Odyssey of the West. : a Classic Education Through the Great Books : The Medieval World III
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Lecture 1. St. Augustine of Hippo and the Confessions and City of God -- Lecture 2. Constantine, Boethius, and the Fall of the Western Roman Empire -- Lecture 3. The Germanic north: Beowulf and The Poetic Edda -- Lecture 4. Byzantium and the eastern empire -- Lecture 5. The rise of Islam -- Lecture 6. Monasticism -- Lecture 7. Scholastic philosophy and St. Thomas Aquinas -- Lecture 8. Troubadours and Celts in The Lais of Marie de France -- Lecture 9. The matter of Britain: Chrétien de Troyes -- Lecture 10. Dante: Vita Nuova and Inferno -- Lecture 11. Dante: The Divine Comedy : Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso -- Lecture 12. Gothic art and architecture -- Lecture 13. Late Scholasticism and early modern science -- Lecture 14. Early Renaissance culture.
A richly detailed look at St. Augustine, Beowulf, St. Thomas Aquinas, Aurthurian legends, Dante, Gothic art, and other highlights of the period. Through the course of these lectures, it becomes apparent that the "dark" ages were in fact a time of immense achievement, and a time that richly rewards those who study its art and philosophies.
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SERIES
The Modern scholar.
PUBLISHED
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.)
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781428170100 :
1428170103 :
9781428170117 (course guide)
1428170111 (course guide)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Madden, Thomas F.
Potkay, Monica Brzezinski.
SUBJECTS
Middle Ages.