1066 - The real battle for Middle Earth - Anglo Saxon

[Chris Moritz]

Anglo Saxon origins for Tolkien, presented in the events of 1066 AD.

Survival struggles and combat in war lines, in small-unit skirmishes, and in villages.

Not the highest budget, but the historical presentations are gold, as is the narrative overview.

And who couldn't resist a pretty girl who speaks in Old English / Anglo-Saxon ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnC6l6_TaMA&feature=relmfu

[Todd Trausch]

I only was able to get a few min. into this before I had to head to work this morning but what I saw I liked.

[s_taillebois]

Interesting for the supplementary martial attitudes such as the Saxon Mead Oath, and concepts such as the unity of a shield wall and what happens when it is broken.

The Stamford bridge sequence does give some sense of the close nature of the fighting of the era and the actor playing the Viking did do some hooking with the DaneAxe.

Swords, harder to comment as for example when Ordgar goes into Ox there is no way of knowing if that was actually used in the period