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 Each Western Civilization PicturePack Collection covers one of fifteen major periods in the history of Western Civilization.  Each Collection contains a thorough, in-depth series of visual lessons - each one a segment of history, told in beautiful large-size images and historical captions (articles). PicturePacks are inexpensive, and allow you to order just the historical content you need.  Created in html (web-based) format,  PicturePacks run in your own Windows web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator), so the PicturePack "look and feel" is friendly and familiar, and there is no installation and minimal user instruction. PicturePacks allow independent study, but they are also resources, designed to allow you to use the rich, varied content to create presentations, handouts, student reports, and much more.  Simple, clear instructions are included. PicturePack Collections are delivered on CD.

CONTENTS Collection E: The Middle Ages in Full Blossom, 1200 - 1500  

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    Western Civilization PicturePacks
     A Early Civilizations to 500 B.C.
     B Greek, Hellenistic 200-31 B.C.
     C Rome, Christianity 31 B.C.-71 A.D.
     D Foundations of Europe, 700-1200
     E The Middle Ages 1200-1500
     F Italian Renaissance, 1300-1550
     G The Reformation, 1517-1600
     H Nation States 1600-1715
     I Enlightenment, French Revolution
     J Revolutions, 1815 - 1850
     K Nationalism, Militarism 1850-1914
     L WWI, Russian Revolution
     M Between the Wars, 1920 - 1939
     N WWII, 1939 - 1945
     O Global Civilization 1945-Present
     

 

     

 


 

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   Western Civilization PicturePack

Collection E:
The Middle Ages in Full Blossom, 1200 - 1500 
  

All the PicturePacks listed below are
included in this PicturePack Collection.
All images full screen, with articles.

   

PicturePack WCE01: European Leaders and Law in the Middle Ages- Philip II of France - Philip VI of France - Edward III of England - French Crown Lands, 1180-1314 - The cloister courtyard of Fontevrault Abbey - Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lion-Heart - A royal banquet in the Middle Ages - John I, king of England - The Magna Carta, 1215 - A detail of the Magna Carta - The Coutumes of Normandy - Homage to the king of France - A medieval court with a woman judge - Court officials visit the room of a sick man - A judicial duel in medieval France - The resolution of a property dispute - Execution by hanging  
 

PicturePack WCE02: The Medieval City- A mid-15th-century French townhouse - Medieval houses along the Thames, London - The medieval German walled city of Rothenburg - Aigues Mortes, France - The barbican of Walmgate Bar at York, England - A side view of Walmgate Bar, York, England - A view into the courtyard of Walmgate Bar - Interior of wall-walk at Rothenburg - A gatehouse in the city wall of Rothenburg - A fortified city gate in Winchester, England - St. Swithin's chapel above a city gate - A detail showing 13th-century gabled rooftops - "Shambles," the medieval center of York - Medieval row houses in Chester, England - Half-timber building in Shrewsbury, England - Shops on Butchers’ Row in Shrewsbury, England - Benskin's Fighting Cocks at St. Alban's, England - A French woman’s 15th-century headdress - A late 14th-century public clock, Wells, England - 15th-century clock displays Ptolemaic universe - A wall of the Morrell House in York, England - Hammer-beam roof timbers at Durham, England - The Collegio del Cambio in Perugia, Italy - A 14th-century gold separation mill - A medieval goldsmith’s shop - The crest of the coopers’ guild, ca. 1450 - The guild of swordmakers, Amiens Cathedral - The walled city of Carcassonne in France - Carcassonne during the medieval period - The 13th-century northwest walls of Carcassonne - Approaches to the Aude Gatehouse, Carcassonne - The lists between the two walls of Carcassonne - Barbican of the Narbonnaise Gate, Carcassonne - Towers of the Narbonnaise Gate, Carcassonne - A 12th-century timber hoarding - "The Marriage of the Virgin Mary," by Pacher   
 

PicturePack WCE03: Medieval Medicine, Death and Burial - The Hôtel Dieu, a medieval hospital in Paris - The porch on second floor of Alcala Hospital - A 14th-century operation on the liver - Physicians examining a leper - Lepers' banquet at Nuremberg, 15th century - Detail of a lepers' banquet, 15th century - The monastery and town of Assisi - St. Francis of Assisi receives the stigmata - Monastery and basilica of St. Francis, Assisi. - Last rites at death bed of the Virgin Mary - The Gothic tomb of Bishop Bronescombe - The effigies of Alexander Lord Denton and family    
 

PicturePack WCE04: The Gothic Cathedral- The Cathedral of Paray-le-Monial - The south side of Notre Dame de Paris - The east end of Le Mans Cathedral, France - Ribbed vaulting in Amiens Cathedral - Mont-St.-Michel - The Abbey of St. Denis, from an 1871 lithograph - An interior elevation in Amiens Cathedral - The interior of the nave of Amiens Cathedral - Ceiling vaulting in Amiens Cathedral - Three bays of the vaulting in Bath Abbey - Cross arches of Wells Cathedral, England - Interior of rose window in Notre Dame, Paris - One medallion, Tree of Jesse window, York - A window of Adam at Canterbury Cathedral - A gargoyle on the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris - A gargoyle on the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris - The west front of Chartres Cathedral, France - The façade of Reims Cathedral, France - A panoramic view of Salisbury Cathedral - A panoramic view of York Minster, England - An overview of Orvieto Cathedral, Italy - The Saved, from Orvieto’s Last Judgment - The Damned, from Orvieto’s Last Judgment - An exterior view of the Cathedral of Milan - The crossing of the Cathedral of Milan, Italy - An interior view of Milan Cathedral, Italy     
 

