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The era of the Crusades

Harl, Kenneth W. Book on CD - 2003 BOCD 909.07 Ha Oversize 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 2.8 out of 5

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Guide includes lecture notes and outlines, timeline, and glossary.
Compact discs.
Lecture 1. The heirs of Rome -- lecture 2. Byzantine orthodox civilization -- lecture 3. Byzantine zenith in the Macedonian age -- lecture 4. The Failure of the heirs of Basil II -- lecture 5. Abbasid Baghdad and Fatimid Egypt -- lecture 6. The coming of the Seljuk Turks -- lecture 7. The recovery of Western Europe -- lecture 8. Kings and princes of Western Europe -- lecture 9. Warfare in Western Europe -- lecture 10. The papacy and religious reform -- lecture 11. Piety and pilgrimage -- lecture 12. Christian offensives in Spain and Sicily.
Lecture 13. Alexius I and first crusade -- lecture 14. From Clermont to Jerusalem -- lecture 15. Conquest and defense of Outremer -- lecture 16. Frankish settlement of Outremer -- lecture 17. Comnenian emperors and Crusader princes -- lecture 18. The Second crusade -- lecture 19. The Empire at bay -- lecture 20. The rise of Saladin -- lecture 21. Byzantine recovery under the Comnenians -- lecture 22. A renaissance of Byzantine letters and arts -- lecture 23. Trade and currency in the Mediterranean -- lecture 24. Cultural exchange in Gothic Europe.
Lecture 25. The Horns of Hattin -- lecture 26. The Third crusade -- lecture 27. From Jerusalem to Constantinople -- lecture 28. The sack of Constantinople -- lecture 29. The world of Frankish Greece -- lecture 30. Splinter empires and orthodox princes -- lecture 31. Ayyubid Egypt and Seljuk Anatolia -- lecture 32. Crusader Cyprus and the Levant -- lecture 33. Venice and Genoa -- lecture 34. The Mongols and the legend of Pester John -- lecture 35. The royal crusaders -- lecture 36. The passing of the crusades.
Lectures given by Professor Kenneth W. Harl, Tulane University.
Professor Kenneth W. Harl of Tulane University delivers thirty-six lectures on the history of the Crusades, from its origins to the final Muslim victory over the Crusaders in 1291.

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PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., p2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 18 sound discs (ca. 1080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1565858328
9781565858329

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Teaching Company.

SUBJECTS
Crusades.
Middle Ages.
Islamic Empire -- 750-1258.
Middle Ages -- History.
Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258.