12 Podcast Episodes
The PloughRead: The Speaking Tree by Eleanor Parker
The PloughRead: The Speaking Tree by Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker reflects on the Anglo-Saxon poem, The Dream of the Rood.
14 Apr 2023
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20mins
54: Eleanor Parker on Anglo-Saxon Christianity
54: Eleanor Parker on Anglo-Saxon Christianity
An Oxford medievalist discusses the Anglo-Saxon poem The Dream of the Rood. Peter and Susannah bring on Eleanor Parker t... Read more
12 Apr 2023
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37mins
Eleanor Parker | E48 | The Sound of Music, Caged, Detective Story, Interrupted Melody, The Man with the Golden Arm, Eye of the Cat...
Eleanor Parker | E48 | The Sound of Music, Caged, Detective Story, Interrupted Melody, The Man with the Golden Arm, Eye of the Cat...
We are going back in time to celebrate a three-time Oscar nominee of the 1950s and The Baroness(!) Eleanor Parker. Elean... Read more
2 Mar 2023
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1hr 30mins
Entering the Anglo-Saxon Seasons: Poetry, Liturgy and Festivity, with Eleanor Parker
Entering the Anglo-Saxon Seasons: Poetry, Liturgy and Festivity, with Eleanor Parker
“[T]he Middle Ages…was in some ways immeasurably more humane and creative than its modern successors. It was happy to se... Read more
10 Feb 2023
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58mins
The Beauty of Old English with Eleanor Parker
The Beauty of Old English with Eleanor Parker
Dr. Eleanor Parker joins Grace to discuss the beauty of Old English and her delightful new book on the Anglo-Saxon calen... Read more
28 Sep 2022
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39mins
The PloughRead: The Sermon of the Wolf by Eleanor Parker
The PloughRead: The Sermon of the Wolf by Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker writes about the sermon of Wulfstan, a bishop at a time when the Anglo-Saxon world was collapsing amid Vi... Read more
20 Aug 2022
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17mins
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine (with Eleanor Parker)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine (with Eleanor Parker)
Our final episode of Season 1 is the awards darling, Little Miss Sunshine, which we are covering with Eleanor Parker, ho... Read more
26 Apr 2021
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1hr 36mins
Eleanor Parker, "Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
Eleanor Parker, "Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
For all of their prominence in the popular imagination today, the historical record of the Viking presence in England is... Read more
5 Dec 2019
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22mins
Eleanor Parker, "Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
Eleanor Parker, "Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
For all of their prominence in the popular imagination today, the historical record of the Viking presence in England is... Read more
5 Dec 2019
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22mins
Eleanor Parker, "Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
Eleanor Parker, "Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
For all of their prominence in the popular imagination today, the historical record of the Viking presence in England is... Read more
5 Dec 2019
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22mins