• Yeavering Pt. 2 - Of Gods and Priests, Kings, Queens and Bede

  • Apr 18 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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Yeavering Pt. 2 - Of Gods and Priests, Kings, Queens and Bede

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  • What was it like to be pagan and Christain the next?

    In this episode, we visit the site of Yeavering and its many strange burials to try and understand what the conversion of England must have felt like. We go beyond the historical story and explore the actual day to day "experience" of conversion.

    Next episode: Sutton Hoo and the Performance of Kingship

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    Sources:

    Taylor, Brian Hope. "Yeavering—an Anglo-British Centre of Early Northumbria." (1977).
    An Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede

    Women in Bede:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZqWvPiCS1iGY6UJWEd21fhj5HM54IEoKb5NAGkf1Lac/edit?usp=sharing



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