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West Country
Episode 6 of 6
Alixe Bovey recreates journeys through medieval Britain. In the West Country, she sees how myths depicted on the Gough Map were used to legitimise wars and empires.
Medieval art historian, Dr Alixe Bovey, uses the oldest surviving route map of Britain to make a series of journeys through Britain asit was in the Middle Ages. In the West Country, she investigates some of the myths and legends depicted on the Gough Map and discovers how these were used to legitimise wars and empires.
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Fri 23 Apr 2010
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