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The dark ages

Call Number

  • DVD 940.12 D219 (CEN)

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Edition

Widescreen version.

Performers

Narrator, RJ Allison.

Publication Information

[New York] : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2007, c2006.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Between the Fall of Rome and the dawn of the Renaissance, Europe plunged into a dark night of constant war, splintered sovereignties, marauding pagans, and more. As chaos replaced culture, Europe was beset by famine, plague, persecutions, and a state of war that was so persistent it was only rarely interrupted by peace. This program covers warlords whose armies threatened to cause the demise of European society, such as Alaric, Charles the Hammer, and Clovis; and the people who valiantly tended the flames of justice, knowledge, and innovation, including Charlemagne, St. Benedict, Empress Theodora, and other brave souls who fought for peace and enlightenment.

Notes

Title from container.

"The fall of civilization, the rise of a new world order"--Container.

Originally broadcast on the History Channel in 2007.

Special features: feature-length documentary "The plague" ; History in the making featurette "The dark ages."

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