S1E3:Destruction
Saints and Sinners: A Millennium of Monasteries
5 Mar 201559 minTV-PG
Contains Language. Suggestive Dialogue.
In the 15th century, 800 monasteries in England owned one-third of the nation's land. Many monks lived in luxury and were patrons of the finest art and architecture. Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how the immensely rich and powerful monasteries that had dominated British history and society were annihilated in less than five years with the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII.
