next, we are off to canterbury cathedral in south—east england, where research has been taking placed—famous stained glass. it has been thought that the earliest of this glorious glass dates back to 1176, but could this new fact—finding mission reveals some surprising results? canterbury cathedral is one of the most important places of worship in england and it is where archbishop thomas becket was brutally murdered in 1170, by supporters of king henry ii. for hundreds of years, it has attracted visitors from all over the world and one of his biggest draws has been its stunning stained glass. there is a magic about it. it changes all the time, with the light. 0ur wonderful early mediaeval stained glass windows were made by the superstars of their time, and they are truly some of the best in the world. behind the creation of these mediaeval masterpieces was the sophisticated and international artistic trade. most of the glass in the early and high middle ages was made in what is now northern france and southern belgium, that sort of region. they would make sheets of glass and then pac

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next, we are off to canterbury cathedral in south—east england where research has been taking place onas maintaining and restoring the glass, leone�*s team carry out research. a detective story combined with archaeology. these are historical documents. they obviously tell us about how people in the middle ages experienced their world. this panel here shows us the scene of the execution of eilward of westoning. and it�*s all depicted in great, graphic detail. this is a guy who�*s had had his eyes gouged out and his testicles removed. it�*s really, really evocative of the scene. you can nearly hear him scream. but for over 30 years, there�*s been an unsolved mystery over the cathedral�*s most famous windows, the ancestors of christ. we thought that the earliest of those dated to about 1176 but in the 19805, a wonderful art historian, called madeline caviness, suspected these figures were much older. she thought at the time that nobody would ever be able to prove it. she was just going from a stylistic analysis. a team from university college london have been analysing some of the ancesto

next, we're off to canterbury cathedral in the south—east england where research has been taking place some surprising results? canterbury cathedral is one of the most important places of worship in england and it's where archbishop thomas beckett was brutally murdered in 1870 by supporters of king henry ii. it's attracted visitors from all over the world and one of his biggest draws has been its stunning stained glass. there's a magic about it. it changes all the time, with the light. it's a wonderful early mediaeval stained glass windows were made by the superstars of that time and if they are truly some of the best in the world. i'm preparing to paint the face of christ, no pressure. laughs. as well as maintaining and restoring the glass, leone's team carry out research. a detective story combined with archaeology. these are historical documents. they obviously tell us about how people in the middle ages experienced their world. but for over 30 years, there's been an unsolved mystery over the cathedral's most famous windows, the ancestors of christ. we thought they dated 1176, but,