Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu December 2003

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Medieval Studies

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

A 14th-century Easter matins with The harrowing of hell and Visit to the sepulchre 1989

[Pt 1.] 14-th century Easter matins / directed and edited by Andrew Hughes -- [pt. 2] Harrowing of hell / directed and edited by Andrew Hughes -- Visit to the sepulchre / directed by David Klausner from an edition by Susan Rankin: Medieval videos collectionIncludes a complete monastic Easter matins service, and the liturgical dramas The harrowing of Hell and The visitation to the sepulchre, written for the Benedictine nuns of Origny-Ste-Benoite in the 14th century, and performed in a liturgical setting.

MEDIA 2-929

All's well that ends well 1980

Delightful scenes and clever characters contribute to the frivolity of this light comedy in whcih Shakespeare uses one of his favorite devices--trickery. Helena, new wife of the young Count Bertram, resorts to chicanery to win the respect and affection of her husband -- a plot relished by Elizabethan playgoers. By extolling the cunning of a woman in love, this play exemplifies a typical element of medieval romance.

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Andrei Rublev strasti po Andreiu 1998

Story of the famed 15th century icon painter who survives the cruelties of medieval Russia and creates works of art.

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Ars Antiqua sounds of a distant tyme 1995

The musical group Ars Antiqua performs music of the Medieval and Renaissance era using instruments authentic to the time.

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As you like it 198?

Film adaptation of Shakespeare's well known comedy. A pastoral romance set in the Forest of Arden in medieval France.

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The Birth of the Middle Ages 1989

An introduction to medieval Europe, showing surviving traces to provide a feel of medieval style and practice, and tracing the roots of the fall of civilization and the onset of darkness. The program traces the fall of Rome, the development of fortified monasteries and their gradual transformation into centers of prayer, work, and the study of ancient learning.

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The bridge how the medicine of the ancient Greeks came back to Europe through the world of Islam 1998

Explores the process by which medical knowledge was preserved in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages.

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A bright future for some 1974

Animated portrayal of a war between the King, allied with the merchants, and the small landowners, characteristic of the struggles for power which raged throughout Europe in the 14th & 15th centuries and the development of nation-states.

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Byzantium from splendor to ruin 1989

This program describes the history, art, and religious significance of Byzantium, its attempts to restore the Roman Empire, its influence in the West, and its heritage.

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Caravans of gold ; Kings and cities 1984

Program 3 traces the routes of the medieval gold trade, which reached from Africa to India and China in the east, and west-ward to the city states of Italy. Program 4 explores the ways in which the African Kingdoms functioned by visiting Kano in Nigeria, where a king still holds court in his 15th century palace.

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Cathedral 1995

Combines location sequences and animation to show the building of a Gothic cathedral. Begins with a tour of Chartres, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Beauvais, Notre Dame de Paris, Laon, and the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis. Discusses life in the medieval era and how churches were a center of life.

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Ceremony & allegory of the medieval hunt 1984

Looks at the use of the hunt in medieval Europe, its symboic and practical role in maintaining status and power, and its representation in the arts.

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Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire 1989

This program covers the antecedents and the life of Charlemagne, shows life at the court, the life of courtiers and of the peasants, recounts the battle of Roncevaux--site of the epic Chanson de Roland--and counterpoints the glories of the Carolingian renaissance with the everyday realities of hunger, plague, and constant violence.

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Christians, Jews, and Moslems in Medieval Spain 1989

Due partly to the weakness of its Visigothic rulers, partly to the proximity of Africa, the Iberian peninsula was conquered by Berbers and by Arabs belonging to the Ommeyad Dynasty of Damascous. This program describes the history of Spain from the time of the first landing, in 711, through the nearly 800-year-long war that ended in the expulsion of both Moors and Jews in 1492.

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The Church ; The town 1993

The Church conveys the nature of the medieval religious experience, describes the hierarchy of the church, and explains the church's involvement in medicine, help for the poor and education. The town examines the establishment and history of a medieval town, including the nature and work of the guild organizations. Uses Lincoln, England, as the example.

