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  1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2002 Video)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 2002 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An animation of the late 14th century tale written by an unknown author in north-west England where memories of the warring Celtic world still lingered.

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  2. Canterbury Tales, The (2001)

    Director
    Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Subject
    English language and literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £14.99

    Pasolini takes the role of Chaucer in a vivid and grotesque adaptation of some of Chaucer’s bawdy tales. The dual format Blu-Ray edition includes an alternative English-language version presented with...

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  3. Canterbury Tales, The (Animated) (2001)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 mins each part), £9.49 each

    An animated series of the tales made for television, offering the opportunity to hear an authentic Middle English version as well as a modern English version of the same text. Jonathan Myerson’s adaptation...

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  4. Medieval World, The (2000 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An overview of medieval history, featuring the full text in English translation of Paul Lacroix’s 1874 survey ‘Life in the Medieval World’; analysis; interactive tutorials and modern and contemporary...

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  5. Canterbury Tales, The 1 (1999 Multimedia)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An introduction to Chaucer’s ‘The Canterbury Tales’, with Middle English, modern English and facsimile versions. Also contains a an exploration of key themes, a guide to the characters; glossary;...

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  6. Canterbury Tales, The (1999 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2004 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Introduces Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales, featuring dramatised extracts with commentary; interpretation, comment and analysis, by Christiania Whitehead and Dr Peter Mack of the University of Warwick.

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  7. Dante: The ‘Divine Comedy’ (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Italian studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An introduction to ‘The Divine Comedy’, containing visual intepretations by the Topiary Dance Group; the Doré illustrations of 1861; location footage from Florence; discussions of themes, plot and...

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  8. Gothic Cathedral (1998)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

    Discusses the construction and design of Gothic Medieval Cathedrals. Most of our Cathedrals and Abbey Churches were built during the Middle Ages. In the years following the Norman Conquest a huge rebuilding...

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  9. Galileo (1997)

    Director
    Richard Rich
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (30 minutes), £7.49

    Europe, the sixteenth century. The Copernican theory that the earth revolves around the sun is considered false. Galileo, a courageous astronomer and inventor, constructs a superior version of the existing...

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  10. Black Death, The (1996 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 19 min., 1997 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

    Between 1347 to 1351 25 million people in Europe were killed by the plague. The programme looks at the effect of the plague on ordinary people of the time, and at the lasting political, economic and social...

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