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Medieval World

Series: Medieval World
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Episodes
36
Rating
TVPG
Year
2009
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

Discover a different perspective on the Middle Ages: one that goes beyond a simple survey and entrenches you in the daily human experience of living during this underappreciated era. Drawing on history, literature, the arts, technology, and science, these 36 lectures are a highly nuanced tour that will deepen the way you understand not only the Middle Ages but everything that came afterward.

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 36

1. The Medieval World

31m

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Enjoy a preview of the developments and innovations that made the medieval period far more exciting than was once thought, including the rise of the university system, manuscript production, and the construction of majestic cathedrals, as well as evidence suggesting that medieval and modern people are more alike than different.

2. The Legacy of the Roman World

32m

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Learn how the heritage and ideals of the Roman Empire shaped the early Middle Ages, how Christianity evolved to its position of power within the Roman Empire, and how Germanic peoples from outside the empire "Germanized" both Rome and religion.

3. The Christianization of Europe

31m

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Travel back to the 4th-century moment when Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire to explore how the religion changed after Roman rule ended, focusing in particular on the conversion of various communities beyond the borders of the empire, in the region the Romans called "Germania."

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The Great Coursesdirector
The Great Coursesproducer
Dorsey Armstrongactor