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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）。杨门女将忠烈英勇，保家卫国列阵抗敌！ 杨氏三代男丁均为宋朝猛将，但多战死于西夏人手中。杨宗保（夏雨）为国牺牲，其妻穆桂英（汪明荃）继承其功业，奋勇抗敌，更训练儿子文广（冯宝宝）成为大将。 少侠江上风（石修）因拯救文广而认识了桂英。上风对桂英一往情深，后居于杨府，成为文广之师傅。在桂英率领下，一班女将代替男将上战场。杨门女将日益强大，成为对抗西夏之主要大军。 西夏王派遣大太子（关聪）及五公主（杨盼盼）到中国边界侵扰。当大太子及五公主与杨门成员发展感情后，情况更形复杂。国家与感情之间，杨门豪杰会如何抉择？究竟杨家能否挥军退敌、定国安邦？。
