Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels
The History of English Podcast
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The Role of Poets in Early Anglo-Saxon Culture
This chapter explores the significance of poets as entertainers, historians, and preservers of oral tradition in early Anglo-Saxon society. It also touches upon the decline of poets and the rise of writing, and hints at the influence of monasteries on English vocabulary.
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