a hundred years earlier in the form of silver objects, which were melted down and struck as coins in order to put more money into circulation.Bonobos are not as nice as their reputation suggestsBonobos are the lesser-known cousin of chimpanzees, and have a reputation for being the more peaceful ape. But a new study published in Current Biology reveals a dark side of bonobos. Anthropologist Maud Mouginot observed the behaviour of bonobos and chimpanzees in their dense tropical forest habitats in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. She was shocked to find out that male bonobos were twice as likely to be aggressive toward other males than chimpanzees. She said this suggests that we need to have a more nuanced view of aggression within and across primate species, including humans. COVID infections are causing brain inflammation, drops in IQ, and years of brain agingFor many people COVID was more than a respiratory disease. We're learning now just what kind of impact an infection can have on the brain. It can affect cognition – leading to the famous brain fog – and even shrink and prematurely age the brain. One of the researchers studying these effects is Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, he has found COVID patients suffering from brain fog, confusion, tingling, mini strokes, and even seizure disorders.Listener Question – The eclipse and the moon's temperature.A listener posting as Jeff on X writes: “How hot did the side of the moon that faced the sun get during the eclipse?”  We get the answer from Nikhil Arora, an astrophysicist from Queen's University in Kingston.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the history of the all-wizarding village of Hogsmeade.Located in the Scottish Highlands near the unplottable castle of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hogsmeade Village is presumed to have been founded around the same time as the neighbouring school, putting its establishment around the 10th or 11th century. As such, Hogsmeade Village has been in existence for centuries and was originally founded by a Medieval English wizard who went by the name Hengist of Woodcroft. Many have noted that Hogsmeade is the only all-wizarding village in the entirety of Britain, which legend has it was done intentionally by Hengist of Woodcroft in an effort to help protect witches and wizards from Muggle persecution, which was, of course, incredibly common during the Middle Ages....Watch for the rest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the history of the all-wizarding village of Hogsmeade. Located in the Scottish Highlands near the unplottable castle of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hogsmeade Village is presumed to have been founded around the same time as the neighbouring school, putting its establishment around the 10th or 11th century. As such, Hogsmeade Village has been in existence for centuries and was originally founded by a Medieval English wizard who went by the name Hengist of Woodcroft. Many have noted that Hogsmeade is the only all-wizarding village in the entirety of Britain, which legend has it was done intentionally by Hengist of Woodcroft in an effort to help protect witches and wizards from Muggle persecution, which was, of course, incredibly common during the Middle Ages. ...Watch for the rest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We often hear of medieval men like John Wyclif and Jan Hus as forerunners of the Reformation. That means they had many of the same questions and ideas as those who started and carried out the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. These men saw some serious problems in the church and wanted to fix them, but were they really forerunners, or Reformers in their own rights? And were they the only ones? What happened to them and to their followers? How were the Bible and the Psalter used in those days? Explore these and many other topics with Trinity, Lucas, and Linus as they bring their questions to Dr. Audrey Southgate, lecturer in Medieval English at Lincoln College, Oxford, and teacher at Emmanuel Christian School.   Show Notes: Book recommended by Audrey Southgate: Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History     

A special episode looking at the situation in Normandy during the early 1120's- how did the sons of William I get themselves so wrapped up in such a mess, how it involved the French, and then, ultimately, how it leads to the biggest disaster of Medieval English history- a shipwreck like no other, and the consequences of it. Welcome to The Ghost of The White Ship.

We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied and erotic experience of life, within and between persons, became the basis for an apprehension of divinity. The conversation particularly focuses on the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by 16th century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross and the work of 14th-15th century English mystic Margery Kempe. Jamie shares his own story to show how queer mysticism can offer resources from within Christianity to build a personal and communitarian politics against fundamentalist discrimination and hatred. Starting this fall, Jamie Staples will be Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval English literature at Trinity College in Hartford. His research takes seriously the productive intersection of mystical theology and poetry in the development of alternative modes of critical thinking in the late Middle Ages. He's recently written two articles focused more specifically on the queer mysticism that he will be discussing today, one on the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe, published in Romanic Review, and the other on the fourteenth-century poem Cleanness, published in Exemplaria. Image: © 2023 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied and erotic experience of life, within and between persons, became the basis for an apprehension of divinity. The conversation particularly focuses on the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by 16th century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross and the work of 14th-15th century English mystic Margery Kempe. Jamie shares his own story to show how queer mysticism can offer resources from within Christianity to build a personal and communitarian politics against fundamentalist discrimination and hatred. Starting this fall, Jamie Staples will be Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval English literature at Trinity College in Hartford. His research takes seriously the productive intersection of mystical theology and poetry in the development of alternative modes of critical thinking in the late Middle Ages. He's recently written two articles focused more specifically on the queer mysticism that he will be discussing today, one on the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe, published in Romanic Review, and the other on the fourteenth-century poem Cleanness, published in Exemplaria. Image: © 2023 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied and erotic experience of life, within and between persons, became the basis for an apprehension of divinity. The conversation particularly focuses on the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by 16th century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross and the work of 14th-15th century English mystic Margery Kempe. Jamie shares his own story to show how queer mysticism can offer resources from within Christianity to build a personal and communitarian politics against fundamentalist discrimination and hatred. Starting this fall, Jamie Staples will be Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval English literature at Trinity College in Hartford. His research takes seriously the productive intersection of mystical theology and poetry in the development of alternative modes of critical thinking in the late Middle Ages. He's recently written two articles focused more specifically on the queer mysticism that he will be discussing today, one on the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe, published in Romanic Review, and the other on the fourteenth-century poem Cleanness, published in Exemplaria. Image: © 2023 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied and erotic experience of life, within and between persons, became the basis for an apprehension of divinity. The conversation particularly focuses on the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by 16th century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross and the work of 14th-15th century English mystic Margery Kempe. Jamie shares his own story to show how queer mysticism can offer resources from within Christianity to build a personal and communitarian politics against fundamentalist discrimination and hatred. Starting this fall, Jamie Staples will be Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval English literature at Trinity College in Hartford. His research takes seriously the productive intersection of mystical theology and poetry in the development of alternative modes of critical thinking in the late Middle Ages. He's recently written two articles focused more specifically on the queer mysticism that he will be discussing today, one on the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe, published in Romanic Review, and the other on the fourteenth-century poem Cleanness, published in Exemplaria. Image: © 2023 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied and erotic experience of life, within and between persons, became the basis for an apprehension of divinity. The conversation particularly focuses on the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by 16th century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross and the work of 14th-15th century English mystic Margery Kempe. Jamie shares his own story to show how queer mysticism can offer resources from within Christianity to build a personal and communitarian politics against fundamentalist discrimination and hatred. Starting this fall, Jamie Staples will be Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval English literature at Trinity College in Hartford. His research takes seriously the productive intersection of mystical theology and poetry in the development of alternative modes of critical thinking in the late Middle Ages. He's recently written two articles focused more specifically on the queer mysticism that he will be discussing today, one on the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe, published in Romanic Review, and the other on the fourteenth-century poem Cleanness, published in Exemplaria. Image: © 2023 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied and erotic experience of life, within and between persons, became the basis for an apprehension of divinity. The conversation particularly focuses on the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by 16th century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross and the work of 14th-15th century English mystic Margery Kempe. Jamie shares his own story to show how queer mysticism can offer resources from within Christianity to build a personal and communitarian politics against fundamentalist discrimination and hatred. Starting this fall, Jamie Staples will be Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval English literature at Trinity College in Hartford. His research takes seriously the productive intersection of mystical theology and poetry in the development of alternative modes of critical thinking in the late Middle Ages. He's recently written two articles focused more specifically on the queer mysticism that he will be discussing today, one on the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe, published in Romanic Review, and the other on the fourteenth-century poem Cleanness, published in Exemplaria. Image: © 2023 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We close Pride Month of 2023 with Jamie Staples talking about queer mysticism. This includes instances in medieval Christianity where an embodied and erotic experience of life, within and between persons, became the basis for an apprehension of divinity. The conversation particularly focuses on the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by 16th century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross and the work of 14th-15th century English mystic Margery Kempe. Jamie shares his own story to show how queer mysticism can offer resources from within Christianity to build a personal and communitarian politics against fundamentalist discrimination and hatred. Starting this fall, Jamie Staples will be Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval English literature at Trinity College in Hartford. His research takes seriously the productive intersection of mystical theology and poetry in the development of alternative modes of critical thinking in the late Middle Ages. He's recently written two articles focused more specifically on the queer mysticism that he will be discussing today, one on the fifteenth-century Book of Margery Kempe, published in Romanic Review, and the other on the fourteenth-century poem Cleanness, published in Exemplaria. Image: © 2023 Saronik Bosu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

