S01E08: The Rules of Chivalry | Horrible Histories

S01E08: The Rules of Chivalry | Horrible Histories

History | CBBC | 2009 | 1'53''

The rules of chivalry, & more importantly how to find the loopholes.

S01E08: Confusing Wat Tyler | Horrible Histories

S01E08: Confusing Wat Tyler | Horrible Histories

History | CBBC | 2009 | 1'47''

The Peasant's Revolt is led by the confusingly named Wat Tyler.

Too Much, Too Young: Children of the Middle Ages

Too Much, Too Young: Children of the Middle Ages

History | BBC Four | 2011 | 58'53''

Dr Stephen Baxter takes a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children, and discovers how they played a vital ...

The Middle Ages: The Peasants’ Revolt | History 11-13

The Middle Ages: The Peasants’ Revolt | History 11-13

History | BBC Two | 1984 | 19'22''

The Peasants' Revolt by Keith Goodall is set in 1381, based on the true story of the grievances of the villeins f...

Christina: A Medieval Life

Christina: A Medieval Life

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'21''

Historian Michael Wood presents a portrait of ordinary people living through extraordinary times, tracing the story of Christina Cok, a peasant of...

06: The Philosopher (Alchemist) | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

06: The Philosopher (Alchemist) | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

History | BBC Two | 2004 | 28'50''

Terry Jones takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages, looking at the medieval scientist, or philosopher as t...

04: The Minstrel | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

04: The Minstrel | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

History | BBC Two | 2004 | 28'56''

Terry Jones takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages. He reveals that minstrels were medieval spin doctors and could be war...

03: The Damsel | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

03: The Damsel | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

History | BBC Two | 2004 | 29'13''

In this episode, a look at the world of the medieval damsel.

01: The Peasant | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

01: The Peasant | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

History | BBC Two | 2004 | 29'03''

Terry discovers that the much-maligned medieval peasant was in fact literate, emancipated and healthy.

04: Peasants’ Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood’s Story of England

04: Peasants’ Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood’s Story of England

Early Modern Britain | BBC Four | 2010 | 59'08''

A portrait of one village through the whole of English history. Amazing finds in the school arch...

04: Power | Inside the Medieval Mind

04: Power | Inside the Medieval Mind

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'13''

Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of ser...

02: Sex | Inside the Medieval Mind

02: Sex | Inside the Medieval Mind

History | BBC Four | 2008 | 58'20''

Robert Bartlett unearths remarkable evidence of the complex passions of men and women during the Middle Ages.

05: Table Games | Games People Played

05: Table Games | Games People Played

History | BBC Two | 1981 | 9'25''

This week table games featuring a stone board from Norwich Castle.

01: Dicing with Destiny | Games Britannia

01: Dicing with Destiny | Games Britannia

History | BBC Four | 2009 | 58'34''

Series about the history of popular games in Britain. Ancient games were fundamental, but by the late Middle Ages gaming had become...

01: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

01: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

History | BBC Two | 2011 | 58'59''

Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

Episode 2 | Saints and Sinners: Britain’s Millennium of Monasteries

Episode 2 | Saints and Sinners: Britain’s Millennium of Monasteries

Christianity | BBC Four | 2015 | 59'09''

Janina Ramirez looks at how monasteries transformed society and rose to a position of immense power...
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