Medieval History (23-27%)
Early medieval politics and culture through Charlemagne Fedual and manorial institutions The medieval Church Medieval thought and culture Rise of the towns and changing economic forms Fedual monarchies The decline of the Church
Video From Art of the Western World
A White Garment of Churches—Romanesque and Gothic
Part I: With the fall of the Roman empire, Christianity flourished with the Church as patron of monumental Romanesque architecture and sculpture. (Broadband Video on Demand)Part II: The origin of Gothic architecture is found in the choir of the Abbey Church of St. Denis and the Chartres Cathedral serves as a model of High Gothic style.
From The Western Tradition
The Byzantine Empire
From Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire carried on the traditions of Greece and Rome. (Broadband Video on Demand)The Fall of Byzantium
Nearly a thousand years after Rome's fall, Constantinople was conquered by the forces of Islam. (Broadband Video on Demand)The Dark Ages
Barbarian kingdoms took possession of the fragments of the Roman Empire. (Broadband Video on Demand)The Age of Charlemagne
Charlemagne revived hopes for a new empire in Western Europe. (Broadband Video on Demand)The Middle Ages
Amid invasion and civil disorder, a military aristocracy dominated the kingdoms of Europe. (Broadband Video on Demand)The Feudal Order
Bishop, knight, and peasant exemplified some of the social divisions of the year 1000 A.D. (Broadband Video on Demand)Common Life in the Middle Ages
Famine, disease, and short life expectancies were the conditions that shaped medieval beliefs. (Broadband Video on Demand)Cities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages
The great churches embodied the material and spiritual ambitions of the age. (Broadband Video on Demand)The Late Middle Ages
Two hundred years of war and plague debilitated Europe. (Broadband Video on Demand)The National Monarchies
A new urban middle class emerged, while dynastic marriages established centralized monarchies. (Broadband Video on Demand)
Text Go to the excellent Tutorial from the University of Calgary (Canada):
The End of Europe’s Middle Ages -- Fourteenth & Fifteenth Century
and work through the tutorial
Sparknotes Click on History and then Early Middle Ages (475-1000). You may want to read related lectures and then go on to High Middle Ages (1000-1200)
PBS Empires Series Click on Islam: Empire of Faith
Early Islam from Exploring Ancient World Cultures.
Medieval Europe from Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Who Owns the Past? Click on Medieval. Follow link to Background to the Mystery Plays.
Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Life in the Middle Ages.
Lectures
- 16. Byzantine Empire (Rempel)
- 17. Islam on Warpath (Rempel)
- 18. Charlemagne (Rempel)
The Dark Ages (Knox)
- 19. Feudalism (Rempel)
- 20. Cross versus Crown (Rempel)
- 21. The Crusades (Rempel)
The Carolingian Era (Knox)
The Tenth Century (Knox)
The Development of the Papacy (Knox)
William the Conqueror (Knox)
The First Crusade (Knox)
Lecture Outline ReviewCivilization and Superiority (Owens)
The Coronation of Charlemagne and the Beginnings of Western Civilization (Owens)
The Emergence of Christian Monasticism (Owens)
Ecclesiastical Culture in the West (Owens)
Feudalism and the Warrior Tradition (Owens)
Manorialism and Western Economic Development (1000-1300) (Owens)
Lecture 15: Christianity as a Cultural Revolution (Kreis)
Lecture 16: The Church Fathers: Jerome and Augustine (Kreis)
Lecture 17: Byzantine Civilization (Kreis)
Lecture 18: Islamic Civilization (Kreis)
Lecture 19: Early Medieval Monasticism (Kreis)
Lecture 20: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance (Kreis)
Lecture 21: Feudalism and the Feudal Relationship (Kreis)
Lecture 22: European Agrarian Society: Manorialism (Kreis)
Lecture 23: Medieval Society: The Three Orders (Kreis)
Lecture 24: The Medieval World View (Kreis)
Lecture 25: The Holy Crusades (Kreis)
Lecture 26: The 12th Century Renaissance (Kreis)
Lecture 27: Heretics, Heresies and the Church (Kreis)
Lecture 28: Aquinas and Dante (Kreis)
Lecture 29: Satan Triumphant: The Black Death (Kreis)
Lecture 30: In the Wake of the Black Death (Kreis)Review Session(s):Allow one or two study sessions for review through the Crusades.
Lectures:
Medieval Society (Knox)
- 22. Medieval Manor (Rempel)
- 23. Mystics and Heretics (Rempel)
- 24. Guilds & Commerce (Rempel)
- 25. Medieval Universities (Rempel)
- 26.Gothic Cathedral (Rempel)
- 27. The Black Death (Rempel)
The Black Death (Knox)
Avignonese Papacy (Knox)
Lecture Outline ReviewChurch Reform and the Struggle for the Leadership of Western Civilization (Owens)
The Tradition of Christian Empire (Owens)
A Model of the Traditional Monarchy (Owens)
Universities and the Scholastic Method (Owens)
Mendicant Monasticism (Owens)
The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages (Owens)
The Crisis of Religious Leadership (Owens)
Quiz Sparknotes Do the quiz for each section.Medieval Europe from Exploring Ancient World Cultures. Click on Important Dates in Medieval History Quiz
Medieval Study Questions (Knox)
Library 720.945 WIT Wittkower, Rudolph Gothic vs. Classic: architectural projects in 17th C. Italy
726.5 CALK Calkins, Robert G. Medieval Architecture in Western Europe from AD 300 to 1500
726.6 JANT Jantsen, Hans High Gothic: The Classical Cathedrals: Chartres, Reims, Amiens
Resources Art Encyclopedia click on Artistic Styles then click on Gothic The Encyclopedia of World History
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