Opening Credits

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Introduction

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Fact 1 - The mystery of underground castles

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Fact 2 - The first guilds the beginnings of trade unionism

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Fact 3 - Cathedral builders and their advanced techniques

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Fact 4 - Architects innovate to withstand sieges

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Fact 5 - The beginnings and influence of printing in china

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Fact 6 - The blacksmith's trade, essential to villages

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Fact 7 - The first medieval universities and how they functioned

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Fact 8 - How were the warhorses prepared

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Fact 9 - Watchtowers, strategic defense posts

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Fact 10 - Chivalry a strict moral code or an unattainable ideal

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Fact 11 - Beliefs about ghosts and revenants

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Fact 12 - The development of spectacles in the middle ages

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Fact 13 - Personal hygiene items in the middle ages

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Fact 14 - Arab medicine influences health care in europe

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Fact 15 - Franchise charters and municipal freedoms

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Fact 16 - Matrimonial alliances to avoid wars

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Fact 17 - Why did knights wear gold spurs

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Fact 18 - Superstition about eclipses and diseases

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Fact 19 - Dungeons, ruthless but rare prisons

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Fact 20 - Fear of the apocalypse in medieval mindsets

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Fact 21 - The essential role of bread in medieval diets

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Fact 22 - Why did castles have moats

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Fact 23 - Ordalies judgments by fire or water

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Fact 24 - The great battles of the hundred years' war

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Fact 25 - Viking attacks on european coasts

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Fact 26 - Public baths and their role in community health

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Fact 27 - Medieval markets economic and social centers

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Fact 28 - Mercenaries and their role in conflicts

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Fact 29 - Punishment for thieves and robbers

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Fact 30 - The strategy behind castle sieges

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Fact 31 - The role of copyist monks in preserving knowledge

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Fact 32 - The hidden use of loopholes in thick walls

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Fact 33 - Were witches really persecuted in the middle ages

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Fact 34 - Carpenters, the pillars of medieval construction

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Fact 35 - Plate armor, a real headache for blacksmiths

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Fact 36 - The practices of barber surgeons

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Fact 37 - Sacred relics and their supposed power

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Fact 38 - Half timbered houses and their ingenious construction

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Fact 39 - The black death an unprecedented human catastrophe

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Fact 40 - Archers, a formidable long distance weapon

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Fact 41 - Fortified enclosures protecting city dwellers

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Fact 42 - Why did church steeples dominate villages

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Fact 43 - Erroneous beliefs about blood circulation

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Fact 44 - Why were trials often held in public

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Fact 45 - The first gunpowder weapons change battles

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Fact 46 - Beliefs about medicinal herbs

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Fact 47 - Honor codes dictate private vengeance

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Fact 48 - The development of glassmaking in cathedrals

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Fact 49 - Fortresses built during the crusades in the east

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Fact 50 - Great cathedrals, symbols of the power of cities

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Fact 51 - Apothecaries, forerunners of modern pharmacists

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Fact 52 - Soap making a step forward for hygiene

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Fact 53 - How luxurious were the banquet halls

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Fact 54 - Distillation, a key discovery for spirits and perfumes

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Fact 55 - Skirmishes between rival lords

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Fact 56 - Parchment making in monasteries

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Fact 57 - Siege weapons like the trebuchet

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Fact 58 - Street vendors and their risky routes

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Fact 59 - International trade fairs the crossroads of cultures and products

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Fact 60 - Medieval pilgrimages and their dangers

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Fact 61 - Ecclesiastical courts and their influence

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Fact 62 - Epidemics seen as divine punishment

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Fact 63 - Goldsmiths, masters of precision and beauty

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Fact 64 - Large halls places for political and social decision making

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Fact 65 - Executioners, a feared and despised profession

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Fact 66 - Glassmakers and their spectacular stained glass windows

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Fact 67 - The impregnable fortresses that resisted assault

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Fact 68 - Private chapels in lordly dungeons

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Fact 69 - Epidemics and their impact on densely populated cities

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Fact 70 - Why were the streets so narrow

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Fact 71 - Town criers the newspapers of the day

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Fact 72 - Was the moat still full of water

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Fact 73 - Agricultural advances thanks to the moldboard plow

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Fact 74 - Ranked battles, organized chaos

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Fact 75 - Exorcisms performed in monasteries

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Fact 76 - Public fountains, essential to urban life

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Fact 77 - Bakers and bread, the mainstay of our diet

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Fact 78 - Medicinal plants used to treat illnesses

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Fact 79 - Tanners, artisans whose work has little odor

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Fact 80 - Why did castles have drawbridges

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Fact 81 - Why were cemeteries always built near churches

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Fact 82 - Fines sometimes replace corporal punishment

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Fact 83 - Medieval physicians and their strange remedies

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Fact 84 - Intensive training of knights from childhood onwards

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Fact 85 - The fearsome weapons used by the crusaders

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Fact 86 - Mechanical clocks change the perception of time

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Fact 87 - Religious hospitals and their role in health care

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Fact 88 - How did farmers cope with long winters

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Fact 89 - Clothing by social class in the middle ages

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Fact 90 - The windmill, a practical and ecological invention

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Fact 91 - Trials of animals accused of crimes

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Fact 92 - Gallows on the outskirts of towns as warnings

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Fact 93 - The importance of gardens in monasteries

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Fact 94 - The crusades and their impact on european trade

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Fact 95 - Folk festivals and their wild dances

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Fact 96 - The templars, guardians of roads and treasures

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Fact 97 - Tournaments sporting spectacle or military training

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Fact 98 - The strict rules of seigneurial banquets

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Fact 99 - The unlikely remedies for plague and leprosy

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Fact 100 - The compass revolutionizes marine navigation

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Ending Credits

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