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Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

Andy Robbins

2010 · 59m

Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

Studio: BBC
August 10, 201059m
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In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is a plausible one - is that we should not look upon their era as a "dark age" as compared, for example, to Roman times, but rather celebrate it as an age in which creativity flowered, especially in terms of artistic design as well as symbolism. She shows plenty of good examples, ranging from the Franks Casket to the Staffordshire Hoard, and the Lindisfarne Gospels.

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