Dragons: A History - Ronald Hutton

Enjoying our lectures? Please take a minute to answer 4 questions to tell us what you think! Why have people believed in dragons, and what were they actually? Is there a difference between Western and Eastern dragons, in a global perspective, and if so, why? Has the Western attitude to dragons changed in the modern era? Did Christianity give rise to a different idea of what a dragon should be? These are the questions that this lecture sets out to answer. This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on 14th February 2024 at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London Ronald is Gresham Professor of Divinity. He is also Professor of History at the University of Bristol. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of