Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings - Season 1 Episode 1 Ruling by the Book
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Dr Janina Ramirez begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which are over a thousand years old and a royal family tree which is five metres long. Janina finds out about a king who had a reputation for chasing nuns and reads a book created as a wedding gift for a ten-year-old prince. She roams from Westminster Abbey to other ancient English spiritual sites such as Winchester, St Albans and Malmesbury, and sees for herself how animal skins can be transformed into the finest vellum.
- Title: Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
- Year: 2012
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: United Kingdom
- Studio: BBC Four
- Director:
- Cast: Jeremy Ashbee, Janina Ramirez, Scot McKendrick
- Crew: Graham Johnston (Director), Scot McKendrick (Researcher), Adam Barker (Executive Producer), Susan Jones (Executive Producer), Nicolas Kent (Executive Producer), Caroline Walsh (Producer's Assistant)
- Keyword: british history
- Runtime: 48 minutes
- IMDb: 5.00 / 10 by 2 users
- Popularity: 4.093
- First Air Date: Jan 09, 2012
- Last Air date: Jan 23, 2012
- Season: 1 Season
- Episode: 3 Episode
- Language: English, French
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