The Medieval World /
Dorsey Armstrong ; The Teaching Company.
- 1st ed.
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2003.
- 6 DVDs (1080 min) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 min + 1 Course Guidebook (136 p. : ill. ; 19 cm).
- The Great Courses .
36 x 30-min. long lectures. Also includes a Course Guidebook.
Includes bibliographical references, index and glossary.
"Most of us know that, far from being a time of darkness, the Middle Ages was an essential period in the grand narrative of Western history—one whose political, cultural, economic, scientific, and spiritual developments are an invaluable part of our own modern era. But what was it like to actually live in those extraordinary times?" (Publisher`s Website). DVD CONTENTS: Disc 1 1. The Medieval World 2. The Legacy of the Roman World 3. The Christianization of Europe 4. After the Roman Empire - Hybrid Cultures 5. Early Monasticism 6. From Merovingian Gaul to Carolingian France Disc 2 7. Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance 8. Byzantium, Islam, and the West 9. The Viking Invasions 10. Alfred the Great 11. The Rearrangement of the Medieval World 12. The Norman Conquest and the Bayeux Tapestry Disc 3 13. King Arthur - The Power of the Legend 14. The Three Orders of Medieval Society 15. Pilgrimage and Sainthood 16. Knighthood and Heraldry 17. The Gothic Cathedral 18. Piety, Politics, and Persecution Disc 4 19. The Persistence of an Ideal 20. Late Medieval Religious Institutions 21. The Magna Carta 22. Daily Life in a Medieval Village 24. Medieval City Life Disc 5
25. Food and Drink 26. Music and Entertainment 27. Dress and Fashion 28. Medieval Medicine 29. The Black Death and its Effects 30. Childhood in the Middle Ages Disc 6 31. Marriage and the Family 32. Art and Artisans 33. Science and Technology 34. Weapons and Warfare 35. Revolts, Uprisings, and Wars 36. Toward the Early Modern Period
"Most of us know that, far from being a time of darkness, the Middle Ages was an essential period in the grand narrative of Western history—one whose political, cultural, economic, scientific, and spiritual developments are an invaluable part of our own modern era. But what was it like to actually live in those extraordinary times?" (Publisher`s Website). DVD CONTENTS:
Disc 1 1. The Medieval World 2. The Legacy of the Roman World 3. The Christianization of Europe 4. After the Roman Empire - Hybrid Cultures 5. Early Monasticism 6. From Merovingian Gaul to Carolingian France
Disc 2 7. Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance 8. Byzantium, Islam, and the West 9. The Viking Invasions 10. Alfred the Great 11. The Rearrangement of the Medieval World 12. The Norman Conquest and the Bayeux Tapestry
Disc 3 13. King Arthur - The Power of the Legend 14. The Three Orders of Medieval Society 15. Pilgrimage and Sainthood 16. Knighthood and Heraldry 17. The Gothic Cathedral 18. Piety, Politics, and Persecution
Disc 4 19. The Persistence of an Ideal 20. Late Medieval Religious Institutions 21. The Magna Carta 22. Daily Life in a Medieval Village 24. Medieval City Life
Disc 5 25. Food and Drink 26. Music and Entertainment 27. Dress and Fashion 28. Medieval Medicine 29. The Black Death and its Effects 30. Childhood in the Middle Ages
Disc 6 31. Marriage and the Family 32. Art and Artisans 33. Science and Technology 34. Weapons and Warfare 35. Revolts, Uprisings, and Wars 36. Toward the Early Modern Period
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The Great Courses--History History--Medieval Times