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Charles Freeman

Guibert of Nogent was a French abbot who found it difficult to adapt to the 12th-century Renaissance. Yet his writings are among the first works to examine man’s inner life, says Charles Freeman.

Published February 13 2012
Charles Freeman explains why AD 381 was a defining moment in the history of European thought.
Published January 16 2008

Charles Freeman visits the Eternal City, and finds the Castel Sant’Angelo, home to emperors and popes, to be the clue to unravelling its fabulously rich and complex history.

Published December 12 2006
Published November 14 2006
Charles Freeman visits a city that has been defined by its waterways – and above all, by its bridge.
Published August 14 2006
Charles Freeman explores a title on the Ancient world until the fall of the Roman empire.
Published December 13 2005
Charles Freeman looks at two titles on the life, impact and theology of the apostle Paul.
Published May 19 2004
Charles Freeman offers a new theory to explain the positioning in Venice of the famous horses looted from Constantinople eight hundred years ago this month.
Published March 18 2004
Charles Freeman surveys a scholarly study of the Byzantine emperor, Heraclius.
Published September 12 2003
Charles Freeman reviews two new contributions to the world of Byzantine and late antique studies.
Published April 13 2003
Published January 2 2001
Graeme Barker and Tom RasmussenCelts and RomansPeter Beresford Ellis
Published August 31 1998
Paul CartledgeGreek Civilisation: An IntroductionBrian Sparkes
Published May 31 1998

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