Translating Hell with Stephen C.E. Hopkins
The Medieval Podcast

Translating Hell with Stephen C.E. Hopkins

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 3, 202657 min
  • Interview
  • Religion

From gruesome visions of torment, to Sunday holidays from the flames, to absolutely epic images of Jesus freeing lost souls at the point of a sword, medieval people couldn’t get enough of their fire and brimstone. The question is: why? This week, Danièle speaks with Stephen C.E. Hopkins about where medieval people got their ideas about the afterlife, how they adapted these ideas across cultures, and why everyone was so obsessed with hell is coming up right after this. This podcast is made possible by the generous support of listeners like you! To find out how...

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Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 356 of the Medieval Podcast. I'm your host, Danielle Cebulski. Medieval people loved romance, they loved encyclopedias, and they loved their saints' lives. But one One of their absolute favorite things to read about was hell.

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From gruesome visions of torment to Sunday holidays from the flames to absolutely epic images of Jesus freeing lost souls at the point of a sword, people couldn't get enough of their fire and brimstone. The question is, why?

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This week I spoke with Dr. Stephen C.E. Hopkins about medieval ideas of hell. Stephen is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Virginia and the author of many works on heaven, hell, and Apocrypha, including his book Old English and Anglo-Latin

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