The Middle Ages 101, The
Christopher M. Bellitto
Heralded as one the world’s most compelling Church historians, Chris Bellitto transports you into the heart of a strange and wonderful world—the world of medieval Europe.
Explore some of the most powerful theological ideas, economic tensions, and political struggles that shaped Western civilization.
This series traces western European civilization—with detours to the East—from the transformation of the Roman Empire to a thousand-year medieval period that started slowly before 1000, flowered for 300 years, and then declined sharply with the Black Death and social revolts until Constantinople fell in 1453 and Columbus sailed in 1492. Explore Charlemagne's renaissance, agricultural and commercial revolutions, new types of religious life introduced by spiritual masters from Benedict to Francis, dynastic wars, and courtly literature.
You will treasure this course as a timeless resource for understanding the people and events that have shaped faith, art, medicine, literature, and government. Encounter famous historical and literary figures such as Mohammed, Augustine, Richard the Lionhearted, and King Arthur, in their own historical context. You'll understand how the Middle Ages fit within the broader historical timeline of Europe and the rest of the world.
This course promises to delight and amaze you.
This course is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF study guide.
Duration - 13h 35m.
Author - Christopher M. Bellitto.
Narrator - Christopher M. Bellitto.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Heralded as one the world’s most compelling Church historians, Chris Bellitto transports you into the heart of a strange and wonderful world—the world of medieval Europe. Explore some of the most powerful theological ideas, economic tensions, and political struggles that shaped Western civilization. This series traces western European civilization—with detours to the East—from the transformation of the Roman Empire to a thousand-year medieval period that started slowly before 1000, flowered for 300 years, and then declined sharply with the Black Death and social revolts until Constantinople fell in 1453 and Columbus sailed in 1492. Explore Charlemagne's renaissance, agricultural and commercial revolutions, new types of religious life introduced by spiritual masters from Benedict to Francis, dynastic wars, and courtly literature. You will treasure this course as a timeless resource for understanding the people and events that have shaped faith, art, medicine, literature, and government. Encounter famous historical and literary figures such as Mohammed, Augustine, Richard the Lionhearted, and King Arthur, in their own historical context. You'll understand how the Middle Ages fit within the broader historical timeline of Europe and the rest of the world. This course promises to delight and amaze you. This course is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF study guide. Duration - 13h 35m. Author - Christopher M. Bellitto. Narrator - Christopher M. Bellitto. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:01:51
Topic 1: Where in World's History is the Middle Ages
Duration:00:22:29
Topic 2: Rome Transformed. Byzantium, Viking, Islam
Duration:00:25:04
Topic 3: Charlemagnes Renaissance
Duration:00:25:00
Topic 4: Feadalism, Peasant Life and an Agricultural Revolution
Duration:00:24:39
Topic 5: Commercial Revolution. A Gothic City Landscape
Duration:00:24:58
Topic 6: The Papacy on the Rise
Duration:00:25:05
Topic 7: Nation Building
Duration:00:25:06
Topic 8: Twelfth Century Renaissance. An Intellectual Revolution
Duration:00:25:26
Topic 9: Knights, Chivalry and Castles
Duration:00:25:12
Topic 10: Crusades. Jews, Christians and Muslims
Duration:00:25:26
Topic 11: The Black Death
Duration:00:25:25
Topic 12: Europe at the End of the Middle Ages
Duration:00:25:17
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:33