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HIST 210: The Early Middle Ages

Open Yale Courses - HIST 210: The Early Middle Ages (Fall 2011). This consists of 22 video lectures by Professor Paul H. Freedman. Major developments in the political, social, and religious history of Western Europe from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. Topics include the conversion of Europe to Christianity, the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of Islam and the Arabs, the "Dark Ages," Charlemagne and the Carolingian renaissance, and the Viking and Hungarian invasions. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 01 - Course Introduction: Rome's Greatness and First Crises

Lecture 02 - The Crisis of the Third Century and the Diocletianic Reforms

Lecture 03 - Constantine and the Early Church

Lecture 04 - The Christian Roman Empire

Lecture 05 - St. Augustine's Confessions

Lecture 06 - Transformation of the Roman Empire

Lecture 07 - Barbarian Kingdoms

Lecture 08 - Survival in the East

Lecture 09 - 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 Early Middle Ages, 284 - 1000: The Splendor of the Abbasid Period

Lecture 17 - The Early Middle Ages, 284 - 1000: The Crucial Seventh Century

Lecture 18 - The Early Middle Ages, 284 - 1000: The Splendor of Byzantium

Lecture 19 - The Early Middle Ages, 284 - 1000: Charlemagne

Lecture 20 - The Early Middle Ages, 284 - 1000: Intellectuals and the Court of Charlemagne

Lecture 21 - The Early Middle Ages, 284 - 1000: Crisis of the Carolingians

Lecture 22 - Vikings / The European Prospect, 1000

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HIST 210: The Early Middle Ages Professor Paul H. Freedman. Class Sessions. Downloads. Syllabus. Major developments in the political, social, and religious history of Western Europe from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210