15 minutes of fame: St Hadrian of Canterbury, medieval African theologian
History Extra podcast
Immediate Media
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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It’s the HistoryExtra podcast’s 15th birthday, and to celebrate, we’ve asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history they think deserves their ‘15 minutes of fame’. In this episode, Professor Michael Wood nominates St Hadrian of Canterbury. Speaking with Spencer Mizen, he hails the achievements of this seventh-century scholar who helped turn early medieval England into a cultural powerhouse.
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| 1:15.6 | 2022 is the History Extra Podcast's 15th birthday. |
| 1:20.7 | So to mark 15 years of fascinating historical conversations, |
| 1:25.3 | we've asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history |
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