| Description |
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, colour + 1 course guidebook (iv, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm) |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
The Great Courses |
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Great courses (DVD). Modern history. Medieval history.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
English audio. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
Title from disc surface. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University. |
| Note |
Course no. 8241. |
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24 lectures (30 min. each). |
| Bibliography |
Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187). |
| Summary |
Travel into a transformative moment in history and learn how the Black Death ignited processes that led to the Renaissance, the Reformation, and beyond. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Europe on the brink of the Black Death -- The epidemiology of plague -- Did plague really cause the Black Death? -- The Black Death's ports of entry -- The first wave sweeps across Europe -- The Black Death in Florence -- Disc 2. The Black Death in France -- The Black Death in Avignon -- The Black Death in England -- The Black Death in Walsham -- The Black Death in Scandinavia -- The end of the first wave -- Disc 3. Medieval theories about the Black Death -- Cultural reactions from Flagellation to hedonism -- Jewish persecution during the Black Death -- Plague's effects on the medieval church -- Plague saints and popular religion -- Artistic responses to the Black Death -- Disc 4. Literary responses to the Black Death -- The economics of the Black Death -- The Black Death's political outcomes -- Communities that survived the first wave -- Later plague outbreaks: 1353-1666 -- How the Black Death transformed the world. |
| Subject |
Black Death -- History.
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Black Death. (OCoLC)fst00833602
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| Genre/Form |
Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
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Lectures. (OCoLC)fst01919935
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Lectures.
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company, production company.
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| ISBN |
1629972800 |
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9781629972800 |
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9781501944246 |
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150194424X |
| Standard No. |
9781629972800 |
| Music No. |
8241 The Teaching Company |
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ID8241A-01 The Teaching Company |
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PB8241A The Teaching Company (guidebook) |
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PD8241A The Teaching Company |
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