The world is filled with conflicts, both apparent and real, between personal love and civic duty. Can love be restrained without violating its radical freedom? In this brief talk, Christendom College's Professor Daniel Spiotta will consider how William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream expresses the demands of both love and law, manifests the dangers of neglecting either, and proposes a mutually reinforcing resolution.Spiotta, who serves as an assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Christendom, specializes in the works of Shakespeare and Medieval English poetry,

Transcript included below…Today, we're going to talk about the lasting impact of music, and how we can recognize and harness it.Music has a way of transcending time.  This is regardless of style or genre.  But it's my conviction that music that has certain qualities and characteristics has the potential to go the distance.  Track with me here through a few musical vignettes I've chronicled for you.Born to be AlivePatrick Hernandez, a French singer, released a song called “Born to be Alive” on a disco album by the same name in 1979. I discovered the song in 1986, seven years after it was released…but in a very unusual way.I was hanging out in Boston, Massachusetts, touring that city with some family, and I stumbled upon a mixed cassette tape on the side of the road with no one's name on it but the words and letters “The TT Mix PL” written in thick purple felt pen. I had no idea what those letters stood for, but my curiosity was piqued, so I put the tape in my backpack and brought it home to Washington State. I spun through it multiple times, but “Born to be Alive” stood out way beyond all the other songs in the mix, and my father and I enjoyed listening to it over and over on road trips for a couple years after that.23 years later, this same song was included in the soundtrack for the Russell Crowe political thriller State of Play, presented in a new techno version performed as a cover by the Flugel Horns.I heard it in the background about an hour and 19 minutes into the movie, just as supporting actor Justin Bateman pulled up in a Cadillac.The song had reemerged on my radar for the first time since 1986.  Whether that song had longevity is open to discussion.  But it had definitely made enough of an impression that even after 23 years of not hearing it, I was able to instantly recognize it.That Voice AgainAnother song, “That Voice Again” by Peter Gabriel, was released in 1986, the year I had discovered the mixed tape. It begins with a harmonic Major 3rd between the notes B and D sharp, to start the opening chord sequence for the intro before the song settles into Db Major.  This is a song that has been a favorite of mine for a while.While putting gas in my car at the local Costco recently, I heard a car horn honk those exact first two notes – B and D sharp.  “That Voice Again” was instantly brought to my mind.  I had to double-check and make sure that that's what I had heard.  I had my daughter pull it up on her phone, and sure enough, my mind had instantly been transported to the song.I still listen to Peter Gabriel and have appreciated the ways he has reinvented himself, especially with his symphony orchestra arrangements.  Cast AwaySpeaking of orchestra, Alan Silvestri wrote some beautiful music for the 2000 movie, Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks.  But the music only took up 24 minutes of the movie, which ran a total of 2 hours and 23 minutes.  That's less than 17% of the film that had a film score under it (there were several well-placed Elvis songs as well.)But with only 24 minutes of film score, Silvestri had to choose his notes carefully, so as to make the most impact.  And per the Internet Movie Database, he chose to go simple.  Really simple. The only instruments he used in his score for Cast Away were an oboe, a piano, and strings.  And the music was hauntingly beautiful. The movie made an impression on me when I saw it many years ago, simply because of the loneliness Chuck Noland had to endure on that island for over four years.  It was punctuated by the mournful music that swelled after he left the island.  And again, per the IMdB, there is not one single note of written musical score in the film until Nolan leaves the island (1 hour and 43 minutes into the movie).The timing of the music was very, very deliberate.In fact, even while my daughter was watching it with me, she commented that there wasn't any music under the island scenes.Robert Zemeckis, the director, was very intentional about the timing of the music.  Go with me here.  I think there wasn't music under those scenes, so that when there was music, it meant more.Several years after that film had made such an impact on me, I was leading worship as a guest worship leader at a church in Wenatchee, Washington, when I heard the worship leader from that church, whose name was Isaac, play those haunting orchestral notes on the keyboard as we were dialing in our levels.The music was unmistakable.  And it brought up a surge of emotions as I heard it.  I turned to Isaac and simply asked, “Is that the score from Cast Away?”  He nodded, appreciatively.That music still impacts me today.  And it's music without words.A Medieval English RoundThe summer I experienced the tragic loss of my sister, I attended a music camp.  The experience was a bit of a blur, but it was healing in a way, as I got to sing with people I'd never met, while enjoying the language of music that we had in common.I can remember many of the songs we sang, nearly 30 years later.  One of them was a traditional Medieval English round called “Sumer Is Icumen In.”  It's believed to have originated in the mid-13th century. We sang it jovially, and enjoyed discovering how to sing in old English.  It basically means “summer has arrived.”That same year, a film about the life of C.S. Lewis was released.  It was called Shadowlands.  I saw it a few years later.  And guess which song was sung by the choir on May Day morning in that movie?  Sumer Is Icumen In.  I recognized it right away.Fast forward 30 years, and now I'm working with the choirs at my daughters' school as a volunteer vocal coach. In sifting through some of the music folios, guess what greeted me at the top of one of the pages?  The very same old English round.  Word for word, note for note, the music leapt off the page and greeted me like an old friend.Bringing it All TogetherWhat do Born to Be Alive, That Voice Again, Cast Away and Sumer Is Icumen In all have in common?  Not much, except for the fact that they each impacted me in different ways…across time.There may be songs that have had an impact on you as well.  And these songs could go the distance in your life. They may bring you back to an earlier time, whether sweet or sad.  They may have spiritual significance, or they may just be rich in musical composition.  They may have words, or they may be instrumental. But these songs can travel alongside you through life. How do we create music that goes the distance?  I would suggest three things.First, decide the distance you want the music to go. Is it for all mankind?  Maybe that's a bit ambitious, but don't be afraid to aim high.   Write or create music that speaks to peoples' hearts.  Let your faith in Christ be an inherent part of what you do as you compose.Maybe your songs will impact a close circle of friends or family, or maybe they will bless your church family.  