Warriors, Queens, and Intellectuals: 36 Great Women before 1400. Episode 2, Herodias Has John the Baptist Beheaded.

Writers and artists have long portrayed the death of John the Baptist as the whim of the young femme fatale Salome, but the truth is much more complicated. Discover the story of Salome’s mother, the ambitious Herodias, an influential Judean woman whose hunger for power and recognition ultimately lef...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Great Courses, The, E. Salisbury, Joyce
Weitere Verfasser:
E. Salisbury, Joyce (SchauspielerIn)
Format:
Elektronisch Film
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses, 2019.
Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Zusammenfassung:
Writers and artists have long portrayed the death of John the Baptist as the whim of the young femme fatale Salome, but the truth is much more complicated. Discover the story of Salome’s mother, the ambitious Herodias, an influential Judean woman whose hunger for power and recognition ultimately left her exiled and forgotten.
Umfang:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Anmerkungen:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Format Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Schlagworte:
History, Ancient.
Women's studies.
Education films.
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