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Strange landscape. The circles of light / with Christopher Frayling ; director and series producer, Jim Burge ; a BBC, Süddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart co-production.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
- Poets, Italian--Biography.
- Poets, Italian.
- Civilization, Medieval--13th century.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Civilization, Medieval--14th century.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Circles of light
- Strange landscape : the illumination of the Middle Ages
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 1995.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The Middle Ages. An age of faith, great cathedrals, illuminated apocalypses, learned theologians, devastating plagues and wars. A time of intellectual struggle and exploration when Europe became a flourishing continent and the political and social institutions of the Western World were born. Ranging across science, politics, art, theology, philosophy, love and hatred, this series creates a vivid picture of the medieval mind with the aid of location footage, contemporary writings and stories.
- Participant:
- Written and presented by Professor Christopher Frayling ; young Dante, Duccio Scarpelli ; Dante, Edmund Dehn ; voice of The divine comedy, Robert Lindsay ; young Beatrice, Alessandra Masi ; Beatrice, Sofia Hodges ; voice of Beatrice, Jan Cholawo.
- Notes:
- "The illumination of the Middle Ages".
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 28, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1089752745
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