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| Title: |
Chivalry and Commerce: The Late Middle Ages |
Explore the many ways religious fervour shaped the world view of the Middle Ages and document the intellectual awakening of the era embodied in Muslim efforts to preserve classical learning. Also described are the effects of social mobility, chivalry, world trade and globalisation. Discussions of the influence and opinions of the works of various authors of the time, including Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Dante's Divine Comedy, are presented as well. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
25 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3256 |
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| Title: |
Civilisation and Writing |
This program explores the ancient river valley civilisations, traces the move from oral traditions to literature and uncovers the practical reasons for the development of writing in China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Phoenicia. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
28 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3264 |
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| Title: |
Curse of the Rat |
Explores the fourteenth-century outbreak of bubonic plague in Europe and follows modern archaeologists in their attempts to uncover the secrets of the "Black Death." Beginning with the plague's appearance in Italy, the program examines how the disease spread through ancient trade routes across Europe and claimed one-third of the continent's population. Modern re-enactments bring to life first-person accounts from plague victims and survivors, and a visit to a recent archaeological dig in France considers how genetics may help historians discover the true impact of the plague on European culture. |
| Series: |
Moments in Time |
| Duration: |
50 Minutes |
| Published: |
2003 |
| Identifier: |
3251 |
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| Title: |
Empires of Heaven and Earth: The World in Roman Times |
Situate the sophisticated poetry, dramas, and histories of Plautus, Horace, Julius Caesar, Tacitus, Polybius, Lucretius and many others within the brutal context of the age and learn about the building of empires in Rome, India, and China. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
24 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3258 |
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| Title: |
Faith and Feudalism: The Early Middle Ages |
This series recounts the rise of feudalism in Europe following the collapse of the great classical empires and tells how institutional religions acted to keep culture alive through religious tales of miracles and salvation. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
23 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3261 |
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| Title: |
Famine to Freedom: The Great Irish Journey |
Blends history, archaeology, and vivid re-enactments to recount one of the bleakest periods in Irish history. In nineteenth-century Ireland, millions of Irish farmers and their families subsist on their miracle crop, the potato. But when a devastating pestilence wipes out the country's potato crop, more than one million people die of starvation and another one million are forced to take their chances in a new land, America. The program considers how the potato famine influenced Ireland's battle for independence against Great Britain, as well as investigates clues of the famine's impact in an archaeological dig in rural Ireland. An interview with Senator Ted Kennedy considers the role of Irish immigrants in American society. |
| Series: |
Moments in Time |
| Duration: |
50 Minutes |
| Published: |
2003 |
| Identifier: |
3254 |
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| Title: |
Industry and Enlightenment |
Recount Benjamin Franklin's fervent belief in liberty and see how he fostered--with Locke, Rousseau, Paine, Jefferson and many others--the spread of new ideas about the responsibilities of government. Learn about the demise of absolute monarchies, the many inventions leading up to the Industrial Revolution, the causes and effects of the American Revolution and the expansion of the American frontier in this informative video. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
25 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3252 |
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| Title: |
Letters from the Roman Front |
Chronicles the Roman Empire's expansion into England and Scotland and reveals the triumphs and hardships faced by a typical Roman soldier. After the Battle of Mons Graupius at the edge of the Scottish Highlands, Roman general Agricola establishes a garrison at Vindolanda to protect Roman land from the Britons. Today, a family of archaeologists exhumes the artefacts from the site to uncover the daily life of Roman soldiers at one of the empire's most distant outposts. |
| Series: |
Moments in Time |
| Duration: |
47 Minutes |
| Published: |
2002 |
| Identifier: |
3265 |
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| Title: |
Liberation & Change: The Late Twentieth Century |
This program chronicles the years following World War Two when the world's security was threatened and considers how writers delivered the message of the poor, the ethnically or gender oppressed and the outcasts of society. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
23 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3260 |
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| Title: |
Living During the Industrial Revolution |
Few events in history have had as great an effect on people's lives as the Industrial Revolution that began in the late 18th century. This program explains the role of new technology on industrialisation, and examines the changes in society and family life that occurred as a result of it. This program covers: life and textile manufacturing before the Industrial Revolution, the revolution in the textile industry, factories and growth of industrial cities, the cotton gin, interchangeable parts, factory work, steam power, and a discussion about how New England States became the centre of America's Industrial Revolution. |
| Series: |
