{"id":1292,"date":"2025-10-10T15:52:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:24:43","slug":"history-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/history-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"History on screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>History really comes alive for me when it&#8217;s on screen<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love losing myself in a good series or movie based on historical events. Some are true to the people, places and events, while others take more than their fair share of artistic licence. Either way, I will pore over them and look up the real facts on which they&#8217;re based, as I go.  Here are some of my favourites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0074006\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iclaudius.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1314 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iclaudius.jpg 569w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iclaudius-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/iclaudius-508x742.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>24 BC to 54 AD<\/strong>  <sub>(Rome, Germania, Rhodes, Capri)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I, CLAUDIUS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This masterpiece is a compelling dramatisation of Suetonius&#8217; <em>The 12 Caesars<\/em>. With a cast of British legends, it makes you feel like you are there, in ancient Rome, watching the scheming Julio-Claudian family bring their political ambitions to fruition. I cannot recommend it highly enough! I have watched the series at least ten times. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2306299\/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vikings-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1299 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vikings-2.jpg 275w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vikings-2-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>793-\u00b1821<\/strong> <sub>(Norway, England, Denmark, Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VIKINGS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excellent insight into what life was like during the emergence of the Viking expansion. Licence is taken with the timeline, but the main events and characters depicted  are mostly real, just not necessarily as contemporaries.  From King Ecbert&#8217;s reign to the Rus invasion of Scandinavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4179452\/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lastkingdom.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1306 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lastkingdom.png 511w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lastkingdom-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lastkingdom-508x762.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>866-878<\/strong><sub> (England &#8211; as smaller kingdoms of Wessex, Bebbanburg, the Danelaw) <\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE LAST KINGDOM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from the &#8216;Great Heathen Army&#8217; of Norse invaders, while a Saxon, Uhtred, toils to regain his family seat in Bebbanburg.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11311302\/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/valhalla.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1305 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/valhalla.png 514w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/valhalla-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/valhalla-508x686.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>1002-1035<\/strong> <sub>(England, Denmark, Russia, Constantinople, Norway, Jomsburg, Greenland)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VIKINGS VALHALLA <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final actions of Aethelred II (Ethelred the Unready) until the death of Cnut the Great. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0112573\/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/braveheart.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1304 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/braveheart.png 515w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/braveheart-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/braveheart-508x744.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>\u00b11296-1305<\/strong> <sub>(England, France, Scotland)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRAVEHEART<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise and demise of William Wallace, as he defied Edward I &#8216;Longshanks&#8217;. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7984766\/mediaviewer\/rm3219164673\/?ref_=tt_ov_i\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1293 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png 599w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-508x615.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>1413 &#8211; 1420<\/strong> <sub>(England, France)<strong> <\/strong><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE KING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accession and marriage of <strong>Henry V,<\/strong> including the battle of Agincourt. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0097499\/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/henryv.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1303 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/henryv.png 464w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/henryv-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>\u00b11413-1420<\/strong> <sub>(England, France)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HENRY V<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>William Shakespeare&#8217;s play brought to life by Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2372220\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-queen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1302 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-queen.jpg 575w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-queen-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/white-queen-508x618.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>1461-1485<\/strong> <sub>(England)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE WHITE QUEEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accession of Edward IV of York, to the reign of Richard III and the battle of Bosworth Field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5705956\/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whiteprincess.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1307 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whiteprincess.png 506w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/whiteprincess-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>1485-1499<\/strong> <sub>(England, France)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE WHITE PRINCESS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth of York is forced to marry Henry VII, joining York and Lancaster into the new House of Tudor.  We meet Perkin Warbeck\/Richard of Shrewsbury, the younger of the Princes in the Tower &#8211; is he the rightful king of England?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14022350\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/serpent-queen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1301 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/serpent-queen.jpg 504w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/serpent-queen-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>\u00b11520-1589<\/strong><sub> (France)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE SERPENT QUEEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catherine De Medici&#8217;s rise as Queen of France, to her death.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:57%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/coming-soon-2070393_640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/coming-soon-2070393_640.png 640w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/coming-soon-2070393_640-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/coming-soon-2070393_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/coming-soon-2070393_640-88x88.png 88w, https:\/\/common-sense-contentment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/coming-soon-2070393_640-508x508.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:43%\">\n<p>the next ones I will be adding will include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Gladiator I and II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Red Queen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Tudors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">A man for all seasons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Wolf Hall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Becoming Elizabeth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Lady Jane<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Elizabeth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Elizabeth I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Mary Queen of Scots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Elizabeth The Golden Age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Barry Lyndon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Waterloo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Outlander<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Companion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Madness of King George<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Bridgerton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Queen Charlotte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Blackadder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Master and Commander<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Victoria (series)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Young Victoria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Victoria and Abdul<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Edward and Mrs Simpson <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The King&#8217;s Speech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Crown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Queen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Schindler&#8217;s List<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Oppenheimer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Social Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Big Short<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History really comes alive for me when it&#8217;s on screen. 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