Maybe they will travel to people whom you've never met.  I've had the privilege of impacting lives through my music ministry that I may not cross paths with this side of heaven. Second, be content if your life is the only distance.Sometimes, songs are personally significant to us because we have a special connection with them.  That may be enough.  Personal expression and personal worship are very, very significant.Third, think about why a song has endured.Some of the great hymns of our faith have been around for centuries, and will likely endure long after we pass away.  There's something about their rich content, often scripture set to music, sometimes encapsulating the gospel in a single song…this has staying power.I'd say that some music out there is just fun to listen to, but is rather temporal and temporary.  Can we still enjoy it?  Sure.  But the music that will likely go the distance will have something extra about it.  It doesn't have to have words, or it can.  It doesn't have to have carefully-crafted lyrics, or it can.But listen for music that goes the distance.  This may require you listening more closely.  That's a subject we talk about on multiple levels inside GuitarSuccess4U.If this sounds interesting to you, please check out www.GuitarSuccess4U.com.  We could help you discover the music that's within you, that may also go the distance in your life and in the lives of others.You and I are only on this planet for a little while, so let's keep our ears open for the songs that move us, including songs in our heads that are waiting to be expressed…and shared.I hope this was helpful.  If there are songs that have impacted you over the years, please let me know in the comments.  And if there are topics I can discuss here in Guitar Serious Fun, please also comment.I'll see you next time.Thanks for reading Guitar Serious Fun! 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Today's guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Rosenberg is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007. Her articles have appeared in PMLA, Exemplaria, and the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Professor Brantley's new book is Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2022. After giving a comprehensive survey of writing surfaces, writing instruments, and other aspects of material culture, Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms takes a fresh look at some of the most widely studied texts of the medieval period—the Beowulf manuscript, the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales, and the Book of Margery Kempe—alongside less canonical manuscripts. In addition to rich analyses of these books as textual artifacts, the book contains 200 high-quality illustrations that will pique the interest of readers looking to deepen their familiarity with medieval manuscript culture. John Yargo is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Boston College. He earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in the environmental humanities and early modern culture. His peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal for Early Modern Culture Studies, Early Theatre, Studies in Philology, and Shakespeare Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Today's guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Rosenberg is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007. Her articles have appeared in PMLA, Exemplaria, and the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Professor Rosenberg's new book is Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2022. After giving a comprehensive survey of writing surfaces, writing instruments, and other aspects of material culture, Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms takes a fresh look at some of the most widely studied texts of the medieval period—the Beowulf manuscript, the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales, and the Book of Margery Kempe—alongside less canonical manuscripts. In addition to rich analyses of these books as textual artifacts, the book contains 200 high-quality illustrations that will pique the interest of readers looking to deepen their familiarity with medieval manuscript culture. John Yargo is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Boston College. He earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in the environmental humanities and early modern culture. His peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal for Early Modern Culture Studies, Early Theatre, Studies in Philology, and Shakespeare Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Today's guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Brantley is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007. Her articles have appeared in PMLA, Exemplaria, and the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Professor Brantley's new book is Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2022. After giving a comprehensive survey of writing surfaces, writing instruments, and other aspects of material culture, Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms takes a fresh look at some of the most widely studied texts of the medieval period—the Beowulf manuscript, the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales, and the Book of Margery Kempe—alongside less canonical manuscripts. In addition to rich analyses of these books as textual artifacts, the book contains 200 high-quality illustrations that will pique the interest of readers looking to deepen their familiarity with medieval manuscript culture. John Yargo is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Boston College. He earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in the environmental humanities and early modern culture. His peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal for Early Modern Culture Studies, Early Theatre, Studies in Philology, and Shakespeare Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Today's guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Rosenberg is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007. Her articles have appeared in PMLA, Exemplaria, and the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Professor Brantley's new book is Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2022. After giving a comprehensive survey of writing surfaces, writing instruments, and other aspects of material culture, Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms takes a fresh look at some of the most widely studied texts of the medieval period—the Beowulf manuscript, the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales, and the Book of Margery Kempe—alongside less canonical manuscripts. In addition to rich analyses of these books as textual artifacts, the book contains 200 high-quality illustrations that will pique the interest of readers looking to deepen their familiarity with medieval manuscript culture. John Yargo is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Boston College. He earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in the environmental humanities and early modern culture. His peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal for Early Modern Culture Studies, Early Theatre, Studies in Philology, and Shakespeare Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

