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Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings, Episode 2, What a King Should Know
directed by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014; produced by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014, Oxford Film and Television, in Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 59 mins
Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of medieval illuminated manuscripts and shows how they gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and...
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directed by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014; produced by Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014, Oxford Film and Television, in Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 59 mins
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Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of medieval illuminated manuscripts and shows how they gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France (1340-1453).
In the British Library's Royal...
Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of medieval illuminated manuscripts and shows how they gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion. She discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France (1340-1453).
In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection she finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. Dr Ramirez also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopedia.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014, Oxford Film and Television, Janina Ramirez
Author / Creator
Graham Johnston, fl. 1980-2014
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Illuminations: Private Lives of Medieval Kings
Speaker / Narrator
Janina Ramirez
Topic / Theme
Nationalism, Rebellions, War, Books, Royal courts, Royalty (Social class), Royal successions, Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453, Political and Social Movements, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Post-Classical Period (500–1450), Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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