Reformation: Europe’s Holy War
Historian David Starkey tells the story of the Protestant Reformation and how it transformed the face of modern Europe, unleashing fundamentalism, terror and religious violence.
Tweet- Clip length: 59'21''
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Religious Education | Christianity | The Christian Church through a study of the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church | The birth, development and beliefs of the church
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: Reformation: Europe's Holy War
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Episode 3 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how the immensely rich and powerful monasteries that had dominated British society for 1,000 years were annihilated in less than five years.
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Episode 2 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Janina Ramirez looks at how monasteries transformed society and rose to a position of immense power, only for sin and corruption to lead to collapse as the medieval period ended.