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Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries - Season 1 - Episode 3 - Dissolution
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Watch Series: Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries Released in (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 3 ,airing date 2015-03-05 produced by UK, The TV Series categorized in Documentary, and content rating PG with duration 60 min broadcasted as these networks BBC Four, Streamed at Putlocker In the final episode of the series, 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 examines monastery kitchen records and the bones of a medieval monk to discover the truth behind accusations of monastic gluttony and vice. She also explores how the arrival of the printing press put paid to the monasteries' monopoly of publishing and education.
Janina then traces the story of the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. She explores whether the dissolution was the violent action of a greedy and overbearing monarch or if it was the inevitable 'end of days' for a rotten and outmoded institution.
Episode: 3
Runtime: 60
Date Modified: 2018-04-19 09:45:59
Air Date: 2015-03-05
Year Released: 2015
Rating: 8 out of 10
Content Rating: PG
Views: 79
Quality: HD
Networks:
BBC Four,
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