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Epicurus.com - The Dark Ages (The History Channel )
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List Price: $24.95
Our Price: $19.99
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Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Starring: RJ Allison
Directed By: Christopher Cassel
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961772104
Format: Black & White
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-05-29
Running Time: 94
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Editorial Reviews:
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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.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Fun and informative.
Comment: Im a netflix girl so I rented this twice because I love history and documentaries so there you go.
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Summary: Great video!
Comment: 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." Great for learning about this subject for the first time to give you a overview.
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Summary: Superficially Skims the Surface of History
Comment: 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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Summary: The Dark Ages
Comment: A very useful review of the times and famous people involved in that, for many, mysterious era of history.
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Summary: A little disappointed...
Comment: 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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