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Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
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Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

Aug 10, 2010
0h 59m
★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary
History

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Janina Ramirez

Self - Presenter

Janina Ramirez

Kim Siddorn

Self - Regia Anglorum

Kim Siddorn

David Symonds

Self - Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

David Symonds

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