Spain, 1519. Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator in the service of King Charles I, undertakes, at the command of five ships, a commercial expedition to the Moluccas. The story of the first circumnavigation of the world, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522.
This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Amer...
Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their...
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...
The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business succ...
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic pr...
Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold",...
After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent ...
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as a...
Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and B...
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, ...
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endle...
Thomas Cromwell has gone down in history as one of the most corrupt and manipulative ruffians ever t...
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in...
Crown of Castile, 1520. The Comuneros rise up against Charles I, king of Castile and Aragon and empe...
An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes viol...
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak ...
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunat...
With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James...
Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. ...