The Time Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England

The Time Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England

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In a lavish and ground-breaking way of exploring history, Dr. Ian Mortimer looks back at the time of Queen Elizabeth I and explores the lives of the rich and poor. How did the peasantry survive? How did the privileged become and then stay rich? And what changes were occurring for all? Take a journey through the Golden Age of English history with this unique Tudor history documentary.
IMDb 8.1/1020131 season
DocumentarySpecial InterestSmart
DocumentarySpecial InterestSmart
IMDb 8.1/1020131 season
Cast: Ian Mortimer
13+
Season 1
3 episodes

  • 1. Part 1: The Common People

    1. Part 1: The Common People

    Although most people have images of courtiers with fine clothes in lavish palaces, the reality was that most people during Queen Elizabeth's I's reign were poor. In this fascinating history documentary, Dr. Ian Mortimer looks at those struggling during the Golden Age of English history. What is it like to live in a dark, dank, smoke-filled hovel where peasants could earn only fourpence a day?
    Although most people have images of courtiers with fine clothes in lavish palaces, the reality was that most people during Queen Elizabeth's I's reign were poor. In this fascinating history documentary, Dr. Ian Mortimer looks at those struggling during the Golden Age of English history. What is it like to live in a dark, dank, smoke-filled hovel where peasants could earn only fourpence a day?
    13+
    53min
    May 29, 2013

  • 2. Part 2: The Rich

    2. Part 2: The Rich

    With the Elizabethan elite, ruff size mattered, and the wrong word could get you killed.
    With the Elizabethan elite, ruff size mattered, and the wrong word could get you killed.
    13+
    52min
    May 29, 2013

  • 3. Part 3: Brave New World

    3. Part 3: Brave New World

    How education, urbanization and science helped a burgeoning Elizabethan middle class.
    How education, urbanization and science helped a burgeoning Elizabethan middle class.
    NR
    51min
    May 29, 2013
    • The Time Traveller's Guide To Elizabethan England
    DocumentarySpecial InterestSmart
    IMDb 8.1/1020131 season
    In a lavish and ground-breaking way of exploring history, Dr. Ian Mortimer looks back at the time of Queen Elizabeth I and explores the lives of the rich and poor. How did the peasantry survive? How did the privileged become and then stay rich? And what changes were occurring for all? Take a journey through the Golden Age of English history with this unique Tudor history documentary.
    Creators and Cast
    Directors
    James Gray
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    BBC
    Cast
    Ian Mortimer
    Studio
    360 Productions
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    Content advisory
    13+
    violencesexual contentFlashing lights and strobing patterns might affect photosensitive viewers
    Audio languages
    English
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
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