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.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 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
Taught by
Philip Daileader