Explores the lives of people from the Middle Ages, using historical re-enactments and dramatic footage to look at day-to-day life inside monasteries, discussing the various religious orders of the Middle Ages, and considering the participation of monks in the Crusades.
Explores the lives of people from the Middle Ages, using historical re-enactments and dramatic footage to look at the merchant class, with discussion of guilds, and the role of merchants in the building of towns and cathedrals.
Explains what serfs were and what it was like to be one in medieval Europe, covering the work they did, the holidays they celebrated, the lives of serfs' children, and the societal changes that gave members of this class more rights.
Looks at the organization of European societies in the Middle Ages, and examines the symbiotic relationships among the various ranks of nobles and serfs.
Traces the history of the Middle Ages, a period that stretched between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, using historical reenactments and dramatic footage to discuss the reign of Charlemagne, the Crusades, and the Black Death.
