Often dismissed as 'the Dark Ages' of the Church before the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the Middle Ages was in fact a fascinating era for Christian preaching. Richly textual, highly informed, and even, entertaining, Fr Conor McDonough OP joins us on the podcast to discuss a Dominican perspective on preaching, especially in the Middle Ages, as well as the work of Humbert of Romans in his Treatise on Preaching.

“The Word Eclipsed?: Preaching in the Early Middle Ages” by R Emmet McLaughlin

Dominion by Tom Holland

Confessions by St Augustine

“Eynsham and Ælfric” Clerk of Oxford blog, Eleanor Parker

“Performing the Seven Deadly Sins: How One Late-Medieval English Preacher did it” by Alan J. Fletcher

Treatise on Preaching by Humbert of Romans

What we’re enjoying at the moment:

Fr. Conor: Pearl (poem)

Rachel: Farewell my Lovely by Raymond Chandler