Simon Armitage
Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
EpisodeS1E259 min2022-04-14
Art That Made Us
Revolution of the Dead
Episode two traces an alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages. From the chaos of the Black Death comes creative renewal; survivors finding their voice through satire and a revived literature in English, including breakthrough works by women, and through new craft in cathedral building and stained glass.