Revolution of the Dead

Overview

Episode two traces an alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages. From the chaos of the Black Death comes creative renewal; survivors finding their voice through satire and a revived literature in English, including breakthrough works by women, and through new craft in cathedral building and stained glass.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

Simon Armitage

Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016

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Sarah Maple

Self - Artist

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Clare Lees

Self - Prof. of Medieval Literature

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Bobby Mills

Self - Prof. of Medieval Studies

Jonathan Sumption

Self - Historian

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Shazia Jagot

Self - Lecturer in Medieval and Global Literature