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The Story of medieval England : from King Arthur to the Tudor conquest

The Story of medieval England : from King Arthur to the Tudor conquest [videorecording] : From King Arthur to the Tudor conquest - Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2010. - 6 videodiscs (ca. 18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 203 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) - The great courses. History. Medieval history . - Great courses (DVD). Modern history. .

Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, timeline, glossary and bibliography. Includes 36 lectures (30 min. each).

Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (p. 193-203).

Disc 1. From Britannia to Britain -- Roman Britain and the origins of King Arthur -- The early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms -- The conversion of the Anglo-Saxons -- Work and faith in Anglo-Saxon England -- The Viking invasions. Disc 2. Alfred the Great -- The government of Anglo-Saxon England -- The golden age of the Anglo-Saxons -- The second Viking conquest -- The Norman conquest -- The reign of William the Conqueror. Disc 3. Conflict and assimilation -- Henry I, the lion of justice -- The anarchy of Stephen's reign -- Henry II, law and order -- Henry II, the expansion of empire -- Courtly love. Disc 4. Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade -- King John and the Magna Carta -- Daily life in the 13th century -- The disastrous reign of Henry III -- The conquests of Edward I -- Edward II, defeat and deposition. Disc 5. Edward III and the Hundred Years' War -- The flowering of chivalry -- The Black Death -- The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 -- Chaucer and the rise of English -- The deposition of Richard II. Disc 6. Daily life in the 15th century -- Henry V and the victory at Agincourt -- Henry VI, defeat and division -- The Wars of the Roses -- Richard II, betrayal and defeat -- England in 1485.

Camera, Jim M. Allen, Alexis Doty, Robert Evans, Jonathan Leven, Jackson Styron ; editor, Ines I Perez-Thompson. Camera, Jim M. Allen, Alexis Doty, Robert Evans, Jonathan Leven, Jackson Styron ; editor, Ines I Perez-Thompson.

Professor Jennifer Paxton, Georgetown University.

Lectures cover English historical periods from Roman times to the Tudor conquest.


DVD.

1598037080 9781598037081

course No. 8410 Teaching company PD8410A Teaching Company ID8410A Teaching Company PB8410A Teaching Company


Civilization, Medieval.


Great Britain--History.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers.


History.
Instructional films.
Nonfiction films.
Filmed lectures.

941.03