Myths and Nature in Medieval Britain
Gone Medieval
History Hit
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Humanity's relationship with the wilderness has been a theme of myths and legends for thousands of years. Such stories can offer a unique insight into the medieval mind and its concept of the wild.
In this episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Cat Jarman ventures out into ancient Selwood Forest in Wiltshire with Amy Jeffs - author of Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain - to reflect on our ancestors’ travels through fen and forest in the Middle Ages.
This episode was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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| 1:41.4 | has inspired poetry myths and legends for millennia. Only Medieval Britain was no different |
| 1:47.6 | and places we can still visit today. Fence, forests, caves and barrows are the focus of tales written |
| 1:54.2 | down over a thousand years ago. These stories as well as artifacts and artworks give us a unique |
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