4: Rebllion at St.Giles’s | Cathedral

Duration: 58'00''

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Documentary drama series looking at momentous events in the lives of British cathedrals. Today, Edinburgh, 1633-what happened when King Charles I tried to remodel the High Kirk of St Giles.

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