In Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death, historian and author Dr. Helen Castor (She-Wolves: England's Early Queens) examines how the people of the Middle Ages handled three of life's great rites of passage birth, marriage, and death. Why were physicians of no help to women enduring the pains of labor and the dangers of childbirth? Why were newly married couples "put to bed" by the priest on their wedding night? What did it mean to "die well" and why was death such a communal affair, both before and after it happened?.
'Life In Medieval Britain' is the perfect introduction to everyday life during the Middle Ages. Featuring realistic reconstructions filmed at a working medieval village, this DVD helps explain the habits and customs of a people living during a turbulent period of British history. Dr Martin Lowry, Dr Robert Swanson and Andrew Brown provide expert comment and analysis on a time of great upheaval..
C’est l’histoire d’un grand-père qui a décidé de donner une étrange leçon d’histoire à des enfants. Celle d’un Moyen-Âge passé sous silence où l’on trouve plus de joie que prévu et surtout une inattendue puissance des femmes..
La cité de Carcassonne a été fortement influencée par l'architecture militaire. Sa forteresse, l'une des mieux conservées d'Europe, est l'un des sites les plus visités de France, avec 2 millions de personnes qui s'y pressent chaque année. Par sa dimension, sa complexité et son état de conservation, elle rend compte de 1 000 ans d'histoire architecturale dans la défense militaire. Des experts et des historiens décryptent les prouesses techniques du bâtiment et livrent ses légendes et secrets..
Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 2008, guides viewers through The Cloisters, pointing out Romanesque and Gothic architecture and artwork, beautiful tapestries, and the diverse species in the gardens. He outlines the history of the building and it's many influences and highlights significant works of art in the collection. It was produced in 1989 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Office of Film and Television..
Documentary about frescoes to be found in several churches in Macedonia..
Dutch sculpture in the late Middle Ages..
Une tronçonneuse greffée au poignet, un fusil à canon scié dans la main libre, Ash se retrouve bien malgré lui plongé dans le passé vers l’an 1300. Pour s’en sortir, il lui faut mettre la main sur le Nécronomicon, grimoire responsable de son état. Mais les dangers qu’il va rencontrer sont multiples. Sa quête va se transformer en croisade contre des forces machiavéliques, qui vont l’obliger à affronter une armée de squelettes….
Le prince Thadeous arrogant et paresseux, doit effectuer une quête pour sauver son royaume avec l'aide de son frère Fabious héritier présomptif. Ils doivent sauver la fiancée de Fabious, la Belladone enlevée par le méchant magicien Leezar..
Dagobert, roi paillard et grand pécheur, se rend à Rome pour demander au pape Honorius Ier le pardon de ses fautes. Sur place, il rencontre des complots, des faux papes, des vrais assassins et surtout la soeur de l'Empereur de Byzance, la belle princesse Héméré dont il tombe follement amoureux. Mais une ultime trahison fomentée par le moine Otarius mettra fin à ses projets..
A young teenager wins a contest for a "Medieval Adventure" from a soda company. The winners, plus a film crew from the soda company arrive at the castle for the adventure. During the night, a spell cast over 600 years prior brings the castle and all the people in it back to 1383. The evil Lord Raykin plans on retrying to take the castle. It is up to the group to stop him, and thereby return to the 20th century. They enlist the help of the former court magician, Percival, to help them..
A woman is kidnapped and taken to the Krakenhall Penitentiary For Women. Here the warden samples the delights of each inmate....
The printing press was the world's first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space, sparking a cultural revolution which shaped the modern age..
Castles were bastions of power. Yet, what was life like behind their walls? Part 1 of our documentary follows their development from simple wooden fortifications to the most elaborate strongholds and residences. Part 2 examines their military function from the 11th to the 16th century. When the enemy was at their gates, they had to withstand battering rams, catapults and sapping which called for ever new solutions by their defenders until, finally, large-calibre cannons spelt their end..
A maverick group of fighters compete for top honors in the most dangerous competition in history. Far from the contrivances of the Renaissance Fair, this is authentic, full-contact jousting, with two competitors on horses charging towards each other at 30 miles an hour. Gone is the traditional armor, replaced by state-of-the-art protective gear. Each week's episode features full-contact trials and preparations that will ultimately determine the champion-king of the joust..
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is about to force her away she sits on her broom and rises to the moon. After disappearing she causes various hob-goblins to haunt the pair, the last of them stealing away the lady while the Knight's back is turned. The Knight, frantic with grief, is suddenly confronted by a Fairy, who presents him with a magical sword, and tells him that he can use it to regain the young woman..
Various videos of the Manhattan skyline, shot by Brian Eno in 1980-81. Music from his albums Ambient 1 and 4 accompany the footage. Presented in vertical format (the television or monitor needs to be turned on its side for proper viewing)..