A Subcast episode looking at four of the most influential philosophers working in England during the Middle Ages: Anselm of Canterbury, Roger Bacon, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham.Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.org

Today's guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Rosenberg is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007. Her articles have appeared in PMLA, Exemplaria, and the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Professor Brantley's new book is Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2022. After giving a comprehensive survey of writing surfaces, writing instruments, and other aspects of material culture, Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms takes a fresh look at some of the most widely studied texts of the medieval period—the Beowulf manuscript, the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales, and the Book of Margery Kempe—alongside less canonical manuscripts. In addition to rich analyses of these books as textual artifacts, the book contains 200 high-quality illustrations that will pique the interest of readers looking to deepen their familiarity with medieval manuscript culture. John Yargo is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Boston College. He earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in the environmental humanities and early modern culture. His peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal for Early Modern Culture Studies, Early Theatre, Studies in Philology, and Shakespeare Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Today's guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Rosenberg is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007. Her articles have appeared in PMLA, Exemplaria, and the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Professor Brantley's new book is Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2022. After giving a comprehensive survey of writing surfaces, writing instruments, and other aspects of material culture, Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms takes a fresh look at some of the most widely studied texts of the medieval period—the Beowulf manuscript, the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales, and the Book of Margery Kempe—alongside less canonical manuscripts. In addition to rich analyses of these books as textual artifacts, the book contains 200 high-quality illustrations that will pique the interest of readers looking to deepen their familiarity with medieval manuscript culture. John Yargo is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Boston College. He earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in the environmental humanities and early modern culture. His peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal for Early Modern Culture Studies, Early Theatre, Studies in Philology, and Shakespeare Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Jessica Brantley, Professor of English at Yale University. Professor Rosenberg is the author of the previous monograph, Reading in the Wilderness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007. Her articles have appeared in PMLA, Exemplaria, and the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Professor Brantley's new book is Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2022. After giving a comprehensive survey of writing surfaces, writing instruments, and other aspects of material culture, Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms takes a fresh look at some of the most widely studied texts of the medieval period—the Beowulf manuscript, the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales, and the Book of Margery Kempe—alongside less canonical manuscripts. In addition to rich analyses of these books as textual artifacts, the book contains 200 high-quality illustrations that will pique the interest of readers looking to deepen their familiarity with medieval manuscript culture. John Yargo is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Boston College. He earned a PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in the environmental humanities and early modern culture. His peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal for Early Modern Culture Studies, Early Theatre, Studies in Philology, and Shakespeare Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

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Catholicism has a rich and turbulent history in England. From the arrival of St. Augustine of Canterbury to the great Medieval English giants to the break with Rome by Henry VIII, Catholicism has played an important role in England's history. Today on Crisis Point we'll take a look at the current state of Catholicism in England with a special guest.Link:• Gavin Ashenden websiteThe Kingdom Investor | PodcastTake your generosity to the next level, impact more lives and build a godly legacy! Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Catholicism has a rich and turbulent history in England. From the arrival of St. Augustine of Canterbury to the great Medieval English giants to the break with Rome by Henry VIII, Catholicism has played an important role in England's history. Today on Crisis Point we'll take a look at the current state of Catholicism in England with a special guest. Link: • Gavin Ashenden website ZBiotics Pre-Alcohol ProbioticBreaks down the byproduct of alcohol responsible for rough mornings after drinking.BrandSupport the show

Exposing imperialist lies about Soviet revolutionary leader Joseph Stalin. During today's episode, we debunk claims that Vladimir Lenin left a "testament" before his death opposing Stalin. We present new research pointing out that this so-called "testament" stems from Leon Trotsky in his campaign to replace Stalin as party leader. We discuss why Trotsky is heralded by mainstream academia while Stalin is slandered. We also debunk outrageous claims made about Stalin, including that he's responsible for famines and mass murder. Today's guest is Dr. Grover Furr, an author and professor of Medieval English literature at Montclair State University. Dr. Furr has published numerous books debunking imperialist lies about Stalin and the Soviet Union. These include "Blood Lies: The Evidence that Every Accusation against Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union in Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands Is False," "Leon Trotsky's Collaboration with Germany and Japan," and "The Murder of Sergei Kirov: History, Scholarship and the Anti-Stalin Paradigm," among other books. His latest book is "The Fraud of the Testament of Lenin." Unmasking Imperialism exposes imperialist propaganda in mainstream media. Hosted by Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez.

Exposing the myth of the Holodomor, an alleged Soviet famine in Ukraine from 1932 to 1933. During today's episode, we debunk claims that Stalin and the Soviet Union purposefully starved millions of Ukrainians. We shed light on the role of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators in spreading the mythology of the Holodomor. We also discuss how fraudulent historical events like the Holodomor influence imperialist propaganda today. Today's guest is Dr. Grover Furr, an author and professor of Medieval English literature at Montclair State University. Dr. Furr has published numerous books debunking imperialist lies about Stalin and the Soviet Union. These include "Blood Lies: The Evidence that Every Accusation against Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union in Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands Is False," "Leon Trotsky's Collaboration with Germany and Japan," and "The Murder of Sergei Kirov: History, Scholarship and the Anti-Stalin Paradigm," among other books. Unmasking Imperialism exposes imperialist propaganda in mainstream media. Hosted by Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez.

