L'histoire du héros tchèque Zizka, aussi appelé Jan Zizka de Trocnov, sa relation avec une héritière locale et son combat contre un roi rival. Tacticien militaire vénéré qui a vaincu les armées de l'ordre teutonique et du Saint-Empire romain germanique, il est connu pour ses stratégies novatrices et pour avoir su entraîner rapidement des paysans à affronter des adversaires qualifiés et généralement plus nombreux..
Au XIVème siècle, Florence est une ville de purs plaisirs, somptueuse et prospère ; une ville d'art et de culture ou les habitants profitent pleinement de la vie. Cependant, en 1346, tout change. La ville est dévastée par un fléau sans merci, "La Peste Noire".Lorenzo de Lamberti, un jeune homme innocent et aventurier, est la cible de Gerbino. Celui-ci fuit Florence, trouve refuge dans un couvent et devient jardinier. Pampinea Anastagi est la fille unique d'une famille riche et respectée, qui à cause de la Peste, se retrouve subitement seule. Gerbino de la Ratta, qui a des vues sur elle et sa fortune, menace de lui confisquer sa maison, sauf si Pampinea l'épouse. Elle s'oppose à sa proposition en lui avouant qu'elle a été promise à un Comte Russe qui est en route pour Florence..
1348 à Cumbria, petit village d'Angleterre ravagé par la peste noire. Connor revient d'une longue course. C'est alors que Griffin, son jeune frère, lui relate sa vision : il faut payer tribut à Dieu. Il faut hisser une flèche au sommet d'une cathédrale lointaine avant l'aube. Partis à la recherche du monument, ils découvrent un puits dont la rumeur prétend qu'il conduirait de l'autre côté de la Terre. Ils s'enfoncent dans les profondeurs et continuent leur quête jusqu'au monde nouveau, la Nouvelle-Zélande en 1988..
"Sacré Moyen-Âge de Terry Jones" est une série documentaire qui explore la vie de différentes occupations médiévales, y compris les rois, les chevaliers et les ménestrels..
If the medieval dead could speak, what would they tell us? They would recount extraordinary tales of pagan rituals, plague, and the cruel land in which ordinary folk struggled just to stay alive. Now, centuries after they were buried, the medieval dead are about to rise from their graves. This series reveals true stories of medieval life by examining the skeletal remains that lie buried below the earth's surface. Combining atmospheric dramatic reconstructions of gripping stories with archaeological science, Medieval Dead takes viewers deeper into the medieval world than ever before..
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..
Jennifer trouve une reproduction d'armure du XVe siècle qu'elle revend à Bill Wallace, un client passionné de chevalerie. Trop tard pour Emma Mitchell qui souhaitait l'acheter pour son directeur de thèse d'Histoire Médiévale, le professeur Robert McNary. Ce dernier, qui cherche en vain à la racheter, est retrouvé mort le lendemain à l'intérieur de l'armure. Jennifer découvre alors qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une reproduction….
Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual slavery which persisted throughout the Middle Ages, and the weaknesses of the feudal system; its oppressive tax structure, its cruelty and its social inequality.
An in-depth, feature length documentary on the surprisingly tumultuous creation of cult classic Army of Darkness..
The medieval period gave us some of the greatest, most enduring stories in history. Some are of them were real – some are altered into pure Legend. These legends usually had somebody doing villainous deeds. The even greater thing is that most of these were surrounded in mystery or conspiracy. Medieval Murder Mysteries uses modern thinking from historical police criminology combined with forensics and human osteologists blended with current historical ideas to try and solve what really happened all those years ago. Magnificent castles, chivalrous knights, powerful kings and queens? You’ll have them. Also require dark deeds, illicit lovers, greedy nobles, mad cardinals? Look no further. They’re all here..
Plus de cinq siècles après son naufrage, le navire amiral du roi du Danemark Jean Ier livre ses secrets. Explorant l’épave aux côtés d’archéologues subaquatiques, ce documentaire éclaire un chapitre méconnu de l’histoire de la navigation, qui a ouvert la voie aux grandes découvertes de la Renaissance..
In a distant time and place a country is divided into several kingdoms. The king of the richest has recently died and his son and heir will have a new bride selected for him from amongst the princesses by the high priestess. But before the selection can begin, the beautiful princesses must be freed from their jealous kidnappers, who have forced them to work in the silver mines!.
Follow the close analysis of an ancient fight master's manuscript depicting combat techniques and devices used over 500 years ago..
Historian and author Helen Castor, presenter of the popular series She-Wolves, explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life: birth, marriage and death. In doing so she reveals how people in the medieval world thought and what they believed in. For the people of the Middle Ages the teachings of the Catholic Church shaped thoughts and beliefs across the whole of Western Europe. But by the end of the Middle Ages the Church would find itself in the grip of momentous change and the way of medieval birth, marriage and death would never be quite the same again..
The commentators for Medieval History of Japan delve into the period from the relocation of the capital to Heian-kyo during the Heian period, up until the downfall of the Toyotomi clan marking the end of the Sengoku period..
In this two-hour H2 special, historian and weapons expert Mike Loades goes medieval diving deep into the world of the Middle Ages. From the 5th to the 15th centuries, Mike battles the realities vs. the myths of this extraordinary time crusading for the core of real life while delivering fun-filled facts. From living, working and fighting to how to keep a knight's armor shiny using a vigorous rub of sand, vinegar and urine, Going Medieval is an expert account of life during medieval times..
The medieval view of life from the Creation, through birth and death, work and pleasure, to the Day of Judgement, as expressed in the illuminations on 14 and 15th Century manuscripts in the French National Library..
Art historian Alixe Bovey follows the Gough Map, the oldest surviving road map of Britain, in search of the country as it was in the medieval era..
Professor Robert Bartlett, a leading authority on the Middle Ages, presents a series which examines the way we thought during Medieval times..
Depuis vingt ans, dans la région de Bourgogne, des archéologues et des artisans travaillent à la reconstruction du château fort de Guedelon en utilisant les mêmes techniques et matériaux qu'à l'époque médiévale ; un projet fascinant qui apporte au présent une image vivante du passé..
