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Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (21 cm.)
Description
"Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages - fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious turmoil and treasures. This course offers an interdisciplinary look at medieval society and culture, with an emphasis on literature, the arts, and the tumultuous historical forces at work from A.D. 500 through A.D. 1500. Medieval Europe was the world...
Series
Description
In medieval Sweden, a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (317 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vivid descriptions and analysis of historical personalities with costumed actors, historical locations, and portraits to visually enliven the story of the English crown from the fall of Rome to the 1660s.
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