Welcome to February 14th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate reaching new heights and what the birds teach us about love. The past few decades have seen an odd trend taking place. Cities trying to outdo one another with giant Ferris wheels. On New Year's Eve 1999, the London Eye was unveiled and stood at a height of 443 feet. A few years later, China built one that was 525 feet tall. Then Singapore outdid them. That was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world until The High Roller in Las Vegas opened for business. It looks over the Strip from 550 feet up in the sky. But last year, Dubai raised the bar to ridiculous heights with a Ferris Wheel that towers over the city at a height of 820 FEET. On National Ferris Wheel Day, celebrate your own corner of the sky. Valentine's Day has not always been about romance. For that we can thank the Medieval English author Geoffrey Chaucer. In his poem Parliament of Fowls, he tells the tale of a group of birds who come together each Valentine's Day to find a mate. Three male eagles compete with one another to see which can claim a female's love. This popularized the idea of the holiday being about love and romance. And the tradition lives on to this day. Spoiler alert, in the poem, none of the eagles gets the girl, so don't feel bad if you haven't found your true love just yet. Celebrate Valentine's Day with the one you love, even if it's yourself. After all, this love thing can really be for the birds.  I'm Anna Devere and I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Knights in their armour is one of the most enduring images of the Middle Ages, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind and a role that many of us would have played at as children.Yet surprisingly, there are no surviving examples of English armour from this period that we know of in the world. So how do we know what armour English knights donned on the battlefield? In this episode, Matt is joined by Toby Capwell, Curator of Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection, who has used alternative sources of evidence to help reveal the lost world of Medieval English steel.Don't forget to leave us a rating and review while you're here!For more Gone Medieval content, subscribe to our Medieval Monday newsletter here.If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download, go to the Android or Apple store See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we're talking about the English medieval contemplative writers: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, and Richard Rolle! It might sound like an unusual topic, but we think you're going to find these figures incredibly relatable. They lived during a time of plague and the sought to communicate the love and mercy of God. … Continue reading Foc 170: Meeting The Medieval English Mystics with Dr. Grace Hamman →

Following our spurt of N-Town releases, here's a discussion about staging some of the plays within the N-Town manuscript with special guest Elisabeth Dutton, Professor of Medieval English at the University of Fribourg. In 2009 and 2010, Elisabeth Dutton produced the Mary play and the two Passion plays from N-Town in Oxford - this discussion covers the nature of those plays, the practical questions of staging them and the issues involved. We've covered all these plays as read throughs on the podcast, and hope to return to them next year. We shall see. The host was Robert Crighton. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.

RockerMike and Rob discuss The legend of the Mummy. A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back to at least 1615 AD (see the section Etymology and meaning). The English word mummy is derived from medieval Latin mumia, a borrowing of the medieval Arabic word mūmiya (مومياء) and from a Persian word mūm (wax),[6] which meant an embalmed corpse, and as well as the bituminous embalming substance, and also meant "bitumen".[7] The Medieval English term "mummy" was defined as "medical preparation of the substance of mummies", rather than the entire corpse, with Richard Hakluyt in 1599 AD complaining that "these dead bodies are the Mummy which the Phisistians and Apothecaries doe against our willes make us to swallow".[8] These substances were defined as mummia. * Aufderheide, Arthur C. (2003). The Scientific Study of Mummies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81826-5. * Barber, Elizabeth Wayland. 1999. The Mummies of Ürümchi. 1999. London. Pan Books. Also: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04521-8. * Budge, E.A.Wallis. 1925. The Mummy, A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaeology. Dover Publ. Inc., New York, Dover Ed. 1989, (512 pgs.) ISBN 0-486-25928-5. Please follow us on Youtube,Facebook,Instagram,Twitter,Patreon and at www.gettinglumpedup.com https://linktr.ee/RobRossi Get your T-shirt at https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/gettinglumpedup And https://www.bonfire.com/store/getting-lumped-up/ Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rob-rossi/support https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-lumped-up-with-rob-rossi/id1448899708 https://open.spotify.com/show/00ZWLZaYqQlJji1QSoEz7a https://www.patreon.com/Gettinglumpedup #services #fun #smile #bestfriends #businessfunds #friends #business #funds #indexfunds #mayor #cute #mutualfunds #worthy #friendshipgoals #donate #community #party #raisingfunds --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rob-rossi/support

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Langland's poem, written around 1370, about a man called Will who fell asleep on the Malvern Hills and dreamed of Piers the Plowman. This was a time between the Black Death and The Peasants’ Revolt, when Christians wanted to save their souls but doubted how best to do it - and had to live with that uncertainty. Some call this the greatest medieval poem in English, one offering questions not answers, and it can be as unsettling now as it was then. With Laura Ashe Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, University of Oxford Lawrence Warner Professor of Medieval English at King’s College London And Alastair Bennett Lecturer in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London Producer: Simon Tillotson

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Langland's poem, written around 1370, about a man called Will who fell asleep on the Malvern Hills and dreamed of Piers the Plowman. This was a time between the Black Death and The Peasants’ Revolt, when Christians wanted to save their souls but doubted how best to do it - and had to live with that uncertainty. Some call this the greatest medieval poem in English, one offering questions not answers, and it can be as unsettling now as it was then. With Laura Ashe Professor of English Literature at Worcester College, University of Oxford Lawrence Warner Professor of Medieval English at King’s College London And Alastair Bennett Lecturer in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London Producer: Simon Tillotson

Cantonese egg tarts are hard to resist with their silky egg custard filling and flaky pastry crust. Found in bakeries and eaten at the end of dim sum, the egg tart is a sentimental dessert in Hong Kong and across southern China, but its roots are not native to the region. It’s believed the British first brought custard tarts to southern China in the 1920s, where local chefs adapted the recipe before it was brought to Hong Kong. To uncover the full history of the egg tart we travel all the way…

Not all doubt is bad.  Some of the world’s leading skeptics of Christianity have eventually become its leading advocates.  Such a person was C. S. Lewis, the late professor of Medieval English at Cambridge University.  A combination of issues--the horror of war, seeing some of his best friends die, wondering about the hereafter--made Lewis first doubt his faith, then search for answers.  He found them, too, in the pages of Scripture. What’s good about doubt?  Consider the following five observations, and then make your own decision.

An Interview with Dr Catherine Butler, author of the book 'Four British Fantasists'. An interview with Dr Catherine Butler (Cardiff University) by Will Brockbank (Oxford). Dr Butler has contributed much to fantasy literature studies, most notably her book 'Four British Fantasists'. The interview looks at the definition of fantasy, the 'Oxford School', the relationship between children's writing and fantasy covering a range of writers - J. R. R. Tolkien, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper, and Philip Pullman. Will Brockbank is a DPhil candidate in Old English and Old Norse language and literature at Jesus College, Oxford. He fondly remembers childhood bedtime readings of 'The Hobbit' with his dad. Little did he expect back then that he would later do his MPhil in Medieval English at Pembroke College, where Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925 to 1945. When he is not grappling with 'Beowulf' and the 'Poetic Edda', Will is usually dreaming of the islands of the North Atlantic.

