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Oct 09, 2013
A documentary series of 3 episodes that explain the rituals and meaning in the lives of people and the church in the Middle Ages.
Oct 16, 2013
Because it was very easy to initiate by simply exchanging words of consent, marriage in the Middle Ages was simple to get into but extremely difficult to get out of. Try as it might to impose its order on the matrimonial free-for-all, the Church found it no easy matter to regulate the most unpredictable of human emotions, love and lust.
Oct 23, 2013
In the medieval world, death was always close at hand, for young and old, rich and poor alike. But rather than seeing death as an end, people thought of it as a doorway to everlasting life, and much of their time and effort in this life was spent getting ready for the next.
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Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death Season 1 (2013) is released on Oct 09, 2013. Watch Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death is directed by Lucy Swingler and created by Helen Castor with Helen Castor and Roberta Gilchrist. Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death is available online on Magellan TV and Amazon Video.