Depicts life in the Middle Ages, showing medieval villagers, including a reeve and a serf, explaining something of their life and work.

This is the story of the Bohemian King, Přemysl Otakar II, and the forgotten pilgrim, Odorik, who wa...

Kingdom of Granada, al-Andalus, 14th century. After recognizing that his land, always under siege, i...

Death and the devil, nudity and eroticism, horror in blazing colours, Gothic art cast a spell over p...
Part of BBC Arena's Animal Night, this film chronicles a strange era in history when animals were pu...

This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in m...

Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehist...

He is considered the greatest European poet of the Middle Ages and his work unfolds the whole panopt...

England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), cha...

Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spect...

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film...

Historian David Starkey tells the story of the Protestant Reformation and how it transformed the fac...

It began much like the common cold. Yet within a day fever took over black swellings the size of bas...
On October 11, 1424, Hussite commander Jan Žižka breathed his last breath near the castle in Přibysl...

It is the world’s most mysterious manuscript. A book, written by an unknown author, illustrated with...

A new era is about to begin in Eastern Europe. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone and m...

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to wor...

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apuli...