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The circles of light 1998

The most celebrated work of Dante is the Divine comedy--a vision of hell, purgatory and heaven that provides a strangely surrealistic view of medieval attitudes on religious dogma and the price of disobedience. In this program, dramatizations of scenes depicting courtly love, sexual love, love of God, and love of the Virgin are featured.

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The City of God 1989

Covers the church's resurgence during the Middle Ages, including Augustine of Hippo's writings, the Vulgate Bible, the rule of Pope Gregory the Great, monastic life, and the role of the pilgrimage.

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Constance of Rabastens 2000

"An illiterate common woman, Constance of Rabastens' visions of the apocalypse and prophecies of the coming of the Antichrist resulted in her imprisonment at the hands of the Inquisition and the Archbishop of Toulouse"--Container.

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Crescent and cross rise of Islam and age of Crusades

Describes the rapid rise and spread of Islam followed by the Crusades. Discusses the various orders of Christian monks and their contributions, the Inquisition, witchcraft and magic in the Middle Ages.

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The Dark Ages 1995

Discusses the Middle Ages, especially in Britain, and the effects of the fall of the Roman Empire on Europe.

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The Decameron 1985?

Pasolini's rendition of several of Boccaccio's tales from The Decameron. Boccaccio's tales reflect on the eternal foolishness of man, but also display fasacinating details of 14th-century Italian life.

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Discovering the music of the Middle Ages 1987

Examines the religious and secular music of the Middle Ages, describes the musical instruments of the period, and surveys the social milieu.

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The disputation a theological debate between Christians and Jews 1991

Recreates through dramatization a public theological debate between Christians and Jews, which were common during the in Middle Ages. This one, held in Barcelona in 1263 under the authority of King James of Aragon, has Rabbi Moses ben Nachman debating with Pablo Christiani, a Jew converted to Christianity.

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Distant voices 1978

Host James Burke traces the connection between medieval advances in the science of warfare, the discovery of large silver deposits in Czechoslovakia, the discovery of natural laws, and the invention of modern telecommunications.

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Douceline de Digne 2000

"A 12th century French mystic, Douceline de Digne established the first community for laywomen devoted to caring for the sick and the poor"--Container.

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Europe awakes L'eveil de l'Europe 2001

As dissension mounted between the rival Arab dynasties in Baghdad, Cordoba, and Cairo, Christendom rallied to oppose the Muslims in Spain and Jerusalem. This program plots out the decline of the Caliphate and the acquisition of Arab knowledge by Europeans starved for Islam's intellectual riches. The rise of feudalism and papal authority, the gradual defeat of the Muslim rulers in Spain, the Seljuk ursurpation of Abbisid power in the Near East, and the Crudades are explained, along with the concerted efforts of Catholic authorities to translate the vast libraries of Arab scientific and philosophical texts.

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Everyman a moral play 1991

A live performance of the the medieval play in which Everyman, summoned by Death to go on a pilgrimage, entreats all of his friends, Fellowship, Kinship, Goods, Knowledge, Strength and other abstractions, to go with him, but finds that only Good Deeds will accompany him.

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Excalibur 1998

The legends of King Arthur live in the last great battle between magic and reality.

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The Feudal system 1989

This program covers the social and economic organization of Europe in the Middle Ages: life in a farming hamlet; roles of the feudal lord, tenant farmers, and serfs; construction of the medieval castle; the medieval social organization; the role of the Church and clergy; courtly love and other literary inventions.

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Fires of faith 1998

This program discusses papal reactions to church dissidents. Thirteenth-century fragmentation of religious orders into various sects is examined.

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Frederick II the last emperor 1998

This program traces the life and times of Frederick II, and his attempts to consolidate imperial power in Italy at the expense of the papacy in the 13th century and the influences from Islamic and Jewish cultures.

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From field to feast 1996

With a focus on the banquet as the most varied medieval culinary experience, this video discusses popular foods from the land, sky, and sea to their final presentation at the feast.

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The frozen world Motion picture 1970

Surveys the development of western civilization from 5th century Greece through the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages to the emergence of Charlemagne.

