Old English & Middle English Verse

About Old English & Middle English Verse

Language and Literature expert Dr. Robert Rice eloquently reads Old English and Middle English verse.

Publisher

Christendom College

Category

education · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jun 2022

Latest episode

3 Jun 2022

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Jun 2022

   Sir Gawain & the Green Knight (first and second stanzas)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads the first and second stanzas of Sir Gawain & the Green Knight.

2. 

   3 Jun 2022

   Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

   Dr. Robert Rice reads the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (lines 1-18.)

3. 

   3 Jun 2022

   Linguistic and Social Change and the Unchanging Human Heart (Troilus & Criseyde, Book II, lines 22-28)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads the Linguistic and Social Change, and the Unchanging Human Heart ( from Troilus & Criseyde, Book II, lines 22-28.)

4. 

   3 Jun 2022

   Pater Noster and Ave Maria (Middle English)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads the Pater Noster and the Ave Maria in Middle English.

5. 

   3 Jun 2022

   The Battle of Brunanburh (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads The Battle of Brunanburh.

6. 

   3 Jun 2022

   Grendel's Approach (from Beowulf, lines 702b-738)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads Grendel's Approach (lines 702b-738) from Beowulf.

7. 

   3 Jun 2022

   The Prologue to Beowulf (lines 1-52)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads the prologue to Beowulf.

8. 

   3 Jun 2022

   The Dream of the Rood (lines 1-38)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads the first thirty-eight lines of The Dream of the Rood.

9. 

   3 Jun 2022

   Caedmon's Hymn (Northumbrian version, West Saxon version, Modern English translation)

   Dr. Robert Rice reads Caedmon's Hymn in the Northumbrian version, the West Saxon version, and the Modern English translation.

10. 

    3 Jun 2022

    The Sign of the Cross, Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Gloria Patri (Old English)

    Dr. Robert Rice reads The Sign of the Cross, Pater Noster, Ave Maria, and Gloria Patri in Old English.

11. 

    3 Jun 2022

    Introduction

    A brief introduction to readings of Old English and Middle English by Dr. Robert Rice.

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