Years That Changed History : : 1215

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Call Number: DVD 909.07 Ar Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"Course No. 3323"--Container.
24 lectures (30 min. each).
Disc 1. The world before 1215 -- The Magna Carta : patching up a squabble -- What's really in the Magna Carta? -- The Magna Carta's legacy -- What inspired the Fourth Lateran Council? -- Canons for Christian practice and belief. Disc 2. The canons of persecution -- Civilizations in the Americas in 1215 -- Civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa in 1215 -- The crusading impulse -- The Fourth Crusade and the Crusader states -- The Fourth Lateran Council and the Jews. Disc 3. The Jews in 1215 and beyond -- Francis of Assisi and the Mendicant orders -- The Crusade against the Cathars -- Mongol culture before Genghis Khan -- The Mongols and the rise of Genghis Khan -- The battle of Beijing. Disc 4. What happened to the Mongols after 1215? -- The status of women in 1215 -- Literary trends in the early 13th century -- The Islamic world in 1215 -- Japan and Samurai culture -- The world after 1215.
Lecturer: Professor Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University.
The year 1215 was a major turning point in world history. Although the drafting of the Magna Carta is perhaps the most well-known event of 1215, anyone in Europe at the time would have said that the meeting of the Church's Fourth Lateran Council was much more significant. Meanwhile, in Asia, a Mongol ruffian named Genghis Khan was embarking on a mission for world domination, beginning with his success at the Battle of Beijing, while Islam was experiencing a Golden Age centered around Baghdad's House of Wisdom. Other cultures and societies around the globe were also experiencing pivotal moments in their development from the Americas to Africa and Asia and beyond. These seismic events were only possible thanks to a confluence of global conditions, starting with the climate. Although we might not be familiar with the specifics, the ripple effect from these events can still be felt all over the world today.
DVD; Dolby surround; region 1.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Professor Dorsey Armstrong is excellent! submitted by yufamily on August 17, 2020, 7:36pm Starting from Europe in 1215 to changes in Asia and beyond, this lecture series cover countries throughout the world in this critical period in our history. Fantastic!