| Edition |
Library ed. |
| Description |
12 audio discs : digital; 4 3/4 in + 2 booklets (course guidebooks). |
| Series |
Great courses / The early Middle Ages.
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| Bibliography |
Course guidebooks includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. Long shadows and the Dark Ages -- Lecture 2. Diocletian and the crises of the third century -- Lecture 3. Constantine the Great: Christian Emperor -- Lecture 4. Pagans and Christians in the fourth century -- Lecture 5. Athletes of God -- Lecture 6. Augustine, part one -- Lecture 7. Augustine, part two -- Lecture 8. Barbarians at the gate -- Lecture 9. Franks ad Goths -- Lecture 10. Arthur's England -- Lecture 11. Justinian and the Byzantine Empire -- Lecture 12. The House of Islam -- Lecture 13. Rise of the Carolingians -- Lecture 14. Charlemagne -- Lecture 15. Carolingian Christianity -- Lecture 16. The Carolingian Renaissance -- Lecture 17. Fury of the Northmen -- Lecture 18. Collapse of the Carolingian Empire -- Lecture 19. The birth of France and Germany -- Lecture 20. England in the age of Alfred -- Lecture 21. Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain -- Lecture 22. Carolingian Europe: gateway to the Middle Ages -- Lecture 23. Family life: how then became now -- Lecture 24. Long shadows and the Dark Ages revisited. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Performer |
Lectures delivered by Professor Philip Daileader, The College of William and Mary. |
| Summary |
Focusing on the seven centuries from 300 to 1000, this course examines the period of European history known as the "Dark Ages." The period is dominated by two empires, the Roman Empire and the Carolingian Empire. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Europe -- History -- 392-814.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565859146 |
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0.0000 |
| Standard No. |
9791565859141 |
| Music No. |
Course no. 8267 Teaching Co., |
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8267-01--8267-02 Teaching o. |
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