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- The Vikings at War. by Paxton, Jennifer,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Jennifer PaxtonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2024.Today, the Vikings have exceedingly violent reputations, remembered in history and popular culture for terrorizing Christian Europe through raiding, pillaging, and conquest. Investigate the enduring but misguided trope that has for centuries characterized Viking activities around Europe. Then, examine the weapons, armor, and ideas that propped up violence at home.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
- Viking Kings and Christian Conversion. by Paxton, Jennifer,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Jennifer PaxtonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2024.Examine how Christian conversion and state building worked together to produce a Scandinavia we can recognize today. Track the slow and often tedious rise of Christianity within the Viking world—first around European settlements and then within Scandinavia itself. And get to know the Viking kings who used Christianity to unify their respective kingdoms.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
- The Vikings in Eastern Europe. by Paxton, Jennifer,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Jennifer PaxtonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2024.Go global by examining Viking activities in Eastern Europe, Byzantium, and Asia. Get to know the Rus people—the eastern descendants of Vikings, depending on who you ask—and the powerful polities they built through trade and military might. Investigate the powerful trade connections that bound Viking merchants to Constantinople, Syria, and even China.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Religion and Myth Among the Vikings. by Paxton, Jennifer,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Jennifer PaxtonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2024.Norse religion shaped the comic books, films, and even operas we know and love today. Become acquainted with the gods and giants at the center of it all. Dig into Norse cosmology and beliefs about the afterlife. And survey the purpose and power of common religious practices like feasting and sacrifice.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
- Viking Women: Fact and Fiction. by Paxton, Jennifer,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Jennifer PaxtonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2024.For centuries, women have been excluded from scholarship on the Vikings despite their profound impact within local society and politics, at the market, and on the battlefield. Correct the record with a lecture focused on how women warriors, weavers, queens, goddesses, and priestesses made waves in what was otherwise a rigidly patriarchal society.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- SIX: S2. by Sloane, Barry,actor.; Davis, Brianne,actor.; Hodge, Edwin,actor.; Pablo Raba, Juan,actor.; Schmid, Kyle,actor.; Munn, Olivia,actor.; The History® Channel (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Barry Sloane, Brianne Davis, Edwin Hodge, Juan Pablo Raba, Kyle Schmid, Olivia MunnOriginally produced by The History® Channel in 2018.SIX follows the modern American heroes of Navy SEAL Team Six, whose covert mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working as a jihadist fighter with the terrorists.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Why Are You Like This: S1. by Murfet, Adam,film director.; Oldfield, Jessie,film director.; Higgins, Naomi,actor.; Junkeer, Olivia,actor.; King, Wil,actor.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Naomi Higgins, Olivia Junkeer, Wil KingOriginally produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2020.Mia, Penny and Austin are storming through their early twenties in the divisive socio-political hellscape of life. They are barely coping with their growing independence, struggles with money, and dreams that seem unachievable.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Muster Dogs. by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2022.An uplifting story of five adorable livestock-herding pups and their trainers on a journey of discovery. Checking in with the puppies at key milestones, training gurus and mustering experts set challenges and assess the pups’ progress – culminating in an ultimate working dog challenge. Who will be crowned ‘Champion Muster Dog’? And will any of the eager puppy participants graduate into the adult muster dog pack?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Home Fires: S2. by Hayes, John,film director.; Quinn, Robert,film director.; Price, Claire,actor.; Rushbrook, Claire,actor.; Woolgar, Fenella,actor.; Annis, Francesca,actor.; Gemmell, Ruth,actor.; Bond, Samantha,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Claire Price, Claire Rushbrook, Fenella Woolgar, Francesca Annis, Ruth Gemmell, Samantha BondOriginally produced by PBS in 2016.Amidst the Battle of Britain, some of Great Paxford's women find that the war throws off peacetime limitations, allowing them to flourish in unexpected ways--testing relationships, friendships, and loyalties as never before.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- The Viking Way of Death. by Paxton, Jennifer,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Jennifer PaxtonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2024.Continue your exploration of Norse religion with a focus on death and dying. Examine how burials and afterlife trajectories differed based on class, gender, and even battlefield experience. See how researchers use stable isotope analysis and ground penetrating radar to not only locate gravesites but to also study their contents—bones, booty, and all.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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