Preserving the Previous: The Ebook Hunters’ Legacy I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY
“Ebook hunters are the key heroes of historical past. In occasions of best barbarism, they tried to avoid wasting what may very well be saved. With out the e-book hunters, we’d know a lot much less about our personal historical past.
Whereas libraries burned and rulers systematically destroyed unpopular literature, they collected and copied manuscripts. Solely what fell into the fingers of the devoted e-book hunters, had an opportunity of being handed down. Thus, Tacitus’ “Germania” reached the Center Ages in just one copy. With out Tacitus, we would not know something of the Germanic tribes with out writing, would do not know of the profitable battle within the Teutoburg Forest. And but, even the e-book hunters couldn’t stop the lack of an infinite quantity of historic information. What would historical past have been like if humankind had been in a position to construct on the information of the Romans and Greeks? What sort of superior society would we be dwelling in now? And right this moment: Are we secure from lack of our information?
Documentary: Ebook Hunters (2017)
Directed by: Susanne Brahms
Manufacturing: Kinescope Movies” from the video introduction
