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Dark Beginnings

Richard Taylor visits Britain's early medieval churches to find out why the Anglo-Saxons and Normans continued to fill their sacred buildings with pagan images.

Richard Taylor explains how churches were originally simple buildings intended to protect the altar and the most important Christian rite of all, the Eucharist. He visits Britain's finest early medieval churches to untangle the mystery of why the Anglo-Saxons and Normans seem to have been unwilling to shake off their pre-Christian past and to have continued to fill their sacred buildings with mysterious pagan images. An ancient book in an Oxford library helps Richard find an answer.

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Thu 24 Nov 2011 00:30

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Presenter Richard Taylor
Producer Jonathan Mayo
Director Jonathan Mayo
Series Producer Jonathan Mayo
Executive Producer William Lyons

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