Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings - Season 1 Episode 1 Ruling by the Book

Name: Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
Genre: Documentary
Released: 23 Jan 2012
Rating: 4.50
Cast: Jeremy Ashbee, Janina Ramirez, Scot McKendrick

2012-01-23 United Kingdom 48 minutes.

4.50 2 votes

Documentary british history

Episodes
Info
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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Jan 09, 2012

1 - 1

Ruling by the Book Jan 09, 2012
1 - 2

What a King Should Know Jan 16, 2012
1 - 3

Libraries Gave Us Power Jan 23, 2012

Overview

Dr 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 are over a thousand years old and a royal family tree which is five metres long. Janina finds out about a king who had a reputation for chasing nuns and reads a book created as a wedding gift for a ten-year-old prince. She roams from Westminster Abbey to other ancient English spiritual sites such as Winchester, St Albans and Malmesbury, and sees for herself how animal skins can be transformed into the finest vellum.

Year 2012

Studio BBC Four

Director

Crew Graham Johnston (Director), Scot McKendrick (Researcher), Adam Barker (Executive Producer), Susan Jones (Executive Producer), Nicolas Kent (Executive Producer), Caroline Walsh (Producer's Assistant)

Popularity 1.2689

Language English, French