Interview with Professor Tom Birkett on "Runes: A Concise History"

Runic writing carries connotations of magic and fantasy, but it was a widespread, useful, and long-lasting system of writing. Professor Tom Birkett has written a fantastic overview of runic writing that returns it to the real time and place in which it existed - Runes: A Concise History . Patrick launched a brand-new history show! It’s called Past Lives, and every episode explores the life of a real person who lived in the past.

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Interview with Professor Tom Birkett on "Runes: A Concise History" is an episode from Tides of History by Audible / Patrick Wyman.

This episode is 00:42:48 long.

This episode was published on Jan 1, 2026.

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