In Search of the Dark Ages

  • : 1979
  • : 8
  • : 1
  • BBC One
  • Documentary History

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In Search of Athelstan
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19, 1981
In this place, in 939, was buried the first king of all England. In his day a Norseman called him the greatest man in the European world, to a Frenchman he was the most famous king of .. show full overview
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In Search of Eric Bloodaxe
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26, 1981
In this year—954—in a certain lonely place called Stainmore, King Erik was treacherously betrayed and killed, along with his son Haeric and his brother Ragnald. From then on, King Eadred .. show full overview
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In Search of Ethelred the Unready
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02, 1981
AD1001: In this year there were constant hostilities in England because of the Danish army and they harried and burned almost everywhere. And they went about at will encountering no .. show full overview
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In Search of William the Conqueror
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09, 1981
1944: The greatest amphibious invasion in history lands on the Normandy beaches. Today the wreckage of war still stands in the shallows where 35 years ago armies drawn from much of the .. show full overview

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