The Great Courses. The foundations of Western civilization

Noble, Thomas F. X. (Added Author). Blandford, James. (Added Author). Dunton, Tom. (Added Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and Alexander the Great. It then considers Western Europe as it expands physically and culturally, and initiates the globalization of Western civilization with the Portuguese and Spanish voyages of exploration and discovery.

Record details

ISBN: 9791565855754
ISBN: 9781565855755
ISBN: 1565855752
Physical Description: 8 videodiscs (approximately 1,440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 303 pages ; 19 cm).
videodisc
Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2002]
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, maps, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part 4: Disc 7. Lecture 37 Medieval political traditions, II ; Lecture 38 Scholastic culture ; Lecture 39 Vernacular culture ; Lecture 40 The crisis of Renaissance Europe ; Lecture 41 The Renaissance problem ; Lecture 42 Renaissance portraits -- Disc 8. Lecture 43 The northern Renaissance ; Lecture 44 The Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther ; Lecture 45 The Protestant Reformation: John Calvin ; Lecture 46 Catholic reforms and "Confessionalization" ; Lecture 47 Exploration and empire ; Lecture 48 What challenges remain?
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer/editor, Jaimee M. Aigret ; directors, Jon Leven, Tom Dooley ; content supervisor, Maggie Lyons.
Participant or Performer Note:	Forty-eight lectures of thirty minutes each by Thomas F.X. Noble, Director, Medieval Institute and professor of history, Notre Dame University.
System Details Note:	DVD.