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Go beyond the typical philosophy course and explore the most fascinating minds of the Middle Ages, including great philosophers, prolific writers, and cultural movers.

Syllabus

  • 01: Augustine of Hippo
  • 02: Ambrose, Jerome, and Gregory the Great
  • 03: Boethius and the Consolation of Philosophy
  • 04: Isidore of Seville and the Etymologies
  • 05: The Venerable Bede
  • 06: Alcuin, Charlemagne, and Alfred the Great
  • 07: Avicenna and the Golden Age of Islam
  • 08: Alhacen and the Scientific Method
  • 09: Averroes and Aristotelian Philosophy
  • 10: Maimonides and Jewish Law
  • 11: Rashi and Biblical Interpretation
  • 12: Saladin and the Defeat of the Crusaders
  • 13: Hildegard of Bingen
  • 14: Bernard of Clairvaux
  • 15: Abelard and Heloise
  • 16: Peter Lombard and the Sentences
  • 17: Thomas Aquinas
  • 18: William of Ockham and John Duns Scotus
  • 19: Geoffrey Chaucer and Dante Alighieri
  • 20: Francesco Petrarch
  • 21: Lorenzo de' Medici
  • 22: Christine de Pisan
  • 23: Sir Thomas Malory and Le Morte Darthur
  • 24: William Caxton and the Birth of Printing
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Taught by

Dorsey Armstrong

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