The Black Death : the world's most devastating plague
Travel into a transformative moment in history and learn how the Black Death ignited processes that led to the Renaissance, the Reformation, and beyond.
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- ISBN: 1629972800
- Physical Description 4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : DVD video, sound, colour.
- Publisher Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2016]
- Copyright ©2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from disc surface. Course no. 8241. 24 lectures (30 min. each). GMD: videodisc. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Europe on the brink of the Black Death ; The epidemiology of plague ; Did plague really cause the Black Death? ; The Black Death's ports of entry ; The first wave sweeps across Europe ; The Black Death in Florence -- Disc 2. The Black Death in France ; The Black Death in Avignon ; The Black Death in England ; The Black Death in Walsham ; The Black Death in Scandinavia ; The end of the first wave -- Disc 3. Medieval theories about the Black Death ; Cultural reactions from Flagellation to hedonism ; Jewish persecution during the Black Death ; Plague's effects on the medieval church ; Plague saints and popular religion ; Artistic responses to the Black Death -- Disc 4. Literary responses to the Black Death ; The economics of the Black Death ; The Black Death's political outcomes ; Communities that survived the first wave ; Later plague outbreaks: 1353-1666 ; How the Black Death transformed the world. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Directors, Jonathan D. Leven, Jim M. Allen, Sal Rodriguez ; Academic content supervisors, Brandon Hopkins, Catherine Lyon, Jessica Darago ; Graphic artists, Brian Schumacher, Marcy Cochran. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Professor Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Language Note: | English audio. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |