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Inside the medieval mind. Power / a co-production of the BBC and Open University ; produced and directed by Richard Parkin ; written by Robert Bartlett.
LIBRA DVD 018 909
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Inside the medieval mind
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Middle Ages.
- Social structure--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Social structure.
- History.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Educational films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Other Title:
- Power
- Place of Publication:
- Hamilton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2010]
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "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 lower on the list, maintaining order among the tenants on one's estate. This program examines the means by which such political 'ideals' were implemented and enforced during the Middle Ages. Spelling out the similarities between serfdom and slavery, the film illustrates the militant agenda behind William the Conqueror's building projects; the draconian nature of the era's 'forest laws,' which severely impacted livelihoods across England; and the shocking simplicity of weregild, a legal system that valued a nobleman's life far above that of a commoner."--Container.
- Participant:
- Presented by Robert Bartlett.
- Credits:
- Photography, Jim Ashcroft; editor, Judith Robson.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary film produced in 2008.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- OCLC:
- 765335208
- Publisher Number:
- 42044-KS Films for the Humanities & Sciences
- 42044 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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