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silburnl
08-10-2010, 10:26 AM
The BBC are running a set of documentaries at the moment looking at the cultural impact of the Norman conquest (http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/features/norman-season/). There's one on the evolution of the Arthurian legend in the post-conquest era coming up which looks like it might be directly relevant to Pendragon, but some of the others look interesting as well.

The one on tonight is about the Domesday Book and for those unfortunates who can't access BBC material he presenter, Dr Stephen Baxter (the medievalist rather than the SF author) runs an interactive Domesday book at domesday.pase.co.uk (http://domesday.pase.co.uk) where you can plot the estates of named landholders onto maps, although you might want to hold off on checking the link as he was on the Today programme this morning talking about it, so it's been a bit sluggish.

Regards
Luke

[edit]Hmmm the link doesn't appear to work from this post, you could try www.pase.co.uk (http://www.pase.co.uk) instead.

Sir Pramalot
08-12-2010, 11:56 PM
I just caught the first episode on iPlayer and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope it continues to be so insightful.

Your link seems dead. Can you repost?

lusus naturae
08-18-2010, 04:19 PM
I've been watching this and it's been very enjoyable. Some adventure seeds sowing in my head thanks to it as well.

ewilde1968
08-19-2010, 02:00 AM
I'm proud to say that's my software. ;D

Earl De La Warr
08-19-2010, 10:05 AM
I've had a look at what I can and have also downloaded what is available. However, the BBC's limited availability policy is frustrating as I have missed out on a couple of episodes. Namely Beowulf and Inside the Medieval Mind: Sex

Anyone have these two copied?

DarrenHill
11-23-2010, 12:54 PM
Is that domesday website link active? I get a dead link.