Civilisation: 2-Great Thaw, Pt. 1

Duration: 26 min

Creator: Time-Life

Color: color

Description: Examines the era of the great Gothic, using the cathedral at Chartres as an example. Points out that all of Western Europe came alive in the Twelfth Century, and the modern world came into being. Links the intuitive universe of Abclard with the logical cosmos of St. Thomas Aquinas. A world of restless curiosity gives way to one of system and order.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)