Inside the Medieval Mind
BBC4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 23 Apr
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Professor Robert Bartlett explores the complex passions of the Middle Ages, an era in which the Church preached hatred of the flesh and condemned women as the sinful heirs of Eve. Conversely, poetry of the same period celebrated love's heroes such as Lancelot and Guinevere, and songs regaling women as goddesses echoed across courtly walls
Ancient Apocalypse
BBC4 10:00pm-10:50pm (50 minutes) Tue 24 Apr
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Mystery of the Minoans Geologist Floyd McCoy offers an insight into the chaos caused by a massive volcanic eruption on the tiny Mediterranean island of Thera 3,500 years ago, and explores how this devastating event led to the collapse of the Minoan civilisation, which was based on the nearby island of Crete. First shown in 2001
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