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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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