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The Middle Ages

History

In the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the French Revolution came the Middle Ages. The medieval period saw the rise of great explorers leaving Europe to discover the "new world", the birth of modern art through the Renaissance and religious upheaval across the world.

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British Library: Middle Ages (external) ABC Education: The Middle Ages (external) FUSE: Medieval History resources (external) Exploring and Teaching Medieval History in Schools (external)

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58:06 | Published 8 years ago

Inside The Medieval Mind

Knowledge

One of the world's greatest authorities on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrew's University, investigates the intellectual landscape of the medieval world. In the first episode, he explores the way medieval man understood the world as a place of mystery, even enchantment. The world was a book written by God.

History

54:49 | Published 5 years ago

Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death

A Good Birth

Historian and author Helen Castor, presenter of the popular series She-Wolves, explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life: birth, marriage and death.

History

24:29 | Published 3 years ago

Life In Medieval Europe

Set in 1350, this medieval drama unfolds through a number of village characters telling their stories of life in the middle ages.

History

26:18 | Published 7 years ago

Masterpieces Of The Hermitage

Art Of The Middle Ages

A breathtaking journey through time, culture and art, this series captures rarely seen treasures that represent the development of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century.

Visual arts

45:53 | Published 4 years ago

Kings and Queens of England

The Middle Ages

More Royal adventures for our Kings and Queens - the unknown King Louis, Henry who did what he was told, Edward who thought he was really Arthur, another Edward who had a close encounter with a red hot poker, yet another who started the 100 years war, Richard who faced down the Peasant's Revolt, Henry 1V who actually spoke English, Henry V who trounced the French at Agincourt and Henry V1 who went mad and was murdered in the tower. And you thought you knew all about the Kings and Queens of England!

History

52:10 | Published 8 years ago

Lost Worlds

Europe In The Middle Ages: Knights And Tournaments

A four-part series that investigates the Middle Ages. This time was deemed, by most accounts, to have been a dark and fear-inducing period in history, yet it was also the dawn of the modern era - a dynamic time that paved the way for many achievements of the modern-day world.

History

58:59 | Published 5 years ago

Filthy Cities: Medieval London

Historian Dan Snow presents an immersive series, going back in time to medieval London, revolutionary Paris and 19th century New York, to bring these cities' stinking histories vividly to life.

History

47:55 | Published 4 years ago

Heston's Feasts

Medieval

Three Michelin starred cooking maestro Heston Blumenthal creates an extraordinary feast inspired by the remarkable food of the Medieval age. This was a time when food was all about trickery and illusion, and Heston's celebrity diners are certainly in for a meal they'll never forget. On the menu: a bowl of fruit that is actually made of bull's testicles, blood sucking eels, live birds in a pie and edible cutlery and candles.

Design and technologies

24:11 | Published 2 years ago

History Hunters

Medieval Life

Meet a medieval estate agent with some fancy castles to sell and hear how knights' training was long and hard and how they wore family crests called coats of arms to stand out in battle.

History

20:07 | Published 7 years ago

The Beauty Of Books

Medieval Masterpieces

From the first bibles to medieval masterpieces like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and from children's stories such as Alice in Wonderland to the beauty of the humble paperback, this series combines human stories, expert interviews and historic archive, to reveal the astonishing beauty of books.

History

28:59 | Published 7 years ago

The Beauty Of Maps

Medieval Maps - Mapping The Medieval Mind

A rare chance to appreciate maps purely as objects of beauty, this series disengages from the geography and considers the end work of the cartographer as a splendid monument of engraving, painting, printing and colouring. Like any other art form, maps have an immediate and arresting effect - they have the power to distract, to reveal secrets, to unsettle and inspire. Some of history's most brilliant examples are examined here in incredible detail.

Visual arts

52:44 | Published 8 years ago

Culinary History: The Evolution Of Cooking

The Medieval Feast

Reconstructs famous meals from different periods in history, depicting the evolution of tastes, customs and world trades that have shaped our cuisine.

History

58:48 | Published 4 years ago

How To Get Ahead

At Medieval Court

This episode considers the court of Richard II. Richard presided over the first truly sophisticated and artistic court in England. Painters, sculptors, poets, tailors, weavers and builders flocked to court to make their fortunes. But these were dangerous times. Being close to Richard brought many a courtier to a sticky end.

History

50:48 | Published 8 years ago

Compass

Christianity - A History, Reformation

Nearly five centuries ago a vast religious revolution gripped Western Europe. The Reformation split the medieval Church asunder, breaking it into competing Catholic and Protestant factions.

Ethical understanding

51:00 | Published 5 years ago

The Story Of Luxury

The Middle Ages - A Deadly Sin?

This second episode follows the clash between luxury and Christianity which convulsed medieval Europe. Luxury was a roadblock on the road to heaven, so the church was quick to condemn the jewellery, gorgeous weapons and pattern-welded swords of the early medieval world. Presented by Michael Scott.

History

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