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Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. Part 1: Ruling by the Book Janina begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which are over a thousand years old and a royal family tree which is five metres long. Janina finds out about a king who had a reputation for chasing nuns and reads a book created as a wedding gift for a ten-year-old prince. She roams from Westminster Abbey to other ancient English spiritual sites such as Winchester, St Albans and Malmesbury, and sees for herself how animal skins can be transformed into the finest vellum. Part 2: What a King Should Know Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion, discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France. In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection Dr Ramirez finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. She also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopaedia. Part 3: Libraries Gave Us Power The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the magnificent courts of the Tudors. She investigates astrological texts created for Henry VII, and unwraps his will - still in its original, extravagantly-decorated velvet and gold cover. She hears music written for Henry VIII, which went unperformed for centuries| and reads love notes between the king and Anne Boleyn, written in the margins of a prayer book. Nina also visits Bruges, the source of many of the greatest manuscripts, where this medieval art form collided with the artistic innovations of the Renaissance. （转自mvgroup论坛）。曾经小有名气的画家拉斯·奥拉芬（Thure Lindhardt 饰）来到一处不知名小镇的艺术学校任教，似乎有意逃避曾经的风光，又似乎等待缪斯女神的再此眷顾。当地冷漠、突兀的人情让他一度无所适从，但是那个身材高大、沉默寡言同时有着较高艺术天赋的学生艾迪（Dylan Smith 饰）让拉斯些许找到了认同感。在校长的拜托下，拉斯同意接艾迪过来和自己居住。谁知当晚，拉斯目睹艾迪梦游出屋，生吃了小兔子。原来学校早已知情，为了留住艾迪背后的赞助源而隐瞒他的病情。与此同时，艾迪的乖张举止似乎激发了拉斯久违的创作灵感。 有人被吃没什么了不起，只要你能打扫干净……。
