The Middle Ages – the most controversial
millennium in the history of mankind! This
is the world of valiant knights and fair
ladies, mighty kings and their loyal vassals,
wandering poets and mendicant monks,
grandiose castles and Gothic cathedrals.
And at the same time, this is a gloomy and
dark period, when epidemics and famine
raged and ignorance and cruelty reigned
everywhere. Let’s go visit a monastery and
a castle, a noisy city square and a university.
We’ll sit at the dinner table with lords
and peasants, see how artisans work and
where the merchants rush, join the ranks
of pilgrims and crusaders. We’ll see how the
map of Europe changed, how states arose
and collapsed, how dynasties came and
went. We will find out what the medieval
man himself was like: what he was afraid
of and what he believed in. On this journey,
you see the Middle Ages in all their glory!