PD Dr Ines Oldenburg
OlafMeyer-Ahrens
Institute of Educational Sciences

Moderation: NDR 1 Niedersachsen

Gong: Aruna (8)
Camera: Simon (10)

Who wouldn't want to be a real knight for once? Ensure law and order with armour and sword? Or perhaps rule over your own people as a lady of the castle?

Our image of the Middle Ages is often shaped by films or books. Sometimes this gives rise to very adventurous ideas about how people lived "back then". In this lecture, we will go on a journey into the Middle Ages together and explore this time in more detail: How did you actually become a knight? Was everyone allowed to? What are knightly virtues? Why were there castles? And: What really happened in the Middle Ages and where does fantasy begin? If there really were dragons and wizards, what did the brave knights do with them? Can we perhaps even learn something from the people of the Middle Ages?

Quite a lot of questions. You'll have the answers by the end of the lecture - I promise!