Anglo-Saxon Britain
In Our Time. The Danelaw. Audio, 50 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Danish impact on England in 9th and 10th centuries.
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How to Invent a Country. The Invention of Britain #2. Audio, 31 minutes
Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
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- Posted6 February 2019
The Essay. Harold Godwinson. Audio, 16 minutes
Clive Anderson discusses the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson.
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The Essay. Edward the Confessor. Audio, 15 minutes
Stephen Baxter creates a portrait of Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor.
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The Essay. Aethelred the Unready. Audio, 15 minutes
Simon Keynes discusses the life of the Anglo-Saxon monarch Aethelred.
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The Essay. The Smith - Gold and Black. Audio, 15 minutes
Leslie Webster on the life of the smith and his ambivalent status in Anglo-Saxon society.
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The Essay. Alfred the Great. Audio, 16 minutes
Michael Wood discusses Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and king of the Anglo-Saxons.
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The Essay. Bede, the Father of English History. Audio, 16 minutes
Scholar of the Anglo Saxons Lilian Groves explores the life and times of St Bede.
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The Essay. The Beowulf Bard. Audio, 16 minutes
The late Seamus Heaney's exploration of the great bard of the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf.
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The Essay. Eadfrith the Scribe. Audio, 16 minutes
Richard Gameson explores the literary, historical and artistic legacy of scribes..
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The Essay. Cuthbert. Audio, 15 minutes
Historian Tony Morris explores the life of Cuthbert, the popular saint of the Northeast/
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The Essay. King Raedwald. Audio, 16 minutes
Martin Carver on the inhabitant of the magnificent Sutton Hoo ship burial
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- Posted27 November 2018
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- Posted12 June 2018
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- Posted12 June 2018
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- Posted1 February 2018
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- Posted9 October 2017
Great Lives. Sue Cameron on Emma of Normandy. Audio, 30 minutes
Twice queen of England and mother of two kings, but have you heard of Emma of Normandy?
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- Posted29 November 2016
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- Posted16 November 2016
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- Posted24 June 2016
England: Made in the Middle. 1. Mercia. Audio, 15 minutes
Historian Helen Castor examines the role of Mercia in the creation of England.
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- Posted11 March 2014
