Episodes
Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Plantagenet Canterbury (Blaze Friday May 5, 2023)
Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Plantagenet Canterbury airs Friday May 5, 2023 on Blaze.
In order to learn more about the reign of the powerful Plantagenet family from 1154 to 1485, Alice Roberts travels to Canterbury. She learns the dark history of the city’s cathedral, a seat of clerical authority and the setting for the shocking assassination of Thomas Becket. She learns of the Black Death’s lingering effects and participates in a modern-day pilgrimage while dressed in period garb. Drone archaeologist Ben Robinson shows how the city’s landscape is dominated by ancient religious buildings.
Season 2 Episode 5
Professor Alice Roberts takes a fresh approach to the study of British history in this book by focusing on the histories of the country’s many cities and towns. Each episode focuses on a different tumultuous time in history, and Alice learns about it by investigating a historic town that serves as a microcosm of that time. Each episode culminates with state-of-the-art CGI showing the entire historic town in its former glory.
Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Plantagenet Canterbury airs Friday May 5, 2023 at 8.00pm on Blaze
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