Depicts life in a medieval town from the point of view of a young serf. Explains the influence of trade and the role of the merchant and craft guilds in the rise of towns in Europe
Los Dos Príncipes, encarcelados y presuntamente asesinados en la Torre Sangrienta dentro de la Torre de Londres por Ricardo III. La historia cuenta cómo supuestamente regresaron para rondar la Torre y con los guardias y los reclusos comenzando a morir en circunstancias horribles, queda claro que los Dos Príncipes buscan venganza. Una escalofriante historia de fantasmas basada en el famoso misterio.
It's one of the darkest murder mysteries in British history: did Richard III really kill his nephews in order to make himself king? Is he the greatest villain in English history, or the victim of centuries of grotesquely unfair Tudor propaganda? On the eve of Richard's reburial at Leicester Cathedral, this drama documentary assembles a stellar cast of experts, including David Starkey and Philippa Gregory, to examine all the available evidence. As it plays out the possibilities and tests the competing theories, it endeavors to get to the bottom, once and for all, of what really happened to the princes in the Tower. Is this a tale of naked ambition, cold pragmatism and bloody murder?
In medieval England, Merlin and King Arthur banish the evil enchantress Morgana and her son Mordred to the ends of the universe as Morgana vows revenge. In present day, Knights descendant Penn doesn't take much stock in the legends of his supposed ancestors, even as the descendants meet in Thailand to practice fighting. But when Morgana and her son return to earth, armed with alien technology and hell-bent on destroying every last descendant of King Arthur and his knights, Penn must to come to terms with who he was born to be, and bring together the new Knights of the Round Table to save themselves and the earth from Morgana's total vengeance.
Roberta is a low-budget movie director dealing with numerous problems on the set of her current production. When she is accidently hit on the head, she is knocked unconscious and dreams of living in Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest.
In Medieval England, a sadistic duke plots to kill off all the heirs to the throne so he can claim the crown for himself.
Una nave de la NASA demuestra que Einstein tenía razón cuando, viajando a mayor velocidad que la luz, aterriza en Camelot, el reino del Rey Arturo. A bordo van el bondadoso Tom Trimble y el robot Hermes. Tom hace rapidamente amigos, como la bonita Alisandre y enemigos, como el horrible Sir Nordred. Nordred está intentando derrocar a Arturo, mientras tanto, el padre de Alisandre no resulta ser la gallina que ella creía que era..... en ese momento llegan los americanos.
Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-year-old scroll was written during the reign of King Richard II from recipes created by the king's master chefs. How did this ancient manuscript influence the way people eat today? On her culinary journey through medieval history she reawakens recipes that have lain dormant for centuries and discovers dishes that are still prepared now.
Para salvar a un poblado medieval de la peste negra, un niño visionario encabeza, junto a cinco hombres, un viaje ingenuo y fantástico a través del centro de la Tierra hasta llegar, desde la Inglaterra del siglo XIV donde se encuentran, a la Nueva Zelanda del siglo XX.
Año 1290. En el pueblo medieval inglés de Stonebridge, Lady Catherine (conocida como Birdy) es la hija menor de Lord Rollo y Lady Aislinn. Su patio de recreo es la Mansión Stonebridge, una casa que, al igual que la familia, ha visto días mejores. Con una economía precaria y al mismo tiempo una codicia total, Rollo ve en su hija la solución para salir de la ruina económica casándola con un hombre rico a cambio de dinero y tierras. Pero Birdy, como todas las grandes heroínas adolescentes, es enérgica, inteligente y aventurera, y está dispuesta a rechazar a cualquier pretendiente de maneras cada vez más ingeniosas. Su imaginación, su rebeldía y su profunda creencia en su propio derecho a la independencia la llevan a chocar con sus padres. Cuando llega el pretendiente más malvado de todos, los padres de Birdy deberán superar la máxima prueba de amor hacia su hija.
Inglaterra, siglo XIV. El rey Eduardo II se enamora de Piers Gaveston, un joven de origen humilde, a quien honra con favores y títulos de nobleza. La fría y celosa reina Isabella conspira con el malvado Mortimer para deshacerse de Gaveston, derrocar a su marido y tomar el poder…
His opponents accused him of being homosexual. The male favorites he gathered around him during his short life gave those malevolent enemies solid arguments to do so. He would not have failed if he had proved himself to be an energetic king. But Edward II of England (1284-1327) never was a king like Edward I Longshanks, his father, or Edward III, his son, were. And his end is shrouded in myth and mystery.
Inglaterra, siglo XV. Hal, un caprichoso príncipe que vive entre la población lejos de la corte, se ve obligado por las circunstancias a aceptar el trono a regañadientes y convertirse en Enrique V.
Ambientada en el siglo XI en Inglaterra, narra la historia de Rob Cole, un joven que se queda huérfano, tras morir su madre por una extraña enfermedad. Decidido a convertirse en médico por la tragedia sufrida, el joven decide ir a Persia a estudiar medicina a las órdenes del sabio doctor Ibn Sina.
Shot live from the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this presentation of the 1980 Broadway revival of the beloved Lerner & Loewe classic follows King Arthur, who founds the kingdom of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Their goal: fight for justice and right, but Arthur only sees his ideal crumble when his wife Guenevere falls in love with his favorite knight, Sir Lancelot.