Inside the Medieval Mind: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In Inside the Medieval Mind, one of the world's greatest authorities on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrews University, investigates the intellectual landscape of the medieval world. In this series he opens up the often surprising discontinuities and similarities between the medieval age and our own as he remarks: "In many ways these were people very much like us, in terms of family, ambitions for children and the world of emotions. On the other hand, they inhabited a very different world, in which it was believed the dead visited the living, and where somewhere there lived a race of people with the heads of dogs." The series comprises four one hour programmes, each on a different aspect of medieval thinking: Belief; Sex; Power; Knowledge. During the series he visits numerous medieval locations, from Westminster Abbey to Pluscarden Abbey near Inverness, with wide use of readings from original medieval sources.

Series details

• Title: Inside the Medieval Mind
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2008-04-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-05-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Four
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 47431
• IMDb ID: tt1245423
• TVDB ID: 83175

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Bartlett — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-04-17; final listed air date 2008-05-08; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

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