Astonishing Æthelstan: Michael Wood on the 10th-century king
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The Anglo-Saxons and Ethel Stan
Michael Wood: The period of the ninth, tenth century is a heroic age and they saw themselves as heroic. They were fighting these battles against the life and death against the Vikings. It's fascinating as well because of the riddles, the sources. You can't construct a picture of the past without squeezing the evidence out of every single thing.
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