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The History of English in 10 minutes (with English subtitles):



History of the English Language

HORRIBLE HISTORIES videos. Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books and a British children's sketch comedy television series that shows you the sides of histoy they don't teach at school. The names for the different historical periods are Ruthless Romans, Smashing Saxons, Stormin' Normans, Terrible Tudors, Vicious Vikings, and so on. You'll find yourself laughing into stitches!!!

Horrible Histories: The Anglo-Saxon report



 Horrible Histories: Anglo-Saxon language



Horrible Histories: Historical Masterchef Saxons



Horrible Histories: Words we get from the Vikings




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