Great Minds of the Medieval World
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Go beyond the typical philosophy course and explore the most fascinating minds of the Middle Ages, including great philosophers, prolific writers, and cultural movers.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Augustine of Hippo
- 02: Ambrose, Jerome, and Gregory the Great
- 03: Boethius and the Consolation of Philosophy
- 04: Isidore of Seville and the Etymologies
- 05: The Venerable Bede
- 06: Alcuin, Charlemagne, and Alfred the Great
- 07: Avicenna and the Golden Age of Islam
- 08: Alhacen and the Scientific Method
- 09: Averroes and Aristotelian Philosophy
- 10: Maimonides and Jewish Law
- 11: Rashi and Biblical Interpretation
- 12: Saladin and the Defeat of the Crusaders
- 13: Hildegard of Bingen
- 14: Bernard of Clairvaux
- 15: Abelard and Heloise
- 16: Peter Lombard and the Sentences
- 17: Thomas Aquinas
- 18: William of Ockham and John Duns Scotus
- 19: Geoffrey Chaucer and Dante Alighieri
- 20: Francesco Petrarch
- 21: Lorenzo de' Medici
- 22: Christine de Pisan
- 23: Sir Thomas Malory and Le Morte Darthur
- 24: William Caxton and the Birth of Printing
Taught by
Dorsey Armstrong
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