Today we take a look at food, cooking, and baking in the Middle Ages. We are going to focus on England and France because the types of food available would have varied so much by region that it would be impossible to give an effective overview if we did all of Europe. We will cover Medieval foods commonly eaten, the banquet, cooking techniques, and I even try my hand at a few Medieval European recipes. 

Dr. Katherine Hodges-Kluck talks with Glenn about her research on the development of Canterbury as a New Jerusalem in medieval English Christianity. Support the show and help us reach our goal of producing Agnus year-round by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Check out Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast for the exciting adventures of scholars saving the universe from scary monsters. Not enough science-fiction and fantasy in your life? Join us on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast! Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter.

Lara has been relieved, and now Tinseltown's own Emily is taking over! She knows not what is to come. Treasure this ignorance, Emily.

Blackwell's were delighted to be joined by Carcanet poets on the 7th of February for a wonderful evening of poetry and discussion with three of Carcanet's most prominent poets, Beverley Bie Brahic, Alison Brackenbury and Nina Bogin. Beverley Bie Brahic is a poet, translator and occasional critic. Her collection White Sheets was a finalist for the 2012 Forward Prize; Hunting the Boar (2016) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and her translation, Guillaume Apollinaire, The Little Auto, won the 2013 Scott Moncrieff Prize. Other translations include Francis Ponge, Unfinished Ode to Mud, a 2009 Popescu Prize finalist, and books by Hélène Cixous, Yves Bonnefoy, Jacques Derrida and Julia Kristeva. Brahic was born in Saskatoon, Canada, grew up in Vancouver, and now lives in Paris and the San Francisco Bay Area. Alison Brackenbury was born in Lincolnshire in 1953 and studied at Oxford. She now lives in Gloucestershire, where she works, as a director and manual worker, in the family metal finishing business. Her Carcanet collections include Dreams of Power (1981), Breaking Ground (1984), Christmas Roses (1988), Selected Poems (1991), 1829 (1995), After Beethoven (2000) and Bricks and Ballads (2004). Her poems have been included on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and 1829 was produced by Julian May for Radio 3. Her work recently won a Cholmondeley Award. Nina Bogin, poet and translator, was born in New York City and has lived in France since 1976. Her previous collections are In the North, The Winter Orchards and The Lost Hare. In addition to numerous translations in the domain of art history, her translation of The Illiterate by Agota Kristof was published in 2013. The evening will be chaired by Bernard O’Donoghue, Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, where he taught Medieval English and Modern Irish Poetry. He has published six collections of poetry, including Gunpowder, winner of the 1995 Whitbread Prize for Poetry, and Farmers Cross (2011) which was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot prize as well as a verse translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2006). Music: Borrtex - Children's Joy.

How do you get to the bottom of an impossibly murky topic and find the truth? A 1300 year old story from Medieval English tells us how.In a private meeting with entrepreneurs from around the world, Perry Marshall explains how the ancient story of Beowulf teaches us how to solve scientific technological and business problems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Topic - Dying Declarations When you go to a cemetery and read the headstones, you see the birth and death dates with that dash in between.  Know that the “dash” is all that really mattered.  Ever thought about your last words?  If you're under the age of 60, probably not. At a certain point in your life, you shift from thinking about how many years you've lived to how many years you have left.  Medieval English courts had a principle that “no one on the point of death should be presumed to be lying”.  The first evidence of a dying declaration was found in a legal case from the year twelve hundred two.   Once we realize our own mortality, an unconscious terror sets in and when we speak with a positive emotional tone, it serves as protection against that deep fear.  How you spent your life, that dash on the tombstone, determines your final words.  Make your “dash” count. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drclaudia/message

If you’re like us, you’re missing Game of Thrones hard. As we wait (and wait, and wait) for Season 8 to drop, we’re jumping back into Westeros and its gray moral landscape to study fan favorite character, Tyrion Lannister. He’s a hedonistic nobleman whose philosophical alignment makes our heads burst with ethics questions, whose constant quips make for great tee shirts, and whose arc is as hard to parse as it is fun to watch. Join us as we deconstruct why we love Tyrion, and why we should look closer at some of his actions before we pick up where we left off with him. Questions of morality, monstrosity, and Medieval English history abound in this SPOILER-FILLED adventure of an episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/midnightmyth/support

A travelling preacher recites a poem, warning about the horrors of death. MS. Add. E. 6 (R). Copied in the late 1200s. Read by Daniel Wakelin.

October is the 500th anniversary month of Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral. To celebrate I'm doing a series of episodes this month on the Reformation in England. This week we're looking at the Medieval English church pre-1520. Watch for show notes at Englandcast.com If you like this show, please remember to leave a rating on iTunes. It makes a big difference in helping people find the show! You can also support financially through Patreon at Patreon.com/nomadchick or consider making a purchase at the Englandcast Shop - http://shop.englandcast.com. Thanks so much for listening, and I'll be back next week with a look at the Henrican Reformation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Medieval 'zombie madness' | The powers of happy memory | The bizarre breastfeeding habits of orangutans | The twisted origins of dentistry

Merchants’ marks were used initially as a tool of commerce, on consignments of goods, in the Middle Ages. In the sixteenth century, however, they became more like a coat of arms for people who didn’t have one – a form of professional identity. Medieval manuscripts also feature the marks used in this way, and Thomas Kittel (DPhil student, English Literature) argues that this is interesting because it shows us how medieval people understood their identity and how books (such as The Canterbury Tales) functioned in social exchanges.

