Beowulf
Gone Medieval
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The Greatest Millennium in Human History
The new Folio Society edition of Seamus Hini's translation of Beowulf, complete with introduction by Janina, is available now. The desire to be safe, the need for family, for comitatus, for loyalty, for looking after one another are at the very beating heart of this poem. That old English poem, it hits you in the heart and in the head. It's a pounding rendition full of feeling. So that's why it's still relevant today. I mean, I could genuinely just sit here and talk to you all day about this. We've gone medieval! Join us next time for more on the greatest millennium in human history.
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