Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries - Season 1 Episode 3 Secular Society

Name: Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Genre: Documentary
Released: 05 Mar 2015
Rating: 8.00
Cast: Janina Ramirez

2015-03-05 United Kingdom 48 minutes.

8.00 1 votes

Documentary religion british history

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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Feb 19, 2015

1 - 1

Pagans to Vikings Feb 19, 2015
1 - 2

From the Vikings to the 15th Century Feb 26, 2015
1 - 3

Secular Society Mar 05, 2015

Overview

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.

Year 2015

Studio BBC Four

Director

Crew Mark Bell (Executive Producer), Kathryn Ellinger (Producer's Assistant), Susan Jones (Executive Producer), Nicolas Kent (Executive Producer), Ted White (Development Producer), Nick Tanner (Producer)

Popularity 0.7372

Language English