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The Early Middle Ages

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Shed light on the Dark Ages with this absorbing course that relates the often surprising true story of how Rome ended and Western civilization began.

Syllabus

  • 01: Long Shadows and the Dark Ages
  • 02: Diocletian and the Crises of the Third Century
  • 03: Constantine the Great-Christian Emperor
  • 04: Pagans and Christians in the Fourth Century
  • 05: Athletes of God
  • 06: Augustine, Part One
  • 07: Augustine, Part Two
  • 08: Barbarians at the Gate
  • 09: Franks and Goths
  • 10: Arthur's England
  • 11: Justinian and the Byzantine Empire
  • 12: The House of Islam
  • 13: Rise of the Carolingians
  • 14: Charlemagne
  • 15: Carolingian Christianity
  • 16: The Carolingian Renaissance
  • 17: Fury of the Northmen
  • 18: Collapse of the Carolingian Empire
  • 19: The Birth of France and Germany
  • 20: England in the Age of Alfred
  • 21: Al-Andalus-Islamic Spain
  • 22: Carolingian Europe-Gateway to the Middle Ages
  • 23: Family Life-How Then Became Now
  • 24: Long Shadows and the Dark Ages Revisited
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Taught by

Philip Daileader

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