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Empires Great courses Great courses (DVD) Penguin lives series Veritas (London, England)Summary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
Call number: DVD 909 FOU PART 2
Call number: DVD 909 FOU PART 3
Call number: DVD 909 FOU PART 4
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Contents: Christ lag in Todes Banden = Cantata for Easter Sunday, Kantate zum 1. Ostertag, BWV 4 (18:58) -- Oratorium festo Paschali (Kommt, eilet und laufet) : Oster-Oratorium = Easter oratorio, BWV 249 (40:14).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BACSummary: "The film vividly portrays key moments in Martin Luther's story. The massive lightning storm that nearly killed him, the bleak self-punishment of his time in the monastery, the corruption that unleashed his anger, the theological breakthrough that reset Christian thought, his trial before the most powerful man in Europe, the staged kidnapping that helped him escape the death penalty, and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MARSummary: Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Part 2 examines the biblical answers to the fundamental human questions and then traces their influence on the Western mind. This second section witnesses the transformation of philosophy from a monothetic search for explanations to a spiritual quest for meaning and understanding informed by a profound fideism.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRELuther, Martin
Contents: The ninety-five theses -- Address to the nobility -- Concerning Christian liberty -- A small catechism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Templegate Publishers 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230.41 LUTTucker, Ruth
Summary: Katherine Luther, a former nun, was a decisive, assertive partner of Martin Luther, unlike most preacher's wives of her time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUTHER, KATHARINA VON BORA TUCRoper, Lyndal
Summary: "Examining the inner life of Martin Luther, the founding leader of the Reformation, the author reveals a literary genius who was full of contradictions and whose Ninety-Five Theses began the greatest upheaval and transformation of Christianity in history"--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUTHER, MARTIN ROPMarty, Martin E.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Penguin 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUTHER, MARTIN MARMetaxas, Eric
Summary: "On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate, but that instead ignited a conflagration that would forever destroy the world he knew. Five hundred years after Luther's now famous Ninety-five Theses appeared, biographer Eric Metaxas paints a startling portrait of the wild figure whose adamantine faith cracked the edifice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUTHER, MARTIN METGregory, Brad S. (Brad Stephan)
Summary: On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther and the epochal movement that continues to shape the world today. For five centuries, Martin Luther has been lionized as an outspoken and fearless icon of change who ended the Middle Ages and heralded the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 274 GREWilson, Derek A.
Summary: Examines the complex life, motivations, and convictions of Martin Luther, and describes the religious, social, and cultural legacies of the man that helped ignite the Protestant Reformation and transform the face of Europe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUTHER, MARTIN WILSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005