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Medieval Lives Birth Marriage Death

Season 1
Helen Castor explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life Birth marriage and death In doing so she reveals how people in the medieval world thought and what they believed in For the people of the Middle Ages the teachings of the Catholic Church shaped thoughts and beliefs across the whole of Western Europe But by the end of the Middle Ages
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  1. S1 E2 - A Good Marriage
    59min
    TV-PG
    Unlike birth and death which are inescapable facts of life marriage is rite of passage made by choice In the Middle Ages it wasnt just a choice made by bride and groom as they were often the last pieces in a puzzle Betrothals were put together by the parents with help from their family and friends according to rules laid down by the Church
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