The Medieval Legacy

The Medieval Legacy « Series from 2023

Series from 2023

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Genres: Documentary

In these 36 lectures, learn to recognize the medieval impacts on the modern world.

You’ll find the origins of our representative government and labor unions; study the enduring culture of chivalry; trace the work of the great medieval scientists; grasp how the notion of race arose in the 14th and 15th centuries; and much more.

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Discovering the Medieval Legacy

The Medieval Birth of the Book

Medieval Innovations in Record Keeping

The Beginnings of Orthodoxy and Heresy

Anti-Semitism’s Medieval Roots

Holy War and Its Long Legacy

The Cult of the Virgin Mary

The Imaginative Power of Chivalry

The Legacy of Heraldry and Pedigree

“Town Air Makes You Free”

Guilds and the Rise of Organized Labor

The Medieval Rise of the Rule of Law

Medieval Government and Collective Rights

Medieval Sovereignty and the State

The Medieval Roots of the King’s English

Medieval Narratives of Nationalism

Medieval Narratives in Modern War

The University’s Medieval Origins

The Origins of the Scientific Method

Our Debts to the Medieval World of Money

The Medieval Explosion of Documentation

The Medieval Invention of Purgatory

Medieval Evolutions in Hospitals and Prisons

Medieval Rhyme, Romance, and Sagas

The Medieval Rise of Professional Authors