Anglo-Saxon Portraits
A series which rediscovers the Anglo-Saxons through vivid portraits of individuals.
The Makers of the Bayeux Tapestry—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Gale Owen-Crocker explores the making of the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Aethelred the Unready—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Simon Keynes discusses the life of the Anglo-Saxon monarch Aethelred.
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Edward the Confessor—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Stephen Baxter creates a portrait of the remarkable Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor.
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The Smith - Gold and Black—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Lesley Webster on the life of the smith and his ambivalent status in Anglo-Saxon society.
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Athelstan—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
A claim for King Athelstan to be reinstated as a more significant historical figure.
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Cnut the Great—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Dr Timothy Bolton presents a portrait of Cnut, son of Sven Forkbeard, the king of Denmark.
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Episode 26—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Historian Pauline Stafford assesses the life of Queen Emma of Normandy.
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Wynflaed—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Michael Wood on Wynflaed, seen as the first woman in British history to have left a will.
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Leoba—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Barbara Yorke on Leoba, the 8th-century nun who became a pioneering abbess in Germany.
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Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Martin Carver discusses Aethelflaed, lady of the Mercians and King Alfred's daughter.
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Vortigern—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Discussion on Vortigern, the king often blamed for inviting the first Anglo-Saxon invaders
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The Peasant Farmer—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Portrait of the peasant farmers who have shaped the English landscape as we know it today.
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St Augustine—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Rowan Williams focuses on St Augustine, the first-ever Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Three Alpha Females—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Martin Carver recreates the lives of three powerful pagan women.
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King Edwin—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Discussing King Edwin, the ruler of Northumbria famous for his conversion to Christianity.
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King Raedwald—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Martin Carver discusses the inhabitant of the Sutton Hoo ship burial.
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Penda—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Historian Michael Wood celebrates Penda, the much-maligned last pagan king of England.
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Hild of Whitby—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
The story of Hild of Whitby, an abbess who held great power in the seventh century.
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Cuthbert—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Historian Tony Morris explores the life of Cuthbert, the popular saint of the Northeast.
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Eadfrith the Scribe—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Richard Gameson explores the everyday working lives and vital contribution of scribes.
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The Beowulf Bard—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Nobel Prize-winner the late Seamus Heaney's portrait of the great Anglo-Saxon Beowulf bard
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Bede, the Father of English History—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Scholar of the Anglo-Saxons Lilian Groves explores the life and times of St Bede.
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Caedmon, the Oldest Surviving English Poet—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Writer David Almond discusses Caedmon, the earliest English poet whose name is known.
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The Court of King Alfred—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
Jinty Nelson explains how the court of King Alfred was run and how he rewarded his thegns.
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