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Inside the medieval mind. Knowledge / a co-production of the BBC and Open University ; produced & directed by Nat Sharman; written by Robert Bartlett.
LIBRA DVD 018 910
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Inside the medieval mind
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle Ages.
- Science--History--To 1500.
- Science.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Learning and scholarship--History--To 1500.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Transmission of texts--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Transmission of texts.
- Literature, Medieval.
- History.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Other Title:
- Knowledge
- 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:
- "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 as a sign from God as well as the result of planetary movement, and populating even the most rigorous maps of the era with sea monsters. This program explores that fascinating conceptual dichotomy and the ways in which it evolved as the Dark Ages unfolded. Viewers discover how classical learning--derived from Arabic documents stored in Spanish libraries--lived on, almost literally, in the hands of Christian monks, while the implications of the voyages of Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, and other explorers are also vital topics."--Container.
- Participant:
- Presented by Robert Bartlett.
- Credits:
- Photography, Julius Brighton; editor, Graeme Dawson.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2008.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- OCLC:
- 765307419
- Publisher Number:
- 42041-KS Films for the Humanities & Sciences
- 42041 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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