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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 52 sec.) ; 295881411 bytes |
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According to received wisdom, native British culture was suppressed by 400 years of Roman rule, and then the withdrawal of the mighty imperial army in 410AD threw the country into a state of primitive barbarism, which only came to an end with the invasion of the more advanced Anglo Saxons. With detailed archaeology, cutting-edge academic research and his own brand of iconoclasm, writer and broadcaster, and presenter of Britain AD, Francis Pryor argues that we have got this version of our history wrong. In the second episode of this series, Francis Pryor sheds light on the so-called 'Dark Ages'. He shows that far from a 'Dark Age', archaeologists have discovered evidence of a resurgence of native culture. The classic image of the Romans departing and 'turning out the lights' is shown to be completely false. Francis finds a world inhabited by Christianised, literate Britons engaging in trade and diplomacy with the Byzantine Empire. So far reaching are the implications of these discoveries that the 'dark age' period in Britain has been renamed Late Antiquity. PRODUCTION DETAILS:A Diverse Production, Executive producer Roy Ackerman, Series producer and director Timothy Copestake |
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Broadcast 2006-09-28 at 21:35:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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449-1066.
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55 B.C.-449 A.D.
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Anglo-Saxons -- Kings and rulers.
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Arthur, King.
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Invasions of Great Britain.
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Kings and rulers -- Mythology.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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Copestake, Timothy, director
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Dark, K. R. (Ken R.), contributor
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Dark, Petra, contributor
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Howlett, David, contributor
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Lincoln, Miriam, contributor
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Pryor, Francis, host
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Thomas, Charles, contributor
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Turner, Sam, contributor
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White, Roger, contributor
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Whyman, Mark, contributor
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Williams, David, contributor
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Wilmott, Tony, contributor
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Wooding, Jonathan, contributor
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