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S01E03 - "Libraries Gave Us Power"
Aired on Jan 23, 2012, 9:00 PM
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E1
Ruling by the Book
In the British Library, Dr. Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts of the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England.
Jan 9, 2012
60 min
E2
What a King Should Know
Dr. Janina Ramirez shows how medieval illuminated manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion.
Jan 16, 2012
60 min
E3
Libraries Gave Us Power
The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the courts of the Tudors.
Jan 23, 2012
60 min
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