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Thomas More utopia
Title
Thomas More [electronic resource (video)] : utopia / Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2005], c2004.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (24 min.) : sd., col., digital.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Dec. 09, 2005.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Thomas More's Utopia, one of the most significant texts of English humanism, has become the ideal for a society based on fundamental human principles of fairness and justice. This program follows the progress of More's intellectual development, from his early friendship with the influential humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam, to his rise to power as a member of Parliament and later Chancellor of England, through his tempestuous relationship with King Henry VIII-who would eventually break away from the Catholic Church and set into motion More's execution. In this program, quotations from Utopia serve as a dramatic counterpoint to More's own life story, bringing into stark relief the contrast between his idealized state and the real world in which he lived and died.
Variant and related titles
Utopia
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Other formats
Original produced: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Words of Change
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Contents
Sir Thomas More and Humanism (2:59)
More: Reign of Henry VIII (2:41)
Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" (3:32)
Gender Equality in "Utopia" (1:22)
Religion and Government in "Utopia" (2:33)
Crime and Punishment in "Utopia" (2:34)
More, Machiavelli, and Henry VIII (2:59)
Sir Thomas More's Legacy (3:44)
Videorecording number
33440s Infobase
33444 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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