1066 - The real battle for Middle Earth - Anglo Saxon

Chris Moritz · Post by **Chris Moritz** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:14 am

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_T ... ure=relmfu

Todd Trausch · Post by **Todd Trausch** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:09 am

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 · Post by **s_taillebois** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:41 pm

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