History II: The Dark Ages

Join Michael as we discover why the Dark Ages were anything but. Meet a number of Anglo-Saxon saints, including Hilda, Aiden, and Caedmon.

Here is a link to some Cuthbert stories: https://riverbankscribe.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/cuthbert-and-the-otters/

And thanks to Kara Shallenberg for here Old English reading of Caedmon: https://ia600705.us.archive.org/12/items/caedmon_librivox/caedmon_ks.mp3

Finally, Stef Connor’s sung version of Caedmon’s poem gives us a idea of what it may have sounded like so may centuries ago: