- The intellectual forces at work in the Tudor era ensured it was a pivotal period for children's education. Historian Dr Helen Castor reveals how the life and education of Margaret More, daughter of Thomas More, tell a story of the transforming power of knowledge. As a child in Tudor England, and educated to an exceptio…
- Writer and historian Dr Helen Castor explores the life - and death - of Joan of Arc. Joan was an extraordinary figure - a female warrior in an age that believed women couldn't fight, let alone lead an army. But Joan was driven by faith, and today more than ever we are acutely aware of the power of faith to drive action…
- 历史学家和作家Helen Castor探索生活在欧洲中世纪的人们是如何对待一生中最重要的几个转折点:降生,婚姻,以及去世。Series in which historian and author Helen Castor explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life - …
- 【简介】中世纪和都铎王朝时期,人们对上帝造物的规律深信不疑,他们都深信:男人才可以统治天下,女人根本没这个能力。虽然艰难险阻重重叠叠,但是,中世纪和都铎王朝时代,依然有这么几个女人成功地统治了英格兰。历史学家海伦·卡斯特博士会给我们介绍七名女王,她们挑战了男性权威,激起了大众激烈的反抗情绪,我们一起来看看她们是否符合“…