The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

Season

2012

UK

7.9

Christianity slowly emerged from being a persecuted minority to the state religion of the Roman Empire. This episode is a history of the ways believers grappled with a way to depict Jesus. Simple symbolic meaning developed into splendid art and churches.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Clash of the Gods

Series of 4 episodes 1 The Clash of the Gods - How Christianity emerged during the third century of the Roman Empire as an artistic force.

S1 • E2

What the Barbarians Did for Us

Although they are blamed for the fall of Rome, the barbarians were more than just fearsome warriors. Converted to Christianity in the fourth century, the Vandals, Goths, and Huns went on to produce some of the greatest artistic and architectural achievements of the Dark Ages.

S1 • E3

The Wonder of Islam

To the south and east of Christendom, the new religion of Islam spread from its Arabian birthplace throughout the Middle East, across North Africa, and into Spain. As it did so, Islam imparted its own distinctive forms of architecture, ways to gaze at the stars, and art designed to depict the wonders of paradise.

S1 • E4

The Men of the North

Across the waters of the North Sea, the Vikings launched raids on the coasts of Britain and Ireland, targeting monasteries like Lindisfarne, where monks produced illuminated manuscripts of breathtaking beauty. Yet the Vikings who terrorized Dark Age Europe spent as much time creating their own stunning artwork as they did stealing it from others.

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The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

Season

2012

UK

7.9

Episode List

The Clash of the Gods

What the Barbarians Did for Us

The Wonder of Islam

The Men of the North

Similar Titles

The Normans

Barbarians

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

Treasures of Ancient Rome

A History Of Christianity

Cast

Waldemar Januszczak

Shaun Greenhalgh

The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

Season

2012

UK

7.9

Episode List

The Clash of the Gods

What the Barbarians Did for Us

The Wonder of Islam

The Men of the North

Similar Titles

The Normans

Barbarians

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

Treasures of Ancient Rome

A History Of Christianity

Cast

Waldemar Januszczak

Shaun Greenhalgh