PicturePack WCE05: The First Universities- Moses Maimonides, philosopher - The courtyard of the Sorbonne in Paris, France - The Church of the Sorbonne University, Paris - A panoramic view of Oxford University, England - University College, Oxford, founded in 1249 - The Duke of Gloucester Library, Oxford University - The Sheldonian Theater at Oxford University - The Examination Building at Oxford University - Panoramic view of Cambridge University, England - The River Cam at Cambridge University, England - The Trinity College Quadrangle at Cambridge - The interior of the Trinity College dining hall - The Quadrangle of King's College, Cambridge - King's College Chapel at Cambridge - The interior of King's College Chapel - Eton College, founded in 1440 - The university town of Salamanca, Spain - The university quarter of Salamanca, Spain - Façade above doors of University of Salamanca - A 16th-century lecture hall at Salamanca - Benches and student writing desks at Salamanca - Mudéjar architecture, Colegio Mayor at Salamanca - The University of Coimbra, Portugal - A room in the university library at Coimbra - The university city and castle of Heidelberg - The medieval University of Heidelberg - An academic building at Heidelberg - Astrological signs in a university lecture hall - The Ptolemaic conception of the universe - How the planets reign in every hour - A man's body, governed by the constellations - A sign of the Zodiac: Cancer and wheat harvest - An English astrolabe, ca. 1325 - Liberal arts represented on Chartres Cathedral - Dialectic and its model representative, Cicero - Medieval musical instruments - A medieval organ - The organ in Wells Cathedral, England    
  

PicturePack WCE06: Medieval Books: on Paper and in Stone- A page from a 15th century "Book of Hours." - A page from a block book - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet and author - Dante's Inferno - A vision of Dante’s heaven - A page from Fust and Schuiffier's Second Psalter - "Punishment of the Wrathful in Hell." - Medieval writing tables - The Last Judgment, Notre Dame, Paris - Angel and devil from The Last Judgment - The Damned dragged into mouth of hell - The Dormition of Mary, bas-relief, Notre Dame    
  

PicturePack WCE07: Avignon, the Antipope & Heresy- The main entrance to the Papal Palace in Avignon - The Queen of Naples visits the Pope at Rome - A model of the Papal Palace in Avignon - The Great Chapel of Clement VI at Avignon - A funerary effigy of Pope Benedict XII, Avignon - The funerary effigy of the antipope Clement VII - The funerary effigy of the antipope John XXIII - St. Dominic, founder of the Dominican order - Lippi's "Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas," Rome - Destroying the remains of Wycliff - Jan Hus burned for heresy - Emperor Wenceslaus, Charles VI combat Hussites   
 

PicturePack WCE08: The Medieval Pilgrimage- The Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem - The burial place of Jesus - A medieval fresco of Jesus entering Jerusalem - Shrine in Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem - Pilgrims on the way to Compostella - Pilgrims leaving an English town - Canterbury Cathedral, pilgrimage destination - The place of Thomas Becket's murder - Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) - The Miller, from the Canterbury Tales - A gold-covered reliquary in Cologne Cathedral - "The head of St. John the Baptist," Munich - "The head of St. John the Baptist," in Rome - "The right arm of St. John the Baptist." - Louis IX’s chapel for relics of the Crucifixion    
 

PicturePack WCE09: 14th and 15th Century European Rulers- Map: Germany and Italy, 1250 - Marriage of King Louis to daughter of King Peter - The Battle of Gouda, 1304 - Funeral of Philip VI, king of France, 1328-1350 - Charles VI of France and the Duke of Brittany - Louis XI of France - Louis XII of France - Isabella, queen of Edward II who ruled 1307-1327 - Coronation of Edward III, 1326 - Robert Bruce defies Edward III - Edward III takes Berwick, Scotland - John Ball preaching, Peasants' Revolt, 1381 - The coronation of Henry IV, 1399 - Henry V of England - Henry VI of England - Edward IV of England - Edward V of England - Richard III of England - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain - Royal Burial chapel of Aragon and Castile - The burial chapel of Ferdinand and Isabella - Sancho I of Portugal (r. 1185-1211)   
 

PicturePack WCE10: The Hundred Years’ War- Armor on display at Chateau Cheverny in France - Military costumes of the 15th century - Jousting: Nicholas Clifford vs. John Boucmel - A medieval tournament - A medieval tournament - A knight of medieval France - A vassal swearing fealty - The knighting - Men in armor with a battering ram - A movable tower. - Map: England in France in the 100 Years’ War - Jacob van Artevelde holding state in Ghent - The Duke of Burgundy and his army - The Battle of Rustheque - The Battle of Poitiers, 1356 - Naval battle near the Meuse, July 4, 1351 - The taking of Dudenarde - Spanish vs. Pembroke's fleet off La Rochelle - Merchant ships carrying soldiers - A medieval galley. - A Hanseatic merchant ship - Joan of Arc (1412-1431) - Proclamation of the renewal of a truce - Signing a treaty in the Hundred Years' War    
 


 

 

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