LibGuides: Medieval Philosophy: Media

Medieval Philosophy: Feature Films

Duns Scoto
Call Number: MEDIA DVD 5359

Videodisc release of a 2010 Italian motion picture about Scotus' life and his debate with Dominican scholars.
Subject Heading: Francis Of Assisi Saint 1182 1226 Drama
Eight different feature films on the popular Saint, ranging from the hagiographical to the psychological to the musical, and including Rossellini's delightful interpretation of the Flowers of St. Francis.

Outside academia, Dr. McInerny was known for his detective fiction, notably the Father Dowling Mysteries. Inside academia, however ...

Bryan Magee talks to Anthony Kenny about medieval philosophy
Call Number: MEDIA B 765.T54 B79 1997

Important medieval specialist Kenny, with a focus on Aquinas. Videocassette, 45 mins.

For DVDs and for useful videocassettes, you can find players on Level 2 of the Library. Ask for help at the Media/Reserves Desk.

Out of Cordoba: Averroes and Maimonides in their time and ours
Call Number: MEDIA DVD 4774

DVD, 82 mins.
A History of Philosophy. Lecture #25, Aquinas on God by Arthur Holmes (Wheaton College)
Call Number: MEDIA DVD 2183
Virtues and principles in Aquinas
Call Number: MEDIA BD 21 .V57 1985

Videocassette.
Avveroes
Panel discusses Ibn Rushd/Averroes, his attempt to reconcile Islamic and Christian philosophies, etc. From the BBC.
De l'arabe au latin = From Arabic to Latin
Call Number: MEDIA BASEMENT STORAGE DS 36.85 .D4 2001

Looks at intramural Muslim conflict during the Caliphates, and the concurrent push for Christian scholars to translate Arabic translations of both Muslim science and lost Western classics into Latin, of vital importance for the coming Renaissance. Videocassette, 26 mins.
Christians, Jews, and Moslems in Medieval Spain
" ...Spain's history from 711 to the expulsion of Moors and Jews in 1492; the role of the School of Toledo in preserving and translating ancient Greek texts and Arabic treatises on philosophy and science; the rabbinic center in Toledo; history of the Jews in Spain." Videocassette, 52 mins.