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Wales

Historian Dr Alixe Bovey recreates journeys through Britain during the Middle Ages. She heads west from Gloucester to follow in the footsteps of Edward I's armies into Wales.

Medieval art historian Dr Alixe Bovey uses the oldest surviving route map of Britain to make a series of journeys through Britain in the Middle Ages. She heads west from Gloucester to follow in the footsteps of the huge armies of Edward I into Wales and uncovers evidence of a lawless borderland, a Medieval arms race and clues to the origins of the map itself.

30 minutes

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