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Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 10, 2010

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Andy Robbins

Description

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. - l_rawjalaurence