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In the Footsteps of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Item# 41294
© 2009
59 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-615-1
Written around 1400 in Middle English by an unknown hand, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a mysterious poem about an uncanny event that takes place in the legendary realm of King Arthur. In this pr...
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Inside the Medieval Mind
Item# 42040
© 2008
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-995-4
“In many ways these were people very much like us,” says Professor Robert Bartlett of the University of St. Andrews, referring to the ambitions and emotions that colored the medieval mind-set. “On the...
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Inside the Medieval Mind: Belief
Item# 42043
© 2008
57 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-998-5
Founded in 1230, Scotland’s Pluscarden Abbey still pulses with the prayers and spiritual pursuits of Benedictine monks. Abbot Hugh Gilbert describes their work in reassuringly human terms, framing the...
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Inside the Medieval Mind: Knowledge
Item# 42041
© 2008
58 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-996-1
Medieval science wasn’t nonsense: it could conceive of a spherical Earth, for example. But the medieval scholar discerned both natural and supernatural forces at work in the cosmos, reading an eclipse...
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Inside the Medieval Mind: Power
Item# 42044
© 2008
59 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-999-2
Writing in the late 1200s, the Spanish nobleman Ramon Lull listed various duties which no knight could ignore. They included fidelity to the monarch, defense of the Christian faith—and, only slightly...
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Inside the Medieval Mind: Sex
Item# 42042
© 2008
58 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-997-8
Although rooted in religious misogyny and crude anatomical knowledge, the sexual mores of the medieval era were surprisingly complex. This program explores the attitudes and behaviors of a sexual cult...
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The Summoning of Everyman
Item# 39549
© 2008
53 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-389-0
When Death comes to take Everyman to his final judgment, Everyman attempts to bribe Death—and when that fails, Everyman instead tries to find a companion to accompany him on the fearful journey. In th...
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Beowulf: Performed by Benjamin Bagby-Educator's Edition
Item# 37138
© 2006
99 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6528-2
With the intensity and commitment of an ancient Norse warrior, Benjamin Bagby brings the epic poem Beowulf to incandescent life. This program documents Bagby’s brilliant iteration of the saga before a...
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The Legend of Arthur in Literature and Popular Culture
Item# 30345
© 2002
26 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-1560-7
What makes the promise of Camelot still resonate in the 21st century? In this program, Barbara and Alan Lupack, authors of King Arthur in America and Arthurian Literature by Women; Debra Mancoff, auth...
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Malory's Le Morte Darthur: Anatomy of a Legend
Item# 30343
© 2002
26 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-1558-4
The richly embroidered story of King Arthur as set down by Sir Thomas Malory during the Middle Ages has unfailingly intrigued generations of readers. P. J. C. Field, one of the world’s top authorities...
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