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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