Time Team's Tony Robinson: A Life in History
Gone Medieval
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The Importance of Women in History
I think it's just the version of the past that most people agree on at the present time. We're guessing an awful lot aren't we? A huge number of voices are almost entirely absent from the historical record. So even when we think we have by and large whittled a particular moment in history down to pretty much the truth, it's twaddle. How many people are aware for instance that in the time of King Alfred, probably 15% of the people in England were slaves?"
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