Medieval Times Videos

When knights and castles served kings and queens, a feudal system employed peasants and vassals. Uneducated people used art to learn stories they could not read for themselves. This collection is about life in the Middle Ages.

As ships of the Spanish Armada continued to make their way east, in the English Channel, neither side had harmed the other.  Although two Spanish...

As an unfavorable wind began pushing Spanish ships toward the sand banks of Flanders, priests on board ship began hearing the sailors' last confession...

This video clips depicts stained-glass windows in the Gower Street United Church, located in St.

In 1347, when ships originating from the Black Sea arrived in Europe, the initial port of call was often Sicily.

In one of the earliest stories of biological warfare (perhaps true, perhaps legendary), the Mongols - attempting to conquer the city of Kaffa - are st...

WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS REENACTMENTS OF MEDIEVAL TIMES WHEN THE BLACK DEATH CLAIMED MILLIONS OF LIVES.

During the 14th century, when the plague struck Europe, even doctors were unsure what was happening.

While 300 people a day die in London, there are not enough places to bury the dead.

People sick with the plague died at the incredible rate of 600 per day.

Coughing was another way which spread the plague.

WARNING: PARTS OF THIS VIDEO CLIP CONTAIN UNSETTLING SCENES (AND DESCRIPTIONS) WHICH MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

Following a series of disasters in Europe - such as a colder climate, impacting crops, leading to insufficient food - a strange disease began to kill ...

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