Beowulf & the North Before the Vikings
The History of Vikings
Noah Tetzner
4.7 • 537 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today I chat with Dr. Tom Shippey, a renowned British scholar and leading academic on the works of J.R.R. Tolkein.
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Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings
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| 1:28.2 | Many thanks to Atlas VPN for sponsoring this episode. Hello and welcome to the history of Vikings. For years on this podcast, we've talked all about the age of the Vikings. We've explored all of the facets. I shouldn't say all, many of the facets of those seafaring raiders in traders from Scandinavia during the |
| 2:20.2 | Middle Ages. Well, today, we're going to be talking about an age before the Vikings. What was |
| 2:27.4 | going on in Scandinavia before the Viking Age begun? And my guest today is Dr. Tom Shippey, a British scholar who has taught at six |
| 2:36.6 | universities in Britain and America, including both Oxford and Harvard, and who succeeded Tolkien |
| 2:42.8 | many years later and the chair of medieval literature at Leeds University. Dr. Shippey is widely |
| 2:49.1 | considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the |
| 2:52.5 | works of J.R.R. Tolkien, about whom he has written several books. Dr. Shippey is also an expert when |
| 2:59.1 | it comes to the age of Vikings, and as we'll hear about today, the chapter of Scandinavian history |
| 3:04.6 | before the Viking time. Well, Dr. Tom Shippey, it's so good to have you |
| 3:09.6 | back on the podcast. Well, good. I'm glad to be here, Noah, and get a chance to talk to people. |
| 3:14.9 | We're very pleased to have you. So tell us, Dr. Shippey, kind of set the stage for us, if you |
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