Format:
Video disc
Title:
The medieval legacy
ISBN:
9781644653524
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2022]
Physical Description:
6 videodiscs (1,116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm)
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General Note:
Course no. 3923.
36 lectures (31 min. each).
Contents:
disc 1: Discovering the medieval legacy -- The medieval birth of the book -- Medieval innovations in record keeping -- The beginnings of orthodoxy and heresy -- Anti-semitism's medieval roots -- Holy war and it's long legacy -- disc 2: The cult of the Virgin Mary -- The imaginative power of chivalry -- The legacy of heraldry and pedigree -- "Town air makes you free" -- Guilds and the rise of organized labor -- The medieval rise of the rule of law -- disc 3: Medieval government and collective rights -- Medieval sovereignty and the state -- The medieval roots of the King's English -- Medieval narratives of nationalism -- Medieval narratives in modern war -- The university's medieval origins -- disc 4: The origins of the scientific method -- Our debts to the medieval world of money -- The medieval explosion of documentation -- The medieval invention of purgatory -- Medieval evolutions in hospitals and prisons -- Medieval rhyme, romance and sagas -- disc 5: The medieval rise of professional authors -- How vernacular bibles transformed faith -- Recovering medieval arts and artists -- The medieval artistic imagination persists -- The Black Death's lasting lessons -- The medieval invention of race? -- disc 6: Medievalism and modern racism -- Rediscovering medieval sex and gender -- Medieval games we still play -- Medieval revolutions in dress and dining -- Medieval inventions that changed the world -- Medievalism, pop culture, and the present.
Summary:
"The Medieval Legacy offers a deep look at a stunning millennium of change and innovation which continues to inform our contemporary world. Throughout the course, individual lectures highlight our heritage from the Middle Ages as it affects daily experience: in the kinds of paperwork we live with every day; the ways we read and publish texts; the medieval inventions we use, such as clocks and eyeglasses; how we compose poetry and novels; the universities we attend; and more. Professor Symes brings the medieval world vividly alive through remarkable specificity and detail. In a lecture on medieval finance, you'll enjoy a sumptuously detailed look at the colorful accounting system of the English Exchequer--a huge table that functioned like a giant abacus. In studying medieval trade guilds, you'll witness the extravagant York theatrical pageants and elaborate outdoor Passion plays, for which a myriad of trades created the staging. And, in exploring medieval pastimes, you'll study a richly detailed image of a chess match, portraying the complex social ceremony of the game and the distinctive costumes of the players and watchers--forms of dress that persisted until the early 20th century and live on in modern formal wear."--Publisher's website.
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