The Western Tradition
TV
Type
1989
Year
1 Season
Seasons
★ 7.0
Rating
Documentary
Genre
Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events woven with many strands — religion, industry, agriculture, demography, government, economics, and art. A visual feast of over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art portrays key events that shaped the development of Western thought, culture, and tradition.
Episodes
1. The Dawn of History
2. The Ancient Egyptians
3. Mesopotamia
4. From Bronze to Iron
5. The Rise of Greek Civilization
6. Greek Thought
7. Alexander the Great
8. The Hellenistic Age
9. The Rise of Rome
10. The Roman Empire
11. Early Christianity
12. The Rise of the Church
13. The Decline of Rome
14. The Fall of Rome
15. The Byzantine Empire
16. The Fall of Byzantium
17. The Dark Ages
18. The Age of Charlemagne
19. The Middle Ages
20. The Feudal Order
21. Common Life in the Middle Ages
22. Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages
23. The Late Middle Ages
24. The National Monarchies
25. Renaissance & the Age of Discovery
26. Renaissance & the New World
27. The Reformation
28. The Rise of the Middle Class
29. The Wars of Religion
30. The Rise of the Trading Cities
31. The Age of Absolutism
32. Absolutism and the Social Contract
33. The Enlightened Despots
34. The Enlightenment
35. The Enlightenment and Society
36. The Modern Philosophers
37. The American Revolution
38. The American Republic
39. The Death of the Old Regime
40. The French Revolution
41. The Industrial Revolution
42. The Industrial World
43. Revolution and Romantics
44. The Age of the Nation-States
45. A New Public
46. Fin de Siècle
47. The First World War and the Rise of Fascism
48. The Second World War
49. The Cold War
50. Europe and the Third World
51. The Technological Revolution
52. Toward the Future