Inside the Medieval Mind Knowledge /
Medieval science wasn't nonsense: it could conceive of a spherical Earth, for example. But the medieval scholar discerned both natural and supernatural forces at work in the cosmos, reading an eclipse as a sign from God as well as the result of planetary movement, and populating even the most r...
| Other Authors: | BBC Worldwide Ltd., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2010], c2008.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (58 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Series: |
Inside the medieval mind.
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Table of Contents:
- Medieval Mind (6:58)
- Medieval Map of the World (4:08)
- Medieval Monsters (2:59)
- Natural Phenomena & Religious Significance (3:50)
- Medieval Knowledge & Morality (2:47)
- Natural World & and Divine Guidance (3:56)
- Secular Learning (2:00)
- Cambridge University: Medieval Legacy (2:01)
- Spread of Knowledge (4:44)
- Greek Philosophers vs. Church Authorities (2:13)
- Thomas Aquinas (2:34)
- Medieval Scholarship: Rational Debate (1:47)
- Roger Bacon & Experimental Science (3:30)
- Roger Bacon & Visions of the Future (4:13)
- New Worlds of Knowledge (3:48)
- Travels of Marco Polo (2:23)
- New Horizons: Christopher Columbus (3:34)
- Program Credits (0:29)