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This programme looks at the establishment of the great military hospitals. Les Invalides in Paris and the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham near Dublin. Evidence from the Blenheim tapestries and fortres...ses at Gravelines and Kinsale throw light on the life of the soldier, as do demonstrations of how weapons were used by the History Re-Enactment workshop.
This programme looks at the establishment of the great military hospitals. Les Invalides in Paris and the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham near Dublin. Evidence from the Blenheim tapestries and fortres...ses at Gravelines and Kinsale throw light on the life of the soldier, as do demonstrations of how weapons were used by the History Re-Enactment workshop.
| Module code and title: | A220, "Princes and peoples: France and the British Isles, 1620-1714" |
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| Item code: | A220; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 24-07-1995 |
| Published: | 1995 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:56 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video A220/5,6,7,8 |
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| Producer: | Nick Levinson |
| Contributor: | Clive Emsley |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | 17th century; Dublin; Hospitals; Les Invalides; Military hospitals; Paris; Poor relief; Power; Religion; Royal Hospital Kilmainham |
| Subject terms: | Military art and science; Military history; Military hospitals; Strategy |
| Master spool number: | DOU7780 |
| Production number: | FOUA444E |
| Videofinder number: | 5054 |
| Available to public: | no |