Living History |
| Duration: |
20 Minutes |
| Published: |
2003 |
| Identifier: |
3263 |
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| Title: |
Living in Ancient Egypt |
This wonderful program takes a look at what it was like to live in Ancient Egypt. Students will discover the amazing role religion played in the lives and deaths of the ancient Egyptians. Beautifully filmed on location in Egypt, this twenty-minute program examines various aspects of daily life during ancient times and learns the important role the Nile River played in sustaining the ordinary people who helped build this great civilisation. |
| Series: |
Living History |
| Duration: |
20 Minutes |
| Published: |
2000 |
| Identifier: |
3247 |
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| Title: |
Living in Ancient Greece |
Filmed on location at historic sites across Greece, this program takes a look at how life was lived in a Greek town over 2,500 years ago. |
| Series: |
Living History |
| Duration: |
20 Minutes |
| Published: |
2000 |
| Identifier: |
3262 |
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| Title: |
Napoleon's Lost Army |
Follow Napoleon's army in their gruelling trek across Russia and watch as archaeologists reconstruct the past using historical research and forensic skill. The program begins in Vilnius, Lithuania, as a construction crew unearths a mass grave with the remains of more than 3,000 unknown soldiers. A flashback to early nineteenth-century France finds Napoleon preparing to invade Russia and considers how the French emperor's military and political mis-steps lead to his army's defeat and his eventual downfall. |
| Series: |
Moments in Time |
| Duration: |
50 Minutes |
| Published: |
2003 |
| Identifier: |
3259 |
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| Title: |
New Worlds and New Ideas |
Learn how the literature of the late 1600s was filled with speculations about divine purpose and included ideas about the New World and the noble savages that lived there. The effects on England of American colonisation, the Black Plague and the Great Fire of 1666 are discussed. Several writers of the time are quoted such as John Milton, Pete Martyr, and George Herbert. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
22 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3246 |
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| Title: |
Philosophy and Government: The World in Greek Times |
Discover how the imperial expansion of Greece, China, India and other civilisations provided the formative context for the great thinkers of the period: Homer, Herodotus, Socrates, Euripides, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Lao-Tzu, and Buddha. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
24 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3250 |
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| Title: |
Renaissance and Reformation |
This video chronicles the rediscovery of classical thought in the Renaissance and reveals the various ways authors addressed their newly powerful rulers. The influence of inventions such as Gutenberg's printing press and individuals like Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, Elizabeth the Great, and William Shakespeare on the British Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation are discussed. Also covered are the political, economic and religious causes and effects of the Reformation. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
25 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3253 |
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| Title: |
The Age of Discovery (1400-1550) |
The Age of Discovery focuses on one of the most exciting eras of history: the period from 1400 to 1550. Using colourful historic artwork, animated maps, and beautiful live-action re-creation video, students learn about trade with the Far East in the fifteenth century and how restrictions on that trade helped bring about the Age of Discovery. The immediate and long-term effects of European colonisation are also presented. |
| Series: |
The Business |
| Duration: |
24 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3255 |
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| Title: |
The New England Colonists: The Pilgrims and Puritans |
This program searches out the roots of the Puritans and the Pilgrims and paints an accurate picture of the historical events that brought these religious exiles to America. Students learn how Protestants came into being, how Puritanism developed, and how religious persecution in England drove the Pilgrims and Puritans from their homeland. The program follows their 13-year journey from villages in northern England to Cape Cod. It details the Mayflower Compact, the first Thanksgiving, and life at the Plymouth Colony. This program was photographed at the actual historic sites in Europe and at "Plimouth Plantation," a living history museum of 17th century Plymouth. |
| Duration: |
21 Minutes |
| Published: |
1997 |
| Identifier: |
3249 |
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| Title: |
Ultimate Blast: Eruption at Krakatau |
Chronicles the 1883 volcanic blast of Krakatau in Indonesia, an event that scientists believe was the loudest sound ever heard on earth. Featuring eyewitness accounts and modern re-enactments, the program explains how Krakatau's location in the Pacific Ring of Fire - a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, ridges, and volcanoes - caused one of the most violent eruptions in history. Today, two volcanologists search for clues from the explosion that might help scientists better predict the nature and size of volcanic eruptions. |
| Series: |
Moments in Time |
| Duration: |
50 Minutes |
| Published: |
2003 |
| Identifier: |
3248 |
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| Title: |
World Wars and the Quest for Order: The Early Twentieth Century |
This program chronicles the dramatic events of the first fifty years of the century, discovers the response of the world's writers to this epoch of upheaval and examines how their works interrogated human motivation and values. |
| Series: |
History through Literature |
| Duration: |
26 Minutes |
| Published: |
1998 |
| Identifier: |
3257 |
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