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Medieval LOLs: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata
Season 9 · Episode 2

Medieval LOLs: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata

<p>All teachers know that the best way for students to learn a language is through swear words, and nobody knew this better than Aelfric Bata, a monk from Winchester whose <em>Colloquies</em>, compiled in around the year 1000, instructed pupils to swear in Latin with elaborate and vivid fluency. Mary and Irina work through some of Aelfric’s fruitier dialogues, and ask whether his examples can be taken purely in good humour.</p><p>Sign up to listen to this series ad free and all our subscriber series, including Mary and Irina's 12-part series <em>Medieval Beginnings</em>:</p><p>Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://lrb.me/medlolapplesignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/medlolapplesignup</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/medlolscsignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/medlolscsignup</a></p><p>Watch a video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel <a href="https://youtu.be/KMNxmUpLCw4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><p>Get in touch: [email protected]</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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February 18, 202436m 13s

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Show Notes

All teachers know that the best way for students to learn a language is through swear words, and nobody knew this better than Aelfric Bata, a monk from Winchester whose Colloquies, compiled in around the year 1000, instructed pupils to swear in Latin with elaborate and vivid fluency. Mary and Irina work through some of Aelfric’s fruitier dialogues, and ask whether his examples can be taken purely in good humour.

Sign up to listen to this series ad free and all our subscriber series, including Mary and Irina's 12-part series Medieval Beginnings:

Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/medlolapplesignup

In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/medlolscsignup

Watch a video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel here

Get in touch: [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.