[Age of Absolutism] [videorecording] / Eugene Weber.
[Age of Absolutism] [videorecording] / Eugene Weber.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
[Boston, Mass.] : WGBH in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [production company] ; St. Leonards, NSW : Focal Communications [distributor], c1989.
Call Numbers
VB8179
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 videocassette (VHS) ([ea. 30] min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Contents
Executive producer, Fred Barzyk; theme music, Gene Mackles.
Publication information
Publisher
[Boston, Mass.] : WGBH in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [production company] ; St. Leonards, NSW : Focal Communications [distributor], c1989.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1989.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Absolutism was the doctrine of centralised and total power represented by the King. Prosperity, peace and civil order was thought to be best established and maintained by a central authority. This central autho rity would prevail over the Church, Feudal Lords & local traditions. Exhausted by war and civil strife, many Europeans exchanged earlier li...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Age of Absolutism] [videorecording] / Eugene Weber.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Western tradition ; program 31.
"The Annenburg/CPB Project".
Aural title confirmed by cassette & container labels.
Originally broadcast as a program in the television course The Western tradition, distributed in the U.S. by Coronet.
Audience note
Senior secondary through adult.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1989.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
VB8179
Record Identifier
74VM52KdNRJy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM52KdNRJy
Other Identifiers
DDC
940.25
MMS ID
991003521919702626
