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The Great Famine and the Black Death
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The story of Kibworth reaches the catastrophic 14th century. The village goes through the worst famine in European history, and then, as revealed in the astonishing village archive in Merton Colleg...
The story of Kibworth reaches the catastrophic 14th century. The village goes through the worst famine in European history, and then, as revealed in the astonishing village archive in Merton College Oxford, two thirds of the people die in the Black Death. Helped by today's villagers - field walking and reading the historical texts - and by the local schoolchildren digging archaeological test pits, Michael Wood follows stories of individual lives through these times, out of which the English idea of community and the English character begin to emerge.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Included Title
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- Michael Wood's Story of England (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2010
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn890330163
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on June 26, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- 14th Century Kibworth Challenges (2:14) -- Search for Medieval Rubbish (5:14) -- Kibworth Agricultural History (5:16) -- Medieval Peasant's Duties (1:53) -- Kibworth Feudal System (3:00) -- Medieval Village Rivalry (2:35) -- England's Great Famine (6:23) -- Kibworth's Suffering (4:45) -- Kibworth Class Divisions (2:14) -- Medieval Upward Mobility (4:31) -- Black Plague in England (3:48) -- Black Death in Kibworth (6:39) -- Medieval Charity (5:35) -- Feudal Reforms (4:08) -- Credits: The Great Famine and the Black Death: Michael Wood's Story of England (0:35)