African ascetics and Celtic monks : 5th and 6th centuries / [print] an LWT/Bravo co-production in association with C.T.V.C. ; a presentation of Films for the Humanities and Sciences ; directors, Bob Bee, Tony Knox. - Princeton, New Jersey : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, (c)1999. - 1 videodisc (47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Two thousand years, the history of Christianity .

Original music, Robert Hartshorne ; associate producer, Amanda Burrell ; co-producer, Shaun Whiteside ; executive producers, Gillian Greenwood, Melvyn Bragg. Original music, Robert Hartshorne ; associate producer, Amanda Burrell ; co-producer, Shaun Whiteside ; executive producers, Gillian Greenwood, Melvyn Bragg.

Part one features the sacking of Rome and introduces Augustine of Hippo and his The City of God, which examines the Church's uneasy relationship with human frailty and worldliness. Part two tracks the spread of Christianity to Ireland and its establishment in Britain and northern Europe by Celtic monks, who had formulated the concept of penance and the culture of pilgrimage.



FFH 9361 : Films for the Humanities & Sciences


Christianity--History.--Ireland
Christianity--History.--Great Britain
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BR748 BR748.L847.A375 1999