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Publication
Great Courses (2004), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 126 pages
Description
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.
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LibraryThing member jeterat
My fiancé and I listened to this together in the car for most episodes and both loved the topic and Daileander's lecture style, who is very dry and humorous. We normally don't agree on much when it comes to things to read or listen to, so when we find something together, it's always great. Highly
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recommend this for anyone interested in the Middle Ages. Show Less
LibraryThing member yhgail
very interesting discussion of the early middle ages and the decline of the Roman Empire. Has clarified much of this history in my mind.
LibraryThing member A.Godhelm
This is a complicated historical period stemming from a dearth of sources compared to the time before and after, and as such the real "dark" age. We get a good tour of the known highlights, the last roman emperors, the triumph of christianity, schism with the east (byzantine empire), the
I think the lecturer did a good job presenting the material, but there's just not that richness (of sources) to make it a really compelling period.
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carolingians, a view to islamic Spain, and rounding it out with some material on how this begins to shape modern Europe. I think the lecturer did a good job presenting the material, but there's just not that richness (of sources) to make it a really compelling period.
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Language
Original language
English
Local notes
300–1000. [1] Long shadows and the Dark Ages [2] Diocletian and the crises of the third century [3] Constantine the Great: Christian emperor [4] Pagans and Christians in the fourth century [5] Athletes of God [6, 7] Augustine [8] Barbarians at the gate [9] 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