The population of England grew significantly in the centuries following the Norman Conquest of England. That development led to the growth of villages, towns and cities. During that period, London also emerged as the capital of England. In this episode, we examine these developments and explore the etymology of words associated with Medieval English settlements. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 74

Elizabeth Papp Kamali (University of Michigan): The Devil’s Daughter of Hell Fire: The Role of Anger in Medieval English Felony Adjudication This paper expands upon my earlier analysis of the meaning of felony, in which I posited that the medieval paradigm of felony was an act that involved deliberation and forethought, the exercise of a person’s reasoning capacity and volition in the absence of necessity, and moral blameworthiness, sometimes rising to the level of evil. Here I grapple with the complications raised by the issue of anger. On the one hand, anger was seen to be a product of an ill-formed conscience. This potentially placed anger within the felonious area of moral blameworthiness. On the other hand, anger in its more extreme manifestations was seen to inhibit a person’s ability to reason and to inspire behavior resembling insanity, thereby possibly pointing toward a partial excuse. Relying on legal records, religious writings, and literature, this paper excavates the understandings of anger that informed jurors’ attitudes toward felony defendants. Image: The seven bowls of God's wrath, Thesaurus Novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula do[mi] ni nostri Iesu ChristIcones Revelationum S Iho[anne]s Evangeliste in Pathmo, 1585, Copyright, The Trustees of the British Museum

Matthew Fisher, associate professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the earliest collections of medieval English manuscripts, the fires that almost destroyed them, and the radical changes in archival procedures that followed. This is part of the Zambrano Lecture Series at The Huntington.

Phillipp Schofield (Aberystwyth) Medieval merchants and money Institute of Historical Research 8 November 2013

The President of St John's College, Professor Margaret Snowling, in conversation with Dr Carolyne Larrington, Supernumerary Fellow in English at St John's. They discuss Carolyne's interest in medieval English literature.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss John Wyclif and the Lollards.John Wyclif was a medieval philosopher and theologian who in the fourteenth century instigated the first complete English translation of the Bible. One of the most important thinkers of the Middle Ages, he also led a movement of opposition to the Roman Church and its institutions which has come to be seen as a precursor to the Reformation. Wyclif disputed some of the key teachings of the Church, including the doctrine of transubstantiation. His followers, the Lollards, were later seen as dangerous heretics, and in the fifteenth century many of them were burnt at the stake. Today Lollardy is seen as the first significant movement of dissent against the Church in England.With:Sir Anthony KennyPhilosopher and former Master of Balliol College, OxfordAnne HudsonEmeritus Professor of Medieval English at the University of OxfordRob LuttonLecturer in Medieval History at the University of NottinghamProducer: Thomas Morris.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss John Wyclif and the Lollards.John Wyclif was a medieval philosopher and theologian who in the fourteenth century instigated the first complete English translation of the Bible. One of the most important thinkers of the Middle Ages, he also led a movement of opposition to the Roman Church and its institutions which has come to be seen as a precursor to the Reformation. Wyclif disputed some of the key teachings of the Church, including the doctrine of transubstantiation. His followers, the Lollards, were later seen as dangerous heretics, and in the fifteenth century many of them were burnt at the stake. Today Lollardy is seen as the first significant movement of dissent against the Church in England.With:Sir Anthony KennyPhilosopher and former Master of Balliol College, OxfordAnne HudsonEmeritus Professor of Medieval English at the University of OxfordRob LuttonLecturer in Medieval History at the University of NottinghamProducer: Thomas Morris.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."

Melvyn Bragg and guests will be delving into the world of medieval legend in pursuit of the powerful and enigmatic Fisher King. In the world of medieval romance there are many weird and wonderful creatures – there are golden dragons and green knights, sinister enchantresses and tragic kings, strange magicians and spears that bleed and talk. And yet, in all this panoply of wonder, few figures are more mysterious than the Fisher King.Blighted by a wound that will not heal and entrusted as the keeper of the Holy; the Fisher King is also a version of Christ, a symbol of sexual anxiety and a metaphor for the decay of societies and civilisations. The Fisher King is a complex and poetic figure and has meant many things to many people. From the age of chivalry to that of psychoanalysis, his mythic even archetypal power has influenced writers from Chrétien de Troyes in the 12th century to TS Eliot in the 20th. With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Stephen Knight, Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University; Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh, Cardiff University and Director of the Folklore Society

Melvyn Bragg and guests will be delving into the world of medieval legend in pursuit of the powerful and enigmatic Fisher King. In the world of medieval romance there are many weird and wonderful creatures – there are golden dragons and green knights, sinister enchantresses and tragic kings, strange magicians and spears that bleed and talk. And yet, in all this panoply of wonder, few figures are more mysterious than the Fisher King.Blighted by a wound that will not heal and entrusted as the keeper of the Holy; the Fisher King is also a version of Christ, a symbol of sexual anxiety and a metaphor for the decay of societies and civilisations. The Fisher King is a complex and poetic figure and has meant many things to many people. From the age of chivalry to that of psychoanalysis, his mythic even archetypal power has influenced writers from Chrétien de Troyes in the 12th century to TS Eliot in the 20th. With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford; Stephen Knight, Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University; Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh, Cardiff University and Director of the Folklore Society

Melvyn Bragg and guests will be delving into the world of medieval legend in pursuit of the powerful and enigmatic Fisher King. In the world of medieval romance there are many weird and wonderful creatures – there are golden dragons and green knights, sinister enchantresses and tragic kings, strange magicians and spears that bleed and talk. And yet, in all this panoply of wonder, few figures are more mysterious than the Fisher King.Blighted by a wound that will not heal and entrusted as the keeper of the Holy; the Fisher King is also a version of Christ, a symbol of sexual anxiety and a metaphor for the decay of societies and civilisations. The Fisher King is a complex and poetic figure and has meant many things to many people. From the age of chivalry to that of psychoanalysis, his mythic even archetypal power has influenced writers from Chrétien de Troyes in the 12th century to TS Eliot in the 20th. With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford; Stephen Knight, Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature at Cardiff University; Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh, Cardiff University and Director of the Folklore Society

