A combined reading and analysis of the opening eighteen lines of Chaucer’s General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, examining the seasonal imagery, the pilgrimage context, and Chaucer’s use of irony.
A playlist bringing together all videos on medieval poetry, including anonymous lyrics, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and readings from Chaucer and other Middle English texts.
An analysis of a selection of Christmas carols, exploring their medieval origins, religious significance, and the literary and musical traditions that shaped them.
A reading of the opening eighteen lines of Chaucer’s General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the celebrated seasonal description that sets the scene for the pilgrimage to Canterbury.
Readings from a selection of Middle English prose and verse texts including the Ormulum, the Agenbite of Inwit, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, illustrating the range and diversity of medieval English writing.
A reading of the anonymous medieval lyric Thou Wanderest in this False World, a religious meditation on mortality, vanity, and the transience of earthly life.
A combined reading and analysis of the anonymous medieval riddle lyric I Have a Yong Suster, exploring its playful treatment of courtly love conventions through a series of witty paradoxes.
A combined reading and analysis of the anonymous medieval carol I Syng of a Mayden, examining its Marian devotion, its delicate imagery of the Annunciation, and its carol form.
A combined reading and analysis of the anonymous medieval lyric Wanne Mine Eyhnen Misten, a short contemplation on death and mortality written in Middle English.