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Galileo's "Dialogue" 2001

A study of Galileo's Dialogue in which he asserted that the Earth was not the center of the universe. Galileo was jailed for heresy for contradicting the traditional teachings of the medieval Church. The video traces the background of the Dialogue, from the Copernican view that the sun is the center of the universe, to the trial of Galileo before the Holy Office. The profound conflicts between science and theology unfold in dramatic reenactments.

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The Golem Der Golem 1985

Set in medieval Prague, the Rabbi gives life to the Golem who falls in love with the Rabbi's daughter and brings fear to the emperor's court. He is destroyed by an innocent child. Based on the legend of the Golem, a popular figure in Jewish tradition.

MEDIA 2-145

Henry IV 1979

A richly colorful panorama of Medieval English life, ranging from the uncertain future of his son and his people, to rural Gloucestershire, where old Justice Shallow reminisces about his lost youth. There is a passage of time which brings the older generation closer to the grave and allows the young prince to prepare himself for leadership. The play ends with the death of Henry IV, the banishment of Falstaff, and coronation of Prince Hal as Henry V.

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Henry V 1995

Adaptation of Shakespeare's patriotic historical drama that celebrates the English nation and the greatness of its King. Includes medieval battle sequences with a recreation of the Battle of Agincourt.

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The Hero's adventure 1988

"Long before medieval knights charged off to slay dragons, tales of heroic adventures were an integral part of all world cultures. Campbell challenges everyone to see the presence of a heroic journey in his or her own life"--Cassette container.

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The Hero's journey 198-

Long before medieval knights charged off to slay dragons, tales of heroic adventures were an integral part of all world cultures.

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Hirohito Japan in the 20th century 1989

"The life of emperor Hirohito spans nearly the twentieth century and coincides with Japan's passage from the Middle Ages to the future. This program covers the highlights of the twentieth-century Japanese history, counterppoing the ritualized life of the Imperial family with the turbulent events that took Japan from tragedy to triumph"--Container.

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Inside the Vatican 1994

This final chapter brings the story of the Vatican from the Middle Ages to the present and into the future. It begins with the struggles against Protestantism waged by Pope Paul III, a battle which begat one of the most infamous chapters in Church history, the Congregation of Roman Inquisition.

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The jeweled city 1998

This program offers a narrated tour of the cathedral, along with a historical portrait of the political and religious fervor of the medieval architects who saw it through to completion.

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Jews in Medieval Spain two films on one video 1996

1. In the footsteps of the Marrano families -- 2. Living moments in Jewish SpainThese two films examine the life of Jews in medieval Spain. The first follows the story of three families who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and emigrated to Portugal where they were forced to convert to Christianity and live as Marranos. The second illustrates what everyday family life was like for Jews as depicted in illuminated manuscripts of the period.

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Julian of Norwich 2000

A 14th-century English mystic who enclosed herself for life in order to fully develop her relationship with God after a series of revelations, Julian of Norwich and her writings are still studied by Christian theologians.

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The killing of Abel 1987

Presents an anonymous 15th-century English play from the Towneley or Wakefield cycle, based on the Biblical story of Cain and Abel.

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L'éveil de l'Europe Europe awakes 2001

Why was Islamic philosophy, once the epitome of learning, eventually rejected by Muslims? And why, after assimilating it, did Europeans distance themselves from its formulators? This program seeks to understand the religious climate of the late Middle Ages, in which universities and madrassas became centers of power and models for evolving sociopolitical systems. The potentially heretical nature of philosophy is also analyzed--in Islamic lands the djinni of intellectuality was put back in the bottle, but in Christendom it escaped the control of those who used it, paving the way for Renaissance humanism.

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L'éveil de l'Europe Europe awakes 2000

As dissension mounted between the rival Arab dynasties in Baghdad, Cordoba, and Cairo, Christendom rallied to oppose the Muslims in Spain and Jerusalem. This program plots out the decline of the Caliphate and the acquisition of Arab knowledge by Europeans starved for Islam's intellectual riches. The rise of feudalism and papal authority, the gradual defeat of the Muslim rulers in Spain, the Seljuk ursurpation of Abbisid power in the Near East, and the Crudades are explained, along with the concerted efforts of Catholic authorities to translate the vast libraries of Arab scientific and philosophical texts.

