Name: Europe in the Middle Ages
Released: 2015-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Alastair Duncan

Available on Prime Video

This four-part series describes the brilliant aspects of medieval life, demonstrating clearly that the essential foundation of modern life was put in place 800 years ago.

Documentary · 2015 · 53 min

Starring Alastair Duncan

Director Christian Twente

EPISODE 1

Knights and Tournaments

Picturesque castles, noble nights, minnesingers and troubadours; these romantic images fire our imagination in the generally accepted conception of the Middle Ages.

44 min · 3 Apr 2004
EPISODE 2

Monks and Heretics

As centres of missionary activity and science, monasteries made an important contribtion to progress. Here, not only theology was taught and studied, but also medicine, mathematics, astronomy, law and philosophy as well.

44 min · 10 Apr 2004
EPISODE 3

Peasants and Nobles

Most of the population in the Middle Ages lived on the land. A silent, suffering majority, had to do services and pay taxes to the ruling noblemen and were repeatedly exposed to famine and violent conflicts.

44 min · 17 Apr 2004
EPISODE 4

Cities and Cathedrals

Historians for a long time considered the picturesque maze of alleyways in mediaeval towns to be construction planning gone haywire. New research reveals the surprising fact that many mediaeval towns were conceived on the drawing board by urban planners who were well versed in geometry.

44 min · 24 Apr 2004