The High Middle Ages

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Call Number: DVD 940.1 Da Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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24 lectures (35-40 min.) on 4 discs, 2 discs in each container.
Disc 1. Lessons 1-6. Why the Middle Ages? -- Demography and the commercial revolution -- Those who fought: the nobles -- The chivalric code -- Feudalism -- Those who worked: the peasants -- pt. 1. disc 2. Lessons 7-12. Those who worked: the townspeople -- Women in medieval society -- Those who prayed: the monks -- Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan movement -- Heretics & heresy -- The medieval inquisitions.
Disc 3. Lessons 13-18. Jews and Christians -- The origins of scholasticism -- Aquinas and the problem of Aristotle -- The first universities -- The People's Crusade -- The conquest of Jerusalem -- pt. 2. disc 4. Lessons 19-24. The Norman Conquest -- Philip II of France -- Magna Carta -- Empire versus papacy -- 23. Emperor Frederick II -- Looking back, looking forward.
Lecturer: Philip Daileader, College of William and Mary.
This course of twenty-four lectures examines the period know as the High Middle Ages (1000-1300). The first eight lectures cover medieval society. Lectures nine through sixteen examine the intellectual and religious history of Europe during this period. The final eight lectures cover the major political developments and events. Lecturer is Philip Daileader from College of William and Mary.
DVD; region 1.

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