From Arabic to Latin
Subtitle: De l' arabe au latin
By: un film conçu et écrit par Mahmoud Hussein ; réalisé par Philippe Calderon ; une co-production FIT Production, La Cinquième, Canal Sur Televisión.
Contributors: Hussein, Mahmoud.; Calderon, Philippe.; FIT Production (Firm); Cinquième (Firm); Canal Sur Televisión (Firm); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Lorsque le monde parlait arabe = When the world spoke Arabic -- 11.; Lorsque le monde parlait arabe -- 11.
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic.; Civilization, Medieval.; Documentary films.; Islamic Empire -- History.
Other titles: Assimilation of Arab knowledge.; Europe awakes : from Arabic to Latin.; De l' arabe au latin.; Eveil de l'Europe.; From Arabic to Latin : the assimiliation of Arab knowledge.
Description: "As dissension mounted between the rival Arab dynasties in Baghdad, Cordoba, and Cairo, Christendom rallied to oppose the Muslims in Spain and Jerusalem. This program plots out the decline of the Caliphate and the acquisition of Arab knowledge by Europeans starved for Islam's intellectual riches. The rise of feudalism and papal authority, the gradual defeat of the Muslim rulers in Spain, the Seljuk ursurpation of Abbasid power in the Near East, and the Crudades are explained, along with the concerted efforts of Catholic authorities to translate the vast libraries of Arab scientific and philosophical texts"--Films for the Humanities & Sciences web site.
Notes: "11421-A-NT"--Cassette; "BVL11421"--Publisher's web site.

Film originally produced in 1999.

Narrated by Paul Barrett.

VHS format.

Narration in English.  Interviews in various languages with English subtitles.

MMS copy: Public performance rights included; not for broadcasting for distance learning.