Middle Ages
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4. Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones: Pilgrims
Griff retraces the medieval pilgrimage route from Holywell to St Davids.
Too Much, Too Young: Children of the Middle Ages
Medievalist Dr Stephen Baxter looks at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children.
2. Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Worship
Britain's art from the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 to the death of Richard II in 1400.
Christina: A Medieval Life
Michael Wood traces the story of a real-life peasant of 14th-century Hertfordshire.
3. Brick by Brick: Rebuilding Our Past: Episode 3
Reconstructing a mysterious medieval building in Wales, 30 years after it was dismantled.
2. Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in...: The Middle Ages
Documentary looking at the clash between luxury and Christianity in medieval Europe.
Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone
A journey of discovery around Scotland's Rosslyn Chapel, as featured in the Da Vinci Code.
4. Churches: How to Read Them: Reformation: Chaos and Creation
How the medieval devotion to the Virgin Mary fuelled the anger of the Reformation.
6. Churches: How to Read Them: The Victorians and After
How medieval imagery made a surprise return to Victorian places of worship.
3. Churches: How to Read Them: Medieval Death
How churches were designed to give medieval people a way to 'escape' death.
2. Churches: How to Read Them: Medieval Life
How and why parish churches played a crucial role in the everyday life of the Middle Ages.
Clarissa and the King's Cookbook
Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest cookbook and traces its influence.
3. Inside the Medieval Mind: Belief
Robert Bartlett examines the way we thought during medieval times.
1. Inside the Medieval Mind: Knowledge
To our forebears in the Middle Ages, the world could appear mysterious and even enchanted.
2. Inside the Medieval Mind: Sex
Robert Bartlett unearths evidence of the complex passions of medieval men and women.