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Life in the Middle Ages - The Knight (VIDEO)
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Life in the Middle Ages - The Knight (VIDEO)With their code of chivalry and the legendary adventures of King Arthur, much has been romanticized about the lives of knights. But what were they really like? Were all of their exploits necessarily for the greater good? In The Knight, students will get the lowdown on the lives of these armor-clad warriors of the Middle Ages, focusing on the role they played in the society of the time.


Junior Grades (4-6), Intermediate Grades (7-8) (JI)

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Life in the Middle Ages - The Doctor (VIDEO)
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Life in the Middle Ages - The Doctor (VIDEO)There was a time when some bacon fat and flour were thought to heal a bad bruise, and internal bleeding was remedied by wearing a dried toad around one’s neck. In The Doctor, students will get the lowdown on the life of a doctor practicing during the Middle Ages. Focusing on the different beliefs and practices carried out by members of this important profession, this lively program investigates the role that religion and social status played in curing everyday maladies,

 

Junior Grades (4-6), Intermediate Grades (7-8) (JI)

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Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
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Medieval Britain: A Very Short IntroductionMedieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction

A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages. Out of the turbulence came stronger senses of identity in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Yet this was an age, too, of growing definition of Englishness and of a distinctive English cultural tradition.
 
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Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel - Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
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Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel - Technology and Invention in the Middle AgesCathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel - Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages

A fascinating exploration of how Western Europe, after the chaos of the Dark Ages, rose to lead the world in technology examines how such inventions as the spinning wheel, the flying buttress, and the blast furnace helped create Western culture.
 
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The Historical Dictionary of the Kurds
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The Historical Dictionary of the KurdsThe Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

The Historical Dictionary of the Kurds covers the largest nation on Earth that does not have its own independent state. Scholars, government officials who are dealing with the Middle East and the Kurds, the news media, as well as the general reader will find this an accessible historical account about a people who are becoming increasingly important for the future of the geostrategic Middle East
 
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