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The Dark Ages (The History Channel ) 
Actors : RJ Allison
Director : Christopher Cassel
Studio : A&E Home Video
by A&E Home Video
Brand : A&E
Release Date : 2007-05-29
Publisher : A&E Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0733961772104
UPC : 733961772104
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 17 reviews)
List Price : $24.95
Our Price : $10.80
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Product Description |
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Join THE HISTORY CHANNEL® on an unforgettable voyage through one of the most desolate periods in human history as the rulers conflicts and cataclysmic societal breakdown of THE DARK AGES are brought to light.At its height in the second century A.D. the Roman Empire was the beacon of learning trade power and prosperity in the western world. But the once-powerful Rome--rotten to the core by the fifth century--lay open to barbarian warriors who came in wave after wave of invasion slaughtering stealing and ultimately settling. As chaos replaced culture Europe was beset by famine plague persecutions and a state of war that was so persistent it was only rarely interrupted by peace. THE DARK AGES profiles those who battled to shape the future from the warlords whose armies threatened to case the demise of European society like Alaric Charles the Hammer and Clovis; to the men and women who valiantly tended the flames of justice knowledge and innovation including Charlemagne St. Benedict Empress Theodora and other brave souls who fought for peace and enlightenment. It was in the shadows of this turbulent millennium that the seeds of modern civilization were sown.Special Feature-length Documentary The Plague ; Featurette History in the Making: The Dark Ages Runtime: 94 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 733961772104 Manufacturer No: AAE-77210 |
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Great video! |
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A good way to learn what happened during the dark ages. has some personal stories to make it feel more "human." Gives an overall idea of what took place without being too "dry." |
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Superficially Skims the Surface of History |
This isn't one of the best of History Channel's documentaries for good reason -- it wasn't a well documented period in world history. Consequently, the series seemed superficial at best and didn't convince me that it accurately portrayed this time period. It seemed to have a limited budget and was a half baked effort. Perhaps the depressing theme made it less than palatable for the production team. Perhaps it was already known most people wouldn't bother to watch it for more than a few minutes because it was a boring expose of a dark period in human history.
There did seem to be a responsible toning down of the twisted dark things of that period as far as torture for fear of sensationalizing these aspects. However, I must say this series was extremely boring and made me want to pick up a book of history rather than watch this drab documentary. It seemed to blame the entire Dark Ages on the fall of the Roman Empire and completely overlooked the harm fanatical religion caused. |
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The Dark Ages |
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A very useful review of the times and famous people involved in that, for many, mysterious era of history. |
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A little disappointed... |
As I stated in the title, after watching this documentary I stayed little disappointed. Only good thing about it, that this is only available documentary about early middle ages that exist in English. If not, it would receive two. Anyway the beginning was promising, the first problems began with Justinian and cheap acting. After that things went worse with portrayal of Charlemagne, it was more said about his love affairs than his campaigns and renovation of Europe. Then I left stunned - there wasn't any mention about HRE, but instead some story about one viking warlord, totally uncomparable with other rulers in DA! After all there wasn't any mention about Basil II, one of greatest persons on the end of early medieval time, there were some sad explanations about beginning of crusades, but more child stories then real history. Sad. It started very promising, but last 30 minutes was BIG waste of time.
Three stars. |
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Good For Teachers |
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Good Information, as expected, also interesting and engaging for students. This is a great review of the early middle ages leading to the crusades. |
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