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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.