TV Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries - Season 1 Episode 1 : Pagans to Vikings Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries - Season 1 Episode 1 : Pagans to Vikings 8/10 by 1 users Dr Janina Ramirez explores how monasteries evolved from a cult of extreme isolation and self-deprivation into powerhouses of Anglo-Saxon art, industry and learning. Janina begins her journey on the desolate rock of Skellig St Michael off the east coast of Ireland, home to the oldest surviving monastery in the British Isles. Monasteries such as Lindisfarne and Whitby became beacons of civilisation and literature in the barbaric Anglo-Saxon world, creating wondrous works of art including the Lindisfarne Gospels and St Cuthbert's pectoral cross. They transform the culture and landscape of England, until they too were destroyed by a new wave of barbarian invaders Details Casts Posters Images Title Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries - Season 1 Episode 1 : Pagans to Vikings Alternative Titles First Air Date 2015-02-19 Last Air Date 2015-03-05 Number of Episodes 3 Number of Seasons 1 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC Four, Casts Janina Ramirez Plot Keywords , Self - Presenter Janina Ramirez Episodes List Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries Season 1 :Episode 1 Pagans to Vikings Pagans to Vikings 2015-02-19 Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a... Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries Season 1 :Episode 2 From the Vikings to the 15th Century From the Vikings to the 15th Century 2015-02-26 Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a... Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries Season 1 :Episode 3 Secular Society Secular Society 2015-03-05 Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a...