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Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how the immensely rich and powerful monasteries that had dominated British society for 1,000 years were annihilated in less than five years. Show more

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