In-depth history documentary exploring the social and economic conditions in Medieval Britain. This period of the Middle Ages saw regal splendor, agricultural change, and the signing of the Magna Carta—the great charter curbing King John's powers, including those of all future British monarchs thereafter.
This film also looks at the aftermath of the Black Death and the effects on the peasantry that saw a growing movement for emancipation, which would lead to anarchy with the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Medieval Britain also experienced almost continual warfare, such as the Hundred Years' War against France, most famous for the Battle of Agincourt led by King Henry V, and the Wars of the Roses, the bloodiest civil war and most turbulent period in England's history, with the most famous battle taking place at Bosworth Field, concluding with the death of King Richard III.
Filmed at a reconstructed medieval village, Dr. Martin Lowry, Dr. Robert Swanson, and Andrew Brown provide expert commentary and analysis on a time of great upheaval.