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Lancelot du lac 1995

Set in the last days of the doomed quest by Lancelot and the rest of King Arthur's knights for the Holy Grail, this is a tale of the end of the age of chivalry and the death of a dream.

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Light on the stones the medieval church of Vézelay 1991

Intended to give students the experience of visiting a Medieval church and of hearing music contemporary with the church. Vézelay was chosen and the script written to emphasize the difference between Romanesque and Gothic architecture, and to suggest how a rather typical plan functioned and was modified.

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Lohengrin 1988

The medieval romance of the Swan Knight, who comes miraculously to the rescue of the falsely accused Elsa of Brabant is enacted against a background of chivalric and religious pageantry and made vidid by Wagner's powerful, richly scored music.

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Macbeth 1987

Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition, murder, madness and revenge in medieval Scotland as set to music by Giuseppe Verdi.

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The Making of a manuscript 1974

Discusses in detail the production of medieval manuscripts and how, through the centuries, many have disappeared due to poor care in preservation, fires, and other reasons.

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Margery Kempe 2000

Topics such as bridal mysticism are discussed, along with Kempe's pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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Medieval drama from sanctuary to stage 2000

"This definitive program traces the development of medieval drama, from Hildegard von Bingen's musical morality play Ordo Virtutum (The ritual of the virtues) to the seminal Everyman. Featuring extended excerpts from these influential works, as well as from The second shepherd's play and the 1998 staging of the Mystery Cycle in York, England, the video also establishes the genre's socioreligious context."--Container.

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Medieval London 1991

This program is the second tape in the six part series of London: The making of a city. It covers the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey in the Gothic style; the building of the first permanent stone bridge across the Thames; the reasons for Southwark -- London's first Suburb; the Black Death of 1348; the growth of London as Columbus' Discovery shifted the axis of power from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; and the birth of rules governing life in the incredibly crammed and teeming city of London.

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The Medieval manuscript art and function 1988

Shows how medieval manuscripts came into being: how illuminations were accomplished and what materials were used, how scriptoria functioned, which titles were selected. The program also explains the combinations of artistic talent and imagination, religious devotion, and intellectual integrity that enabled the artists and artisans of the monasteries to play so crucial a part in the survival of Western culture.

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Medieval theater the play of Abraham and Isaac 1974

Uses a medieval mystery play about Abraham and Isaac to relate medieval drama, as a means of social control, to the attitudes of the aristocracy and the religious doctrines of the church.

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The Meiji period (1868-1910) 1989

"The arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854 set the stage for Japan's dramatic leap from the Middle Ages into modernity. In 1868, the last shogun gave way to a 15-year-old Emperor who dressed in Western-style clothes. Edo became Tokyo, education became a national passion, and the dichotomy between ancient shared values and new imported styles and forms deepened."--Container.

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Le moine et la sorcière Sorceress 1990

Story of a medieval French healer and her perseverance against a righteous monk, who comes to her village looking for heretics to condemn.

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Mother wove the morning a one-woman play 1992

A powerful look at sixteen women throughout history, including a paleolithic woman, an Egyptian priestess, a Biblical woman, a Gnostic woman, a medieval witch, a shaker deaconess, and others whose lives dramatize the search for God the mother.

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Ordo virtutum the ritual of the virtues 1997

The 12th century medieval Music-drama, Ordo Virtutum (The Ritual of the virtues) is arguably the oldest surviving 'Opera'. Sung throughout to music which combines the meditational qualities of Gregorian chant with lyrical emotional expression.

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The origin of liturgical drama 1991

Reproductions of medieval paintings, and quoted liturgical texts from the period are used to trace the development of liturgical drama from the 10th century to the mystery cycles of the 14th and 15th centuries.

