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Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547 (2003)

aka: Glory of Gothic, The

Subject

Architecture; Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

An introduction to the art of late medieval England and the early years of the Renaissance. This is the age of the Hundred Years’ War, the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudors. Under kings from Henry IV...

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Master Builders, The: The Construction of a Great Church (1991 Video)

Subject

Archaeology; Architecture

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min., 2005 sale: £11.95 (inclusive)

Explores the building of Beverley Minster, introducing topics including medieval technology, engineeering and design methods.

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Geoffrey Chaucer: Poet and Pilgrim (1990)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 25 minutes), £95.00 [University rate]

This DVD uses explanatory narration, dramatised readings, medieval art, to explore Chaucer’s career, his usage of vernacular English, his wit, descriptive genius and power of characterisation.

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Britain’s Bloody Crown (2016)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £16.99

Historian Dan Jones tells the story of the Wars of the Roses.

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Mysteries, The (2002)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99 (inclusive)

A recording of a version of the Chester Mystery plays performed by a muti-racial, South African cast at Wilton’s Music Hall in 2001. The actors talk in a number of languages including English, Zulu and...

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Landmarks of Western Art

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (6 x 24 minutes), £25.48 each or £127.57 the set

A survey of the greatest achievements in the history of art from the medieval era to the impressionist world. Features the Virtual Gallery - a computer-generated gallery which houses the greatest...

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Some Problems in Reading the Canterbury Tales (197)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of audiotaped discussions which show literary criticism as a living, evolving interchange. This discussion is between P. Brown of Kent University and D. Pearsall of York University

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Knights and Armour (1994 Video)

Director

Andy Stevenson

Producer

Sue Hayes

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min.

Reconstructions at various medieval sites present a picture of the age of chivalry. Visits Austria’s Graz Collection of Armour, showing the evolution of armour and chain mail, and tells the story of the...

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Techniques of Source Study (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Music

Distribution

CD-ROM

Interlinked expository material about documentary sources and notation from Middle Ages to the 19th century, with practical exercises in the transcription of medieval notation forming part of a...

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Pursuit of Pleasure, The (1976 Video)

Director

Michael Steele

Producer

Sarah Spilsbury

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formsts. col. 21 min.

An introduction, using contemporary illustrations, to the social pastimes of the nobility in 14th-century France.

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