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Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

4.5 IMDb tt2171629 2012 Documentary

Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection.

Cast

Jeremy Ashbee

Janina Ramirez

Scot McKendrick

Ruling by the Book Dr Janina Ramirez begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books…

What a King Should Know Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of…

Libraries Gave Us Power The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of…

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