MEDIA 2-5718

Parsifal 198-

A film version of Wagner's last opera, using film actors as well as singers, models, puppets and other special effects. The story is allegorical and concerns the retrieval of the Sacred Spear from an evil sorcerer. Set in enchanted castles and gardens in Spain in the Middle Ages.

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The Peasants' revolt 1381 1994

This is the powerful story of an extraordinary episode in medieval history which reconstructs Wat Tyler's fourteenth century uprising against Richard II. "The Peasants' Revolt" also features expert analysis by Mark Ormrod, Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of York.

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The Peasants' revolt ; The castle 1993

The Peasants' revolt depicts the living and working conditions of peasants in the 14th century. The lives of the peasants are recreated by modern dramatic actors. The Castle takes the viewer on an architectural tour through English history. The film explores what life was like in medieval castle and examines the changing role of the castle in military strategy.

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Printing transforms knowledge 1986

Describes the transformation of the medieval world, which had to rely largely on memorized knowledge and the spoken word, when Gutenberg discovered printing. Covers the increase in literacy, the secularization of learning, and the acceleration and systematization of knowledge. Also discusses the contribution that printing made to the Protestant Reformation and the beginnings of nationalism.

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The Psychomachia by Prudentius the battle of the human soul 199-

The Psychomachia was written by the 4th century Spanish-Latin writer Prudentius, and is one of the first full personification allegories of Western literature. It deals with the medieval belief of the personification of man's virtues and sins. In this film it is retold in pictures from the eleventh century Anglo-Saxon manuscript Cotton Cleopatra C.VIII, now in the British Museum Library.

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Romance and reality; Man, the measure of all things 198?

Romance and reality surveys the development of Western Civilization during the 13th century. It depicts a world of chivalry, courtesy and romance as evidenced in the emergence of courtly love as the ultimate in aesthetic and ascetic devotion. In Man, the measure of all things, Kenneth Clark discusses the early Renaissance by examining the Art and civilization of Florence, Urkino, and Mantra. He presents works by Botticelli, Masaccio, Bellini, Giorgione, Van Eyck, Alberti and others.

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The Saint and the scholar 1998

Rapid change in 12th century Europe from rural to urban styles led to an intellectual crisis of how best to come to God: through mysticism or rational analysis. At the center of this crisis stood Peter Abelard, radical philosopher-theologian and developer of dialectial scholasticism, and Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monk and mystic. The conflict between them caused Abelard to be accused of heresy by the Council of Sens in 1142.

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Shadows of forgotten ancestors Tini zabutykh predkiv 1994

The heartbreaking story of Ivan and Marichka, whose love blooms, only to brutally die, in the remote Carpathian Mountains of medieval Russia.

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The Skin of our teeth ; The Great thaw 198?

The Skin of our teeth defines civilization and gives a synoptic view of the thousand years between the fall of Rome an the rise of the great Gothic period. It compares and contrasts high and primitive arts as embodied in the head of Apollo Belvedere and an African tribal mask. The second film, The great thaw, surveys the development of Western civilization during the 12th century, which ranged from restless curiosity to system and order, as evidenced in the construction of the Abbey of Cluny, the work of Abelard and St. Thomas Aquinas, and the rebuilding of Chartres Cathedral.

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St. Clare of Assisi 2000

Provides a biography of Clare's life along with an in-depth analysis of Clare's relationship to the Church and to her peer St. Francis.

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The Sultanate of Oman Communism and Capitalism at the conquest of the Middle Ages 1919

Studies Oman's sudden exposure to the interests and ideologies of the 20th century. A country emerging out of total isolation is torn between Marxist guerillas, international businessmen, and multi-national corporations.

