| Description |
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 263 pages : maps ; 20 cm) |
| Series |
The great courses. Ancient & medieval history |
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Great courses (DVD). Ancient & medieval history.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Kenneth W. Harl, Tulane University. |
| Note |
"Course no. 390." |
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Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. The heirs of Rome ; lecture 2. Byzantine orthodox civilization ; lecture 3. Byzantine zenith in the Macedonian age ; lecture 4. The failure of the heirs of Basil II ; lecture 5. Abbasid Baghdad and Fatimid Egypt ; lecture 6. The coming of the Seljuk Turks -- disc 2. lecture 7. The recovery of Western Europe ; lecture 8. Kings and princes of Western Europe ; lecture 9. Warfare in Western Europe ; lecture 10. The Papacy and religious reform ; lecture 11. Piety and pilgrimage ; lecture 12. Christian offensives in Spain and Sicily. |
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pt. 2. disc 3. lecture 13. Alexius I and the First Crusade ; lecture 14. From Clermont to Jerusalem ; lecture 15. Conquest and defense of Outremer ; lecture 16. Frankish settlement of Outremer ; lecture 17. Comnenian emperors and Crusader princes ; lecture 18. The Second Crusade -- disc 4. lecture 19. The Empire at bay ; lecture 20. The rise of Saladin ; lecture 21. Byzantine recovery under the Comnenians ; lecture 22. A renaissance of Byzantine letters and arts ; lecture 23. Trade and currency in the Mediterranean ; lecture 24. Cultural exchange in Gothic Europe. |
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pt. 3. disc 5. lecture 25. The Horns of Hattin ; lecture 26. The Third Crusade ; lecture 27. From Jerusalem to Constantinople ; lecture 28. The sack of Constantinople ; lecture 29. The world of Frankish Greece ; lecture 30. Splinter empires and orthodox princes -- disc 6. lecture 31. Ayyubid Egypt and Seljuk Anatolia ; lecture 32. Crusader Cyprus and the Levant ; lecture 33. Venice and Genoa ; lecture 34. The Mongols and the Legend of Prester John ; lecture 35. The royal crusaders ; lecture 36. The passing of the Crusades. |
| Note |
Lectures 1-36 of 36 lectures on 6 discs in 3 containers. |
| Summary |
Covers the history of the Crusades, from its origins to the final Muslim victory over the Crusaders in 1291. |
| Subject |
Crusades -- History.
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Middle Ages.
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Crusades. (OCoLC)fst00884401
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Middle Ages. (OCoLC)fst01020301
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| Genre/Form |
Lecture (DNLM)D019531
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Lectures. (OCoLC)fst01919935
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Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Lectures.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565858336 |
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9781565858336 |
| Music No. |
PD390 Teaching Co. |
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PD390-01 Teaching Co. |
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PD390-02 Teaching Co. |
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PD390-03 Teaching Co. |
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