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Two-part television drama depicting the life of King Henry VIII, his tempestuous 38 year reign and his fraught relationships with his many wives. In the first part, Henry is desperate to produce a son and...
An exploration of the arts in eighteenth-century London, written and presented by historian John Brewer. The film considers the world of commerce and celebrity in which Georgian culture was created. A world,...
An overview of medieval history, featuring the full text in English translation of Paul Lacroix’s 1874 survey ‘Life in the Medieval World’; analysis; interactive tutorials and modern and contemporary...
With Drake’s reputation destroyed just eight years after defeating the Spanish Armada, the film retraces his final voyage and finds that, contrary to prevailing belief, it was a shrewdly planned venture...
Looks at the British Library’s two surviving copies of Magna Carta, as well as other medieval documents and footage of the places central to the story of Magna Carta, including Canterbury, Dover castle,...
Looks at medieval life using footage shot at major medieval sites in Britain combined with expert analysis and comment.
Traces the political and military course of the period in English history known as Wars of the Roses, from its roots in the early 1400s to the final battle on Bosworth field 80 years later. Includes a...
Covers: James II and his subjects; motives of William and the English conspirators; risks and uncertainties, luck and planning, reasons for the success; the outcome - how ‘glorious’? Presented by Dr R...
Covers: England’s monastic past; the religious orders on the eve of the Reformation; the royal attack; how and why it succeeded; reactions, aftermath and survival. Presented by Professor J J Scarisbrick.
Professor H R Loyn looks at the European and English contexts of the Norman conquest, at the organisations and military strengths of the Normans, and at the personalities involved. He describes the battle of...
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