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Eleanor Parker is a writer and academic focused on the world of medieval English literature and language. Her blog and Twitter page, both under the name 'A Clerk of Oxford,' is an excellent resource for enthusiasts of historical, literary, and linguistic exploration of Old English, Vikings, and the medieval world. She also writes as a regular columnist for History Today, as well as for her very interesting and worthwhile Patreon page.

1:35 – Dark Ages: the term that won't die
3:58 – Tolkien as scholar and storyteller
7:14 – The variety of Old English literature
8:58 – A unique sort of translating: rendering a language back into its modern self
13:32 – Differences in the life of the modern and medieval mind
15:20 – Parker's Patreon project: observing the Anglo-Saxon calendar year through literature
18:06 – Can our history tell us anything about our current polarization?
21:50 – Problems are inevitable; history can help you cope
28:29 – New enthusiasts: where to begin?
29:27 – Eleanor reads a bit of Old English poetry



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