TV Shows/Art That Made Us/Season 1/S01E02

S01E02 – Revolution of the Dead

S01E02

14 Apr 202259 min

Revolution of the Dead

Art That Made Us – Season 1

Episode two traces an alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages. From the chaos of the Black Death comes creative renewal; survivors finding their voice through satire and a revived literature in English, including breakthrough works by women, and through new craft in cathedral building and stained glass.

Cast

David Threlfall

David Threlfall

Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016

Sarah Maple

Self - Artist

Clare Lees

Self - Prof. of Medieval Literature

Bobby Mills

Self - Prof. of Medieval Studies

Jonathan Sumption

Jonathan Sumption

Self - Historian

Shazia Jagot

Self - Lecturer in Medieval and Global Literature

Anna Morris

Self - Writer, Actrice & Comedian

Tom Chivers

Self - Writer & Producer

Chris Levine

Self - Artist & Photographer

Gabriele Finaldi

Self - Director, The National Gallery