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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）。《北洋海军兴亡史》是由中国人民解放军海军出品的历史纪录片。影片全面翔实地记录了北洋海军建立发展及在甲午海战后全军覆没的历史。 1894，农历甲午年，中国北洋海军与日本联合舰队展开了饮血搏杀，北洋海军全军覆没。 回眸感伤，那是怎样的过去，它将如何告诉未来…… 千百年来，泱泱华夏恬然自安，1840年的一声炮响，惊醒了中华大地，撕开了被视为天堑的海疆，西洋人炮声隆隆，东洋人虎视眈眈，中国——怎么办？ 向西洋购舰购炮，问洋求学，装备一流的铁甲巨舰来了，官兵勤学苦练英姿勃发，大清王朝苦心经营的期望，一支龙旗飘扬的舰队正式成军，这开天辟地的新军究竟是支怎样的舰队呢？ 1882年7月，风云色变，朝鲜京城突发兵变，日本借公使馆遭袭，趁机派出陆海军前往仁川，企图登陆朝鲜，手握东亚制海权的北洋海军，将作出怎样的战略运用呢？ 颐和园的石坊船依然在静静的观望，昆明湖水也依然...。