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Click the links here to get 20% off: The Dark Ages. A period of collapse, chaos and violence. Or was it? New discoveries are helping to challenge that idea. After centuries buried beneath the soil, the graves of Anglo-Saxons are unlocking the secrets of these elusive people, revealing a civilisation far more complex than history often remembers. Today medieval historian Matt Lewis returns to The University of Bradford to team up with Osteoarchaeologist Dr. Jo Buckberry to investigate the remains of three individuals who lived and died in Anglo-Saxon England and who, in death, may help reveal the truth about life in early medieval Britain Images of Plan of Raunds from, Boddington, A. provided by Historic England Archive (30:10:00) You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.

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Medieval Historian Looks At Skeletons From Anglo-Saxon Battle
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60 minutes
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