In Inside the Medieval Mind, Professor Robert Bartlett, renowned for his expertise on the Middle Ages at St Andrews University, explores the intellectual landscape of this era. He highlights both the surprising continuities and discontinuities between the medieval world and our own, noting similarities in family structures and aspirations for children but contrasting them with a different worldview where it was believed that the dead visited living souls. The series delves into four key areas: Belief, Sex, Power, and Knowledge, each narrated by Professor Bartlett as he visits various medieval sites, including Westminster Abbey and Pluscarden Abbey near Inverness.
Aired: Apr 17, 2008In the next episode, historian Robert Bartlett explores how medieval society ...
