Published 8/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 22.2 GB | Duration: 13h 35m
Beliefs, practices, & traditions.
What you’ll learn
Understand the history and development of the early Christian Church in Europe
Gain an appreciation of the diversity of traditions, perspectives and practices that characterized ancient and medieval Christianity
Trace the origins of liturgical, canonical, and doctrinal practices of the church
Comprehend the complexity of the medieval church and its ties to outside cultures
Examine how everyday individuals experienced and practiced Christianity in their own way
Requirements
None! But some basic European history helps.
Description
This course aims to cover the diverse Christian beliefs, practices, cultural movements that developed of the in Europe from the period Late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. Students will gain an appreciation of the diversity of traditions, perspectives, rituals and practices that characterized ancient and medieval Christianity (a period covering from roughly the 3rd century CE to the 15th century CE), as well as the factors that unified the Christian movement, while acquiring a critical and analytical approach to history in general. Students in this course will become familiar with a variety of primary sources that trace the conversion of European peoples into Christianity, illustrate the power of Christian practices such as the worship of saints, monasticism, scholastic culture, and discuss some of the more contentious events in Christian history such as the Crusades, church schisms, and origins dissent that will later result in the Reformation movements of the 16th century CE. By identifying the roots of doctrine and religious practices, the course will also address how some of the most important Christian traditions originated outside of continental Europe, and how European, African, and Asian influences and interactions throughout the period affected modern religious beliefs and traditions.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction & Lecture 1
Lecture 1 Lecture # 1: “In this Sign You Will Conquer: Christianity in Rome”
Section 2: Lecture 2
Lecture 2 Lecture # 2: “Ora et Labora: Monasticism, Saints, and Early Christian Culture
Section 3: Lecture 3
Lecture 3 Lecture # 3: “The New Rome: Christianity in the Byzantine Empire”
Section 4: Lecture 4
Lecture 4 Lecture # 4: “Muhammad and his Kingdoms: The Rise of Islam”
Section 5: Lecture 5
Lecture 5 Lecture # 5: “Not Angles but Angels: The Conversion of Western Europe”
Section 6: Lecture 6
Lecture 6 Lecture # 6: “Church Upheavals: Schism, Reform, Crusades”
Section 7: Lecture 7
Lecture 7 Lecture # 7: “Persecutions: European Crusades and the Reconquista”
Section 8: Lecture 8
Lecture 8 Lecture # 8: “From Books to Body Parts: Scholasticism and Popular Religion”
Section 9: Lecture 9
Lecture 9 Lecture # 9: “Famine, Plague, & War: Christianity and the 14th Century Crises”
Section 10: Lecture 10
Lecture 10 Lecture #10: “The Late Medieval Church: Schism, Women and Piety, Dissent”
Beginner students and historians of medieval history, teachers of medieval history and church history
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