Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings(2012)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2012-01-09
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 4.5
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection.
Keywords
british history
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 3E01
Ruling by the Book
Air Date: 2012-01-09
Dr Janina Ramirez begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books...
E02
What a King Should Know
Air Date: 2012-01-16
Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and ...
E03
Libraries Gave Us Power
Air Date: 2012-01-23
The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illu...
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