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Using the latest archaeological and historical discoveries, combined with state of the art CGI and dramatic reconstructions, ‘Secrets Of The Forbidden City’ tells the story of the creation of Ming...
Monarchy The Complete Second Series DVD focuses essentially on the Tudors and Stuarts, encompassing how Henry VII rescued England from the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, and his solution to the political...
At the beginning of the 16th Century, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were together the largest territorial power in Europe and were ruled by the Jagiellonian monarchy. Cracow, at the...
Architecture and visual display were used by Renaissance princes across Europe to express their power, virtue, wealth and civilisation. In Mantua, the Gonzaga family grew wealthy by hiring themselves as...
The two sections look at the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey and Renaissance architecture in the Scottish court.
During the time when Christians, Jews and Muslims co-existed in Spain, there was a sharing of customs and ideas which is clearly seen in Seville today. The Alhambra in Granada testifies to the cultural...
Examines six royal palaces built in the 17th century, looking at the symbolic purposes for which they were constructed - as expressions of authority and power and to strengthen the realm. Shows the...
6: Three examples - Heriot’s Hospital, Corsham Free School and Sir John Moore’s School - to show can be learned from buildings about education, patronage and life in 17th-century Britain.
14 (presented by Anne Laurence): Summarises the course.
Frederick the Great ruled Prussia from his newly-built palace, Sans Souci, in Potsdam. Built to his own design, the building reveals much about the character of Frederick, who wanted to be seen as an...
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