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  1. Christopher Plantin, Polyglot Printer of Antwerp (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the printing and publishing house founded by Plantin in the 1560s, looking at the wide range of scholarly books which he published including the production of the highly complex Polyglot Bible....

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  2. Discovering Sixteenth-Century Strasbourg (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Uses contemporary evidence such as maps, engravings and other documents to understand 16th-century city-state Strasbourg, looking at what the old buildings can tell us about life at the time.

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  3. Venice & Antwerp 1: The Cities Compared (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

    Between 1496 and 1538 a major change of attitude towards public building and spaces took place in Venice and development took place around the Piazza San Marco and the Rialto. This contrasts with Antwerp...

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  4. Venice & Antwerp 2: Forms of Religion (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    Architecture; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair

    Shot on location in Venice and Antwerp, the programme compares the social impact of religion in the 16th century. Religion dominated many aspects of life now cared for by social services. Despite Catholic...

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  5. Hardwick Hall: Power and Architecture (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In many aspects Hardwick Hall is a typical, though exceptionally well preserved, Elizabethan house. In other respects it is unique; it is one of the most innovative houses of its date in Europe. The factors...

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  6. Shropshire in the Sixteenth Century (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Filmed in Shrewsbury and the surrounding countryside, examines surviving buildings as evidence of social, political and economic change in the 15th and 16th centuries. The most important cash commodity of...

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  7. Cragside (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the building of Cragside House by the Victorian architect Norman Shaw for the great armaments manufacturer Lord Armstrong. Begun as a relatively modest country retreat in 1863, the house was...

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  8. Necessity for History, The (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Professor Arthur Marwick argues the necessity for an understanding of history. History is all-pervasive - on television, inbooks, buildings and museums. Without an understand of what history is, we are at a...

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  9. Rural Life 1: Image and Reality (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at three Victorian villages - Old Warden and Steppingley in Bedfordshire and Wortham in Suffolk. The Bedfordshire villages are the product of improvements made by wealthy landowners and represent...

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  10. Rural Life 2: Victorian Farming (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Levinson
    Subject
    Agriculture; Sociology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Mechanical innovations in Victorian agriculture spread unevenly and slowly in a time when manual labour was still plentiful and cheap. Follows the grain harvest, examining the changes and their effects on...

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