哈布斯堡家族发源于瑞士北部的阿尔高州，并在1020年筑起鹰堡，名为哈布斯堡，并逐渐将势力扩展到莱茵河西岸流域。1273年，哈布斯堡公爵鲁道夫一世当选德意志国王（但未加冕为皇帝）。1282年12月27日鲁道夫一世夺取被波希米亚国王奥托卡二世占有的奥地利与施蒂利希公国，旋即分封于自己的两个儿子阿尔布雷希特与鲁道夫，自此奥地利划归哈布斯堡皇室拥有长达600余年。 　　鲁道夫一世1291年逝世后，拿骚家族的阿道夫被选举为国王，但因其与英国结盟很快遭到厌弃，鲁道夫一世之子阿尔布雷希特被选为对立国王，并在1298年击败阿道夫，正式登基。1308年，阿尔布雷希特一世被自己的侄子士瓦本的约翰杀害，自此后虽然阿尔布雷希特的次子腓特烈曾被选举为对立国王，并与巴伐利亚的路德维希四世共治，然而其后的100年间哈布斯堡家族的势力开始退缩到以奥地利为主的家族领地，并把南阿尔萨斯、布赖施高（Breisgau）和帝国内的其他一些领地陆续划入治下。14世纪期间，新成立的瑞士联邦不断向德国南部扩张，导致哈布斯堡家族失去祖先建立的鹰堡。自此，哈布斯堡王朝的基地正式由瑞士南部的鹰堡，转移到下奥地利的维也纳，哈布斯堡家族也被称为奥地利家族。

《寻路者》讲述了三名高中生误打误撞被传送到一个残酷的中世纪世界的故事。他们与陷入内战的一群意想不到的伙伴们结伴而行，这些青少年一边为生存而战，一边寻找回家的路。

The Wayfinders follows three highschoolers mistakenly transported to a brutal medieval world. Falling in with unlikely comrades caught in a civil war, the teens fight for survival as they search for a way back home.

马修·古迪加盟历史动作片[中世纪]。本片由捷克导演彼得·雅克尔([食尸鬼])自编自导，卡司还有本·福斯特、蒂尔·施威格、迈克尔·凯恩。故事聚焦14世纪…

Plot unknown. Described as 'The Magnificent Seven' set in the Middle Ages.

Plot unknown. Described as 'The Magnificent Seven' set in the Middle Ages.

主持人将逐一介绍中世纪各种社会阶层的原型－骑士，农民，闺秀，僧侣，歹徒，君王，商人以及哲学家。在片子中将到访这些人曾经生活过的一些有代表性的地点，重新构建他们曾经生活过的世界，因此观众朋友将看到一大群鲜活的生活在中世纪的人。制作人通过运用现代化彩色的手段，展现给观众朋友许多发生在中世纪时的种种传说与故事。

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.

Medievalist Dr Stephen Baxter takes a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children. At a time when half the population was under eighteen he argues that, although they had to grow up quickly and take on adult responsibility early, the experience of childhood could also be richly rewarding. Focusing on the three pillars of medieval society - religion, war and work - Baxter reveals how children played a vital role in creating the medieval world. （转自BBC的4台该节目官网）