| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
The great courses. Philosophy, Intellectual history |
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Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.
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| Note |
Title from disc surface. |
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Course no. 3450. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The greatness of Gibbon's Decline and fall -- The making of Gibbon the Historian -- The Empire at its beginning -- The theory and practice of history -- The Golden Age of the Antonines -- The hidden poison begins to work -- disc 2: Diocletian and the triumph of Constantine -- Enlightenment skepticism -- The rise of Christianity -- Constantine and Athanasius -- Julian and the return to Paganism -- disc 3: East and West divided -- Huns and vandals -- Theodoric and Justinian -- The breakup of the Empire -- The Byzantine Empire and Charlemagne -- The rise of Islam -- disc 4: The Byzantine Empire in the 10th century -- The Crusades -- Genghis Khan and Tamerlane -- The fall of Constantinople -- The end of Gibbon's work -- Decline and fall in moden perspective. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Leo Damrosch, Harvard University. |
| Summary |
Unravel Gibbon's seminal Decline and Fall with an award-winning Harvard professor. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
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History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward) |
| Chronological Term |
30 B.C.-814 A.D. |
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Civilization. |
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Rome -- Civilization.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Europe -- History -- 392-814.
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| Genre |
Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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History.
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Nonfiction films.
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Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Damrosch, Leopold, teacher.
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Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire |
| ISBN |
1629973793 |
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9781629973791 (DVD container) |
| Music No. |
3450 Teaching Company |
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