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<p>Take a fascinating and eye-opening journey into the Middle Ages while you uncover the remarkable ways in which the medieval world still influences our thinking, our collective consciousness, and our ways of life.</p>

Syllabus

  • 01: Discovering the Medieval Legacy
  • 02: The Medieval Birth of the Book
  • 03: Medieval Innovations in Record Keeping
  • 04: The Beginnings of Orthodoxy and Heresy
  • 05: Anti-Semitism’s Medieval Roots
  • 06: Holy War and Its Long Legacy
  • 07: The Cult of the Virgin Mary
  • 08: The Imaginative Power of Chivalry
  • 09: The Legacy of Heraldry and Pedigree
  • 10: “Town Air Makes You Free”
  • 11: Guilds and the Rise of Organized Labor
  • 12: The Medieval Rise of the Rule of Law
  • 13: Medieval Government and Collective Rights
  • 14: Medieval Sovereignty and the State
  • 15: The Medieval Roots of the King’s English
  • 16: Medieval Narratives of Nationalism
  • 17: Medieval Narratives in Modern War
  • 18: The University’s Medieval Origins
  • 19: The Origins of the Scientific Method
  • 20: Our Debts to the Medieval World of Money
  • 21: The Medieval Explosion of Documentation
  • 22: The Medieval Invention of Purgatory
  • 23: Medieval Evolutions in Hospitals and Prisons
  • 24: Medieval Rhyme, Romance, and Sagas
  • 25: The Medieval Rise of Professional Authors
  • 26: How Vernacular Bibles Transformed Faith
  • 27: Recovering Medieval Arts and Artists
  • 28: The Medieval Artistic Imagination Persists
  • 29: The Black Death’s Lasting Lessons
  • 30: The Medieval Invention of Race?
  • 31: Medievalism and Modern Racism
  • 32: Rediscovering Medieval Sex and Gender
  • 33: Medieval Games We Still Play
  • 34: Medieval Revolutions in Dress and Dining
  • 35: Medieval Inventions That Changed the World
  • 36: Medievalism, Pop Culture, and the Present
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Carol Symes

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