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Michael Wood is professor of public history at the University of Manchester. He has presented numerous BBC series and has made more than 100 documentary films. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, Domesday, and In Search of England. His latest book is The Story of China (Simon & Schuster, 2020)

Recent articles by Michael Wood

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10 ways the Anglo-Saxons changed the course of British history

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Michael Wood on a controversial term “As a racism row rumbles on, is it time to retire the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’?”

Inside the fort was a famous spring, St Helen’s Well, today Robin Hood’s Well. (© Bill Henderson)
Anglo-Saxon

Brunanburh: Where did the battle that saved England take place?

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Michael Wood on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. (Illustration by Femke de Jong for BBC History Magazine)
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Michael Wood On Anglo-Saxon manuscripts

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Michael Wood on… slavery

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Michael Wood on Anglo-Saxon Christianity

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Michael Wood on… the Galloway Hoard

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Michael Wood… on radical Islamism

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Michael Wood’s 10 favourite history books

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Michael Wood on… Oxford’s Cecil Rhodes statue

Clay soldier statues of the Chinese Qin dynasty. (Photo by Getty Images)
General ancient history

The six ages of China

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Michael Wood on… the battle of Agincourt

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Michael Wood on Alfred the Great

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General Modern

Michael Wood on the history of you and me

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