Once again, despite my love of British history, the only thing that I seem to remember from my school days about King Alfred is that he was holed up somewhere in some sort of boggy terrain following a lengthy battle and, due to exhaustion had fallen asleep by a fire and managed to burn some cakes!

A touching love story that'll not only touch your heart, but it'll leave a lasting imprint on your psyche long after you've seen it. The film revolves around a young piano player named Chico, who falls in love with a girl named Rita. Together they share an "on again" and "off again" relationship, which takes the audience on an emotional roller coaster full of wonders and heartache. Truly a must see for any movie fan out there.

A famous literary and historical bridge from the Late Roman Empire to the Renaissance is Isidore’s Etymologies, which is regarded as the seminal scholastic achievement during the Dark Ages, and competed throughout the 1,000 years of the Dark Ages and Medieval times with the Bible as the leading work of intellectual thought. The Etymologies was written by Isidore of Seville during his lifetime between 560-632 A.D.