Medievalists.net » BBC http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 BBC show on The Private Lives Of The Medieval Kings to begin airing next week http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/04/bbc-show-on-the-private-lives-of-the-medieval-kings-to-begin-airing-next-week/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/04/bbc-show-on-the-private-lives-of-the-medieval-kings-to-begin-airing-next-week/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:55:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28366 In Illuminations: The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings BBC Four will tell the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library’s Royal Manuscripts collection which contains some of the most priceless documents in the country's history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/04/bbc-show-on-the-private-lives-of-the-medieval-kings-to-begin-airing-next-week/feed/ 0 British Library hosts Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/british-library-hosts-royal-manuscripts-the-genius-of-illumination/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/british-library-hosts-royal-manuscripts-the-genius-of-illumination/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:33:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24490 Beginning on November 11th, the British Library will be hosting a new exhibition entitled Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination. It is the Library’s first major exhibition to bring together the its Royal collection, a treasure trove of illuminated manuscripts collected by the kings and queens of England between the 9th and 16th centuries. Curated […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/british-library-hosts-royal-manuscripts-the-genius-of-illumination/feed/ 0 In Our Time: The Medieval University http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/19/in-our-time-the-medieval-university/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/19/in-our-time-the-medieval-university/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:32:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24285 In Our Time: The Medieval University BBC Radio 4 First Broadcast March 2011 In the 11th and 12th centuries a new type of institution started to appear in the major cities of Europe. The first universities were those of Bologna and Paris; within a hundred years similar educational organisations were springing up all over the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/19/in-our-time-the-medieval-university/feed/ 0 July issue of BBC History Magazine features the Crusades http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/july-issue-of-bbc-history-magazine-features-the-crusades/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/july-issue-of-bbc-history-magazine-features-the-crusades/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:40:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23344 BBC History Magazine, a leading monthly periodical on all things history, features an article about the Crusades and Christian-Muslim medieval interaction. “Traders and Crusaders”, by Thomas Asbridge of Queen Mary University of London, examines how relations between Europe and the Islamic Middle East “were about more than war and hatred.” The article focuses on the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/july-issue-of-bbc-history-magazine-features-the-crusades/feed/ 0 The Viking Sagas to be aired on BBC 4 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/09/the-viking-sagas-to-be-aired-on-bbc-4/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/09/the-viking-sagas-to-be-aired-on-bbc-4/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 20:21:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20642 The BBC will be airing a show examining Iceland’s medieval history this week. The Viking Sagas will first be see on Tuesday, May 10th, and is one of a number of programs being shown this week related to Iceland and its culture. In a press release, the BBC describes the show: Hundreds of years ago […]

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