HIST 210: The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000 with Prof. Paul H. Freedman
Sessions
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Lecture 1 | Course Introduction: Rome’s Greatness and First Crises |
Lecture 2 | The Crisis of the Third Century and the Diocletianic Reforms |
Lecture 3 | Constantine and the Early Church |
Lecture 4 | The Christian Roman Empire |
Lecture 5 | St. Augustine’s Confessions |
Lecture 6 | Transformation of the Roman Empire |
Lecture 7 | Barbarian Kingdoms |
Lecture 8 | Survival in the East |
Lecture 9 | The Reign of Justinian |
Lecture 10 | Clovis and the Franks |
Lecture 11 | Frankish Society |
Lecture 12 | Britain and Ireland |
Lecture 13 | Monasticism |
Lecture 14 | Mohammed and the Arab Conquests |
Lecture 15 | Islamic Conquests and Civil War |
Lecture 16 | The Splendor of the Abbasid Period |
Lecture 17 | The Crucial Seventh Century |
Lecture 18 | The Splendor of Byzantium |
Lecture 19 | Charlemagne |
Lecture 20 | Intellectuals and the Court of Charlemagne |
Lecture 21 | Crisis of the Carolingians |
Lecture 22 | Vikings / The European Prospect, 1000 |