Pagan Roots and Christian Rise: Superstitions in Anglo‑Saxon England

This episode explores how the spiritual landscape of early medieval Britain blended Germanic magic and emerging Christian doctrine, drawing on evidence from Bede, legal texts, burial mounds, and modern archaeology. We examine how relics, ritual sites and laws were used to negotiate belief and power between local seers and the church under Alfred and beyond. The discussion shows that pagan practices did not simply disappear but were incorporated into a new Christian order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices