Describes the atmosphere of the Middle Ages through enactment of excerpts from the literature of the period. Scenes are performed from the morality play “Everyman” and from Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”; the passionate concerns of youth speak through the verses of Dante and other poets of the age.
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ACMI Identifier
322197
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Poetry - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
History → Great Britain - History
History → Middle Ages - History
Literature → Chaucer, Geoffrey, d.1400
Literature → Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Literature → English literature
People → Chaucer, Geoffrey, d.1400
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)