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  1. Earth Story (8 Parts) (2006)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 400 minutes), £19.99

    Aubrey Manning presents a series on geological history, unfolding the recent story of how scientists have come to understand the mechanics of our dynamic planet. The 8 programmes took 3 years to make, cost...

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  2. Lost Village, Wharram Percy (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History

    Archaeologists investigating medieval village life have found the excavation of Wharram Percy an invaluable tool in gaining a better picture of peasant life in the middle ages. Aubrey Manning investigates...

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  3. Mystery of the Black Death, The (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Documentary shedding new light on the cause of the Black Death, which killed half the population of Europe in the 14th century. Scientists and historians have unearthed new evidence that the pandemic cannot...

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  4. Precambrian Glaciation in Scotland (2003)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    On a group of remote islands off the coast of south west Scotland there is evidence for Snowball Earth - a completely white planet covered in ice. The Garvellachs, or Isles of the Sea, reveal something of...

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Snowball Earth (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Durlacher
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the history and evolutionary implications of a controversial theory by which the earth was covered in ice up to a kilometre thick for millions of years. Attempts to prove and disprove it include...

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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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