Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries (2015)

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Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

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Origin: GB

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Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a story of faith, sacrifice, violence and corruption.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 19, 2015
Network: BBC Four
Studio: BBC

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2 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Janina Ramirez

Self - Presenter

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20151 Season8.0

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Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a story of faith, sacrifice, violence and corruption.

Where to watch

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Britbox Apple TV channel

BBC Select Apple Tv channel

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E1 · Airs Feb 19, 2015 · ★ 7.0
Pagans to Vikings
Dr Janina Ramirez explores how monasteries evolved from a cult of extreme isolation and self-deprivation into powerhouses of Anglo-Saxon art, industry and learning. Janina begins her journey on the desolate rock of Skellig St Michael off the east coast of Ireland, home to the oldest surviving monastery in the British Isles. Monasteries such as Lindisfarne and Whitby became beacons of civilisation and literature in the barbaric Anglo-Saxon world, creating wondrous works of art including the Lindisfarne Gospels and St Cuthbert's pectoral cross. They transform the culture and landscape of England, until they too were destroyed by a new wave of barbarian invaders
E2 · Airs Feb 26, 2015 · ★ 7.0
From the Vikings to the 15th Century
The golden age of the British monastery was during the medieval period, when monks transformed British society and rose to a position of immense power. Fighting back after centuries of defeat and neglect, a wave of new monasteries spread across the nation, with over 500 British monastic houses established by the 14th century. Far from the inward-looking recluses of legend, monks were exceptionally creative, and became pioneers in the fields of medicine, science, scholarship, industry, farming, art and music. They didn't turn their back on the medieval world, but helped transform it. Yet as the monasteries mingled with the world outside their cloisters they began to take on its corruption
E3 · Airs Mar 5, 2015 · ★ 7.0
Secular Society
Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how the immensely rich and powerful monasteries, that had dominated British society for a thousand years, were annihilated in less than five years. In the 15th century, eight hundred monasteries in England owned one third of the nation's land. Many monks were living in palatial monasteries and were patrons of the finest art and architecture. Janina then traces the story of the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. Although not a single monastery survived the systematic liquidation, Janina shows the lasting impact Britain's millennium of monasteries had on our society and culture.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Feb 19, 2015
Network: BBC Four
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

2 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Janina Ramirez

Self - Presenter

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