Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings (2012)
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.
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Episodes
- 1 1. Ruling by the Book2012-01-09Dr Janina Ramirez begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which ar
- 2 2. What a King Should Know2012-01-16Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts h
- 3 3. Libraries Gave Us Power2012-01-23The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the magnificent courts of the Tudors. She investig
Cast
Jeremy AshbeeSelf - English Heritage
Janina RamirezSelf - PresenterScot McKendrickSelf
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