One of the world's greatest authorities on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrew's University, investigates the intellectual landscape of the medieval world. 　　In the first programme, Knowledge, he explores the way medieval man understood the world - as a place of mystery, even enchantment. The world was a book written by God. But as the Middle Ages grew to a close, it became a place to be mastered, even exploited. 　　In Sex, he unearths remarkable evidence of the complex passions of medieval men and women. The Church preached hatred of the flesh, promoted the cult of virginity and condemned woman as the sinful heir to Eve. Yet this was the era that gave birth to the idea of romantic, or 'courtly' love. 　　In Belief, the supernatural comes under the spotlight. The medieval dead shared the world with the living: the cult of the saints, encounters with the dead, and visions of the next world were all seen as proof of a two-way traffic between this world and the next. 　　In the final programme, Power, Professor Bartlett lays bare the brutal framework of the medieval class system. Inequality was a part of the natural order: the life of serfs was little better than those of animals, while the knight's code of chivalry was based more on caste solidarity than morality. The class you were born into determined who you were.

One of the world's greatest authorities on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrew's University, investigates the intellectual landscape of the medieval world. 　　In the first programme, Knowledge, he explores the way medieval man understood the world - as a place of mystery, even enchantment. The world was a book written by God. But as the Middle Ages grew to a close, it became a place to be mastered, even exploited. 　　In Sex, he unearths remarkable evidence of the complex passions of medieval men and women. The Church preached hatred of the flesh, promoted the cult of virginity and condemned woman as the sinful heir to Eve. Yet this was the era that gave birth to the idea of romantic, or 'courtly' love. 　　In Belief, the supernatural comes under the spotlight. The medieval dead shared the world with the living: the cult of the saints, encounters with the dead, and visions of the next world were all seen as proof of a two-way traffic between this world and the next. 　　In the final programme, Power, Professor Bartlett lays bare the brutal framework of the medieval class system. Inequality was a part of the natural order: the life of serfs was little better than those of animals, while the knight's code of chivalry was based more on caste solidarity than morality. The class you were born into determined who you were.

《汉代风云人物》是根据易中天在央视《百家讲坛》的讲稿整理而成的。西汉前期是一个英雄和人才辈出的时代。正是这些一代又一代的英雄和人才，辅佐高、惠、文、景数代皇帝，开天辟地，建功立业，最后帮助武帝造就了辉煌盛世。但是，这些功臣大多遭遇悲惨，这在历史上留下了一个又一个谜团。易中天用通俗的形式解读这些历史之谜，包括晁错之死与削藩、袁盎之死与士、窦婴之死与外戚、韩信被杀之谜。此外，作者还对刘邦的崛起和成功之谜进行了解读。从这些解读中，读者可以明晰汉代政治运作的奥秘。汉代政治演变中，易中天没有能够分析东西汉几种主要的力量导致的政治危机，从而形成危机导致的改变。其中，外部竞争、内部后权、重臣、皇子、太监、天灾等危机以及皇帝寿命危机等导致的汉代政治危机。 　　目录： 　　第一讲 晁错（上） 　　第二讲 晁错（下） 　　第三讲 袁盎与士 　　第四讲 窦婴与外戚 　　第五讲 韩信被杀之谜 　　第六讲 韩信身世之谜 　　第七讲 韩信功过之谜 　　第八讲 韩信成败之谜 　　第九讲 刘邦崛起之谜 　　第十讲 刘邦胜利之谜 　　第十一讲 刘邦用人之谜 　　第十二讲 刘邦对手之谜

《汉代风云人物》是根据易中天在央视《百家讲坛》的讲稿整理而成的。西汉前期是一个英雄和人才辈出的时代。正是这些一代又一代的英雄和人才，辅佐高、惠、文、景数代皇帝，开天辟地，建功立业，最后帮助武帝造就了辉煌盛世。但是，这些功臣大多遭遇悲惨，这在历史上留下了一个又一个谜团。易中天用通俗的形式解读这些历史之谜，包括晁错之死与削藩、袁盎之死与士、窦婴之死与外戚、韩信被杀之谜。此外，作者还对刘邦的崛起和成功之谜进行了解读。从这些解读中，读者可以明晰汉代政治运作的奥秘。汉代政治演变中，易中天没有能够分析东西汉几种主要的力量导致的政治危机，从而形成危机导致的改变。其中，外部竞争、内部后权、重臣、皇子、太监、天灾等危机以及皇帝寿命危机等导致的汉代政治危机。 　　目录： 　　第一讲 晁错（上） 　　第二讲 晁错（下） 　　第三讲 袁盎与士 　　第四讲 窦婴与外戚 　　第五讲 韩信被杀之谜 　　第六讲 韩信身世之谜 　　第七讲 韩信功过之谜 　　第八讲 韩信成败之谜 　　第九讲 刘邦崛起之谜 　　第十讲 刘邦胜利之谜 　　第十一讲 刘邦用人之谜 　　第十二讲 刘邦对手之谜