Episode 22: The Strong Voice of Gandersheim
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English - December 13, 2020 02:52 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBHistory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Summary Em and Jesse discuss the life and plays of Hrotsvit, the strong voice of Gandersheim and the first named playwright in western Europe. Small content warning, we do discuss rape in this episode, but not explicitly. Annotations and Corrections 1/ For those too young to remember Benny Hill, this is what Em is talking …
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