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The Summer Music Games 2001

Four corners / by Richard Saucedo, Bret Kuhn, and Erik Johnson -- Awayday / by Adam Gorb -- Fantasy variations / by Donald Grantham -- Young person's guide to the orchestra / by Benjamin Britten -- Moondance / by Van Morrison -- Vide cor meum from the movie Hannibal / by Patrick Cassidy -- Farandole from L'arlesienne suite no. 2 / by Georges Bizet -- Short ride in a fast machine / by John Adams -- Jug blues and fat picken / by Don Freund -- Variants on a Medieval tune / by Norman Dello Joio -- New era dance / by Aaron Jay Kernis -- Invocation a los espiritus poderosos from Panambi ; Impetuosomente from Pampeana no. 3 / by Alberto Ginastera -- Meditation from Concertino for oboe and string orchestra / by Brenno Blauth -- Fiesta indigena/Danza de los guerreros from Panambi / by Alberto Ginastera -- Pavana from Tres versiones sinfonicos / by Julian Orbon -- Concerto for orchestra / by Bela Bartok -- Festive overture / by Dmitri ShostakovichShows the performances of top 6 drum and bugle corps in Division I at the Drum Corps International World Championships held in Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo, N.Y., August 6-11, 2001.

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Throne of blood (Motion picture) 1961

A drama in which Shakespeare's Macbeth has been transported to Japan during the Middle Ages, where pride and ambition bring about the downfall of a great warrior.

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To syngen and to playe music and instruments in Chaucer's day 1973

Descriptive study of some of the styles of music and of instruments common to the late fourteenth century.

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Tools in medieval life 1981

Examines the tools used in the Middle Ages and their impact on the life of the period including the technologies of agriculture, textile production, clocks, mills, mining, transportation, and painting.

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The Traders 1993

Uses sheep and the wool trade to demonstrate the importance of trade in the medieval period. Shows the relationship between the rural Cotswold and Bruges, Belgium.

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Vikings and Normans 1989

This program covers the Viking sea proness, Viking influences in England and Scotland, and Viking explorations; trade with the Far East 300 years before Marco Polo and the discovery of America 500 years before Columbus; the Viking presence as far as the Black Sea; encounters between Slavs and Vikings.

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Visions of prophecy 2000

"Examines the options available to women living in the 12th through 15th centuries and how some subverted traditional roles in order to discover and express their own freedom, dignity, and power"--Container.

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The weddynge of Sir Gawen and Dame Ragnell a Middle English romance 1999

The video provides a valuable classroom resource by capturing the medieval performance tradition completely in Middle English, but in a format students will readily understand. In this analog of Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale, Zaerr uses costumes and a beautiful outdoor set to enhance the storytelling.

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The Western tradition 1989

Program 19: The Middle Ages (27:00) -- Program 20: The Feudal order (27:32)Program 19 discusses the growth of a new social order as Europe tries to restructure with the merging of the Roman and German societies. Society begins to divide into peasant, clergy and noble classes. Program 20 examines how society stabilizes into the feudal order of nobles to protect property and people, cleric to protect their souls, and the peasants to provide food for everyone.

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Women in the middle ages 1992

How did women live in Medieval times? What did they do? This video focuses on their daily lives as administrators, as nurses and wives, and as women in religious life. Uses excerpts from period texts accompanied by music and sound effects to vividly illustrate the viewpoint of both noble and peasant during the period 1150-1400 A.D.

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Wonders of the African world 2000

[Cassette 1.] Black kingdoms of the Nile / director, Nicola Colton ; The Swahili coast / director, Nick Godwin -- [cassette 2.] The slave kingdoms / director, Nicola Colton ; The holy land / director, Nick Godwin -- [cassette 3.] The road to Timbuktu / director, Nick Godwin ; Lost cities of the South / director, Nick GodwinDocumentary film presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world.

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Wonders of the African world with Henry Louis Gates, Jr 1999

[Cassette 1]. Black kingdoms of the Nile; The Swahili coast -- [cassette 2]. The slave kingdoms; The holy land -- [cassette 3]. The road to Timbuktu; Lost cities of the SouthDocumentary film presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world.

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Yeelen Brightness 1987

A film adaptation of one of the great oral epics of the Bambara people, set during the powerful Mali Empire of the 13th century. Tells the story of Nianankoro, a young Bambara warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret Komo cult, and with it his father, and, inevitably, himself. The climactic flash of light which floods the screen at the film's end ushers in a new purified world order and captures the Bambara belief in time as circular, not linear, always returning to that initial "brightness" which created the world.

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