The Medieval World

The Medieval World « Series from 2024

Series from 2024

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Genres: Documentary

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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The Medieval World

The Legacy of the Roman World

The Christianization of Europe

After the Roman Empire—Hybrid Cultures

Early Monasticism

From Merovingian Gaul to Carolingian France

Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance

Byzantium, Islam, and the West

The Viking Invasions

Alfred the Great

The Rearrangement of the Medieval World

The Norman Conquest and the Bayeux Tapestry

King Arthur—The Power of the Legend

The Three Orders of Medieval Society

Pilgrimage and Sainthood

Knighthood and Heraldry

The Gothic Cathedral

Piety, Politics, and Persecution

The Persistence of an Ideal

Late Medieval Religious Institutions

The Magna Carta

Daily Life in a Noble Household

Daily Life in a Medieval Village

Medieval City Life

Food and Drink