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Another nice BBC documentary, this time on the Dark Ages. Waldemar Januszczak shows that this period wasn’t just a gloomy and backward one. Because there are so few written sources from this period, the main focus lies on art, and how society is reflected therein. Episode 1: The Clash of... Read full history →

The Cold War is the defining event of the 20th century and shaped our world. Many major crisis all over the globe find their roots in this struggle between the West and the Soviet Union. This documentary explains the origins and course of this conflict. Starting at the beginning of... Read full history →

The Cold War is the defining event of the 20th century and shaped our world. Many major crisis all over the globe find their roots in this struggle between the West and the Soviet Union. This documentary explains the origins and course of this conflict. Starting at the beginning of... Read full history →

Another great documentary by Bettany Hughes.This time, Hughes examines the historical role of women in religion. Nowadays, most religions are purely man-oriented. But there was a time when women solely ruled the spiritual world. Hughes shows this long-forgotten world of female goddesses and how the introduction of male Gods coincided... Read full history →

The Wars of the Roses raged through England from 1455 to 1487. In fact it was a war inside one family, that of the house of Plantaget. In the end, Henry Tudor (Henry VII) prevailed. These series portray the women of this family and how the influenced the war. They... Read full history →

The Wars of the Roses raged through England from 1455 to 1487. In fact it was a war inside one family, that of the house of Plantaget. In the end, Henry Tudor (Henry VII) prevailed. These series portray the women of this family and how the influenced the war. They... Read full history →

The Cold War is the defining event of the 20th century and shaped our world. Many major crisis all over the globe find their roots in this struggle between the West and the Soviet Union. This documentary explains the origins and course of this conflict. Starting at the beginning of... Read full history →

The Wars of the Roses raged through England from 1455 to 1487. In fact it was a war inside one family, that of the house of Plantaget. In the end, Henry Tudor (Henry VII) prevailed. These series portray the women of this family and how the influenced the war. They... Read full history →