People: Vikings
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The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
Another nice BBC documentary, this time on the Dark Ages. Waldemar Januszczak shows that this period wasn’t just a gloomy and backward one. Because there are so few written sources from this period, the main focus lies on art, and how society is reflected therein. Episode 1: The Clash of the Gods The emergence of…
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The Vikings, by Neil Oliver
Episode one: Who were the Vikings Vikings with their known helmets, boats and Norse religion seam to suddenly appear in European history as they started to sack monasteries and cities at the end of the 8th century. In fact, Vikings have a long prehistoric heritage. This mysterious world is examined in this episode. Episode two:…