386 Gogol's Ukrainian Nights | HOL Presents "Mysteries of a Merlin Manuscript" (A Book Dreams Podcast)
The History of Literature
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The Legend of Merlin and King Arthur
In 20 19, a librarian at bristol's public library in england discovered scraps of parchment from a mediaeval manuscript pasted into the bindings of four renaissance books. It turns out that the scraps were part of a thirteenth century arthurian legend manuscript written less than 50 years after the original king arthur's story. A multi disciplinary team of scholars was able to answer these questions using a combination of brain power and cutting edge technology. Our conversation with doctor laura chuhan campbell changed the way i think about merlin and the story of king arthur entirely. And it might change yours too.
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