Anglo-Saxons at Prayer: Brixworth Church

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🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

All Saints’ Church in the village of Brixworth, Northamptonshire is one of the oldest, largest and most complete Anglo-Saxon churches in England. Founded in the eighth century, it has been described as “the finest Romanesque church north of the Alps.”

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Cat Jarman takes a fascinating tour around All Saints’ Church in the company of archaeologist Professor Mark Horton.

The Senior Producer on this episode was Elena Guthrie, the Producer is Rob Weinberg. Edited and Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.

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1:37.1	Hello and welcome to Gone Medieval. I'm Dr. Kapp Jarman. This week I'm out and
1:42.1	about in Northamptonshire. I'm actually out on an archaeological project with my collaborator,
1:47.8	Professor Mark Horton. Hello and welcome back Mark. Hi Kat, it's great to be here.
1:52.8	So last time I dragged you on the podcast to talk about something far more exotic which was the
1:57.1	Indian Ocean and Medieval trade. But now we're a bit closer to home and we've just driven past
2:03.6	the church and you've been talking about this for a long time so you're dragging me along to talk
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