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.
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.
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.