Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Hamlet - Context
Watch this video to learn about Shakespeare’s fascinating world, and its influence on the play Hamlet. Watch the Elizabethan era come to life and come to a deeper understanding of Renaissance humanism, the genre of revenge tragedy,...
Curated Video
10 things we never knew about Aretha Franklin
Multiple Grammy winner and "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin was known for such hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love" and "I Say a Little Prayer." The fourth of five children, Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
INET President: Rebuilding A Moral Economics
Rob Johnson kicks off INET's "Reawakening" conference with his take on how economists can win back the trust of a world that has rejected experts Introducing #INET2017, our "Reawakening" conference in Edinburgh, INET President Rob...
The March of Time
1950: BEAULIEU: DORDOGNE VALLEY: VS Facade of Beaulieu church building w/ sculptures depicting the Last Judgment. INT VS People at religious procession, priest at altar performing rituals, female playing piano. EXT WS Belcastel Church & valley.
MOT 1950: BEAULIEU: DORDOGNE VALLEY: VS Facade of Beaulieu church building w/ sculptures depicting the Last Judgment. INT VS People at religious procession, priest at altar performing rituals, female playing piano. EXT WS Belcastel...
Intelligence Squared
Stephen Fry: The Catholic church are obsessed with sex
Stephen Fry speaks against the motion 'The Catholic Church is a Force for Good '.
Jabzy
Dissenters - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Dissenters
Kult America
Nowa Huta at Night
Nowa Huta has the reputation of a brutal and dangerous place filled with hooligans and criminals. Though in reality there are indeed a few undesirable 'elements' most people living there are hard working, educated, and friendly. I...
Curated Video
Portugal, Alcobaca Monastery
The Alcobaca Monastery is one of the first foundations of the Cistercian Order in Portugal. It was founded in 1153 as a gift to Bernard of Clairvaux, shortly before his death, from the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, to...
The March of Time
Vatican newspaper, radio
MOT 1940: VATICAN CITY: Newspaper press running priest checking paper Editor checking (L' Osservatore Romano) CU Newspaper. Radio tower. Priest inside radio building. Crucifix on wall. Priest at desk w/ radio mic reading script on...
The March of Time
Mass celebrated in cave
MOT 1935: MEXICAN CATHOLICS WORSHIP IN SECRET: Truck on remote mountain road. Mass being celebrated in cave. People praying priest praying blessing people leaving cave church. 'May the Lord bless & keep you....shine upon you.'
The March of Time
New tithe Bill, people in streets talking
MOT 1936: LONDON ENGLAND: Houses of Parliament w/ Thames River FG. CU 'New' Tithe Bill. XCU Bill. VS People talking on streets. Tithe Committee meeting (Roseveare Kedward others).
The March of Time
MOT: 1938:Nazi Propaganda
Nazi antisemitic Propaganda literature, children in school learning from antisemetic books.
Curated Video
Political and Personal Struggle in Francisco Goya's Paintings
In the early 1800s, the French invaded Spain and overthrew Ferdinand VII. Goya initially supported the French invasion, hoping they would restore democracy and end the inquisition but the reality of living through war affected Goya...
Curated Video
Caravaggio's Taking of Christ: Great Art Explained
The Taking of Christ is a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The subject is the moment that the son of God is betrayed with a kiss, and arrested in the garden of Gethsemane. Caravaggio’s approach to religious art was shocking...
The March of Time
1950: ROME: VS EXT Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano). INT His Eminence Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman carrying Christian Cross followed by Pilgrims w/ American flag walking in basilica. (too dark)
MOT 1950: ROME: VS EXT Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano). INT His Eminence Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman carrying Christian Cross followed by Pilgrims w/ American flag walking in...
Kult America
Pyromania Monastery Zagorz
The monastery was built in around 1739 from local sandstone but only thirty three years later it was burned to the ground, It was rebuilt but it never regained anything like its former glory. Another fire in 1822 destroyed the roof and...
Curated Video
Idioms and IELTS Speaking are a Match Made in Heaven: IELTS Podcast 1110
Get Band 8 vocabulary and a sample Part 2 answer all about weddings for your next IELTS Speaking Exam.
Curated Video
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part One): Great Art Explained
In this video I look at Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Nobody painted Hell quite like Bosch. What we think of as Hell, and certainly what Bosch thought of as Hell is not based on the bible. What we think of as hell...
Curated Video
Tudor Christmas part 3: Customs and Traditions
Explore the customs and traditions of Christmas during the Tudor period. From wassailing and the custom of the kissing bough, to the Feast of Holy Innocence and the role of boy bishops, discover the rich and diverse history of this...
Curated Video
The Life of a Medieval Peasants part 4: Entertainment
When they weren't laboring, peasants enjoyed entertaining themselves in a variety of ways. Some activities were more brutal, like animal fights and public executions. But others are similar to what we do for entertainment now, including...
The March of Time
1940: PONTIFICAL GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY: DOCTORIAL CANDIDATE: Seminary student taking oral test for degree, reading from book, dissertation. VS Priests at long table listening. watching intently.
MOT 1940: PONTIFICAL GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY: DOCTORIAL CANDIDATE: Seminary student taking oral test for degree, reading from book, dissertation. VS Priests at long table listening. watching intently.
The March of Time
J. Ruben Clark, Jr. speaking
MOT 1937: MORMON LEADERS: Utah small town street. Mormon Official calling on house. Mormon Leader J. Ruben Clark Jr. (1871-1961) saying those not willing to work...far reaching consequences they cannot support idle men.
The March of Time
1940s: BASILICA DI SANTS MARIA MAGGIORE: VS EXT Basilica of Saint Mary Major. LA EXT Front w/ fountain FG. 1950: His Eminence Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman carrying Christian cross followed by American Pilgrims, American flag
MOT 1940s: BASILICA DI SANTS MARIA MAGGIORE: VS EXT Basilica of Saint Mary Major. LA EXT Front w/ fountain FG. MOT 1950: His Eminence Archbishop of New York Francis Cardinal Spellman carrying Christian cross followed by American...