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, often called the father of English literature."In Southwark at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Canterbury with ful devout corage, At nyght was come into that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye Of sundry folk, by aventure yfalle In felaweshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden ryde." Geoffrey Chaucer immortalised the medieval pilgrimage and the diversity of 14th century English society in his Canterbury Tales. As each pilgrim takes his, or her, turn to tell their tale on the road to Canterbury, Chaucer brings to life the voices of a knight, a miller, a Wife of Bath and many more besides. Chaucer was born the son of a London vintner, yet rose to high office in the court of Richard II. He travelled throughout France and Italy where he came into contact with the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Machaut and Froissart. He translated Boethius, wrote dream poetry, a defence of women and composed the tragic masterpiece Troilus and Criseyde. As well as the father of English literature, Chaucer was also a philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.So what do we know of Chaucer? How did he introduce the themes of continental writing to an English speaking audience? And why does his poetry still seem to speak so directly to us today? With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge; Ardis Butterfield, Reader in English at University College London.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, often called the father of English literature."In Southwark at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Canterbury with ful devout corage, At nyght was come into that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye Of sundry folk, by aventure yfalle In felaweshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden ryde." Geoffrey Chaucer immortalised the medieval pilgrimage and the diversity of 14th century English society in his Canterbury Tales. As each pilgrim takes his, or her, turn to tell their tale on the road to Canterbury, Chaucer brings to life the voices of a knight, a miller, a Wife of Bath and many more besides. Chaucer was born the son of a London vintner, yet rose to high office in the court of Richard II. He travelled throughout France and Italy where he came into contact with the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Machaut and Froissart. He translated Boethius, wrote dream poetry, a defence of women and composed the tragic masterpiece Troilus and Criseyde. As well as the father of English literature, Chaucer was also a philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.So what do we know of Chaucer? How did he introduce the themes of continental writing to an English speaking audience? And why does his poetry still seem to speak so directly to us today? With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Helen Cooper, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge; Ardis Butterfield, Reader in English at University College London.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vikings' myths. Thor's huge hammer, the wailing Valkyrie, howling wolves and fierce elemental giants give a rowdy impression of the Norse myths. But at the centre of their cosmos stands a gnarled old Ash tree, from which all distances are measured and under which Valhalla lies. In the first poem of The Poetic Edda, where the stories of the Norse Gods are laid down in verse, the Seeress describes it in her prophesy: “I know that an ash-tree stands called Yggdrasil,a high tree soaked with shining loamfrom there come the dews which fall in the valley, ever green, it stands over the well of fate.” It is from this tree that the father of the Gods, Odin, will ultimately hang himself: an image of divine sacrifice so problematic for thirteenth century Christians that they left it out when they wrote the myths down.What was the theology that inspired the Vikings and what role did their myths and religion play in their daily lives?With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Heather O'Donoghue, Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature in the Department of English at Oxford University; John Hines, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vikings’ myths. Thor’s huge hammer, the wailing Valkyrie, howling wolves and fierce elemental giants give a rowdy impression of the Norse myths. But at the centre of their cosmos stands a gnarled old Ash tree, from which all distances are measured and under which Valhalla lies. In the first poem of The Poetic Edda, where the stories of the Norse Gods are laid down in verse, the Seeress describes it in her prophesy: “I know that an ash-tree stands called Yggdrasil,a high tree soaked with shining loamfrom there come the dews which fall in the valley, ever green, it stands over the well of fate.” It is from this tree that the father of the Gods, Odin, will ultimately hang himself: an image of divine sacrifice so problematic for thirteenth century Christians that they left it out when they wrote the myths down.What was the theology that inspired the Vikings and what role did their myths and religion play in their daily lives?With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford; Heather O’Donoghue, Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature in the Department of English at Oxford University; John Hines, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vikings’ myths. Thor’s huge hammer, the wailing Valkyrie, howling wolves and fierce elemental giants give a rowdy impression of the Norse myths. But at the centre of their cosmos stands a gnarled old Ash tree, from which all distances are measured and under which Valhalla lies. In the first poem of The Poetic Edda, where the stories of the Norse Gods are laid down in verse, the Seeress describes it in her prophesy: “I know that an ash-tree stands called Yggdrasil,a high tree soaked with shining loamfrom there come the dews which fall in the valley, ever green, it stands over the well of fate.” It is from this tree that the father of the Gods, Odin, will ultimately hang himself: an image of divine sacrifice so problematic for thirteenth century Christians that they left it out when they wrote the myths down.What was the theology that inspired the Vikings and what role did their myths and religion play in their daily lives?With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford; Heather O’Donoghue, Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature in the Department of English at Oxford University; John Hines, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vikings’ myths. Thor’s huge hammer, the wailing Valkyrie, howling wolves and fierce elemental giants give a rowdy impression of the Norse myths. But at the centre of their cosmos stands a gnarled old Ash tree, from which all distances are measured and under which Valhalla lies. In the first poem of The Poetic Edda, where the stories of the Norse Gods are laid down in verse, the Seeress describes it in her prophesy: “I know that an ash-tree stands called Yggdrasil,a high tree soaked with shining loamfrom there come the dews which fall in the valley, ever green, it stands over the well of fate.” It is from this tree that the father of the Gods, Odin, will ultimately hang himself: an image of divine sacrifice so problematic for thirteenth century Christians that they left it out when they wrote the myths down.What was the theology that inspired the Vikings and what role did their myths and religion play in their daily lives?With Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford; Heather O’Donoghue, Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature in the Department of English at Oxford University; John Hines, Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Grail.Tennyson wrote:“A cracking and a riving of the roofs,And rending, and a blast, and overheadThunder, and in the thunder was a cry.And in the blast there smote along the hallA beam of light seven times more clear than day:And down the long beam stole the Holy Grail”.The sacred allure of the Grail has fascinated writers and ensnared knights for a thousand years. From Malory to Monty Python, it has the richest associations of any artefact in British myth. But where does the story spring from? What does it symbolise and why are its stories so resolutely set in these Isles and so often written by the French?With Dr Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John's College, Oxford; Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University; Dr Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at the University College of Wales in Cardiff.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Grail.Tennyson wrote:“A cracking and a riving of the roofs,And rending, and a blast, and overheadThunder, and in the thunder was a cry.And in the blast there smote along the hallA beam of light seven times more clear than day:And down the long beam stole the Holy Grail”.The sacred allure of the Grail has fascinated writers and ensnared knights for a thousand years. From Malory to Monty Python, it has the richest associations of any artefact in British myth. But where does the story spring from? What does it symbolise and why are its stories so resolutely set in these Isles and so often written by the French?With Dr Carolyne Larrington, Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford; Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University; Dr Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at the University College of Wales in Cardiff.