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Register today for this course to go deep into the Medieval world and discover how the Church contributed to daily life and the culture.
Total classes: 12
Duration: 45 minutes per class
Prerequisite: None
Suggested grade level: 6th to 9th grade
Suggested credit: One full semester Medieval History
Special notes: This is Part One of a 2-Part course. Students are expected to also sign up for Part Two.
Description
In this course, we will strive to inculcate Unity, Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Our study of the medieval world will especially manifest the depths of culture and community under the direction of the Gospel. We will see how the Church “took gold from Egypt,” absorbing and Christianizing truth and goodness from Roman, Greek, and Germanic traditions. It advanced the cause of human dignity, curbed warfare, elevated women, protected the weak, and abolished slavery for the first time in human history. Students will develop in themselves something of this great “medieval synthesis” as well as something of the patience of the Church that knows that lasting and meaningful change is only achieved slowly.
Outline
Class 1: Collapse of the Roman Empire
Class 2: Rise of Monasticism
Class 3: Conversion of the Barbarians
Class 4: Conversion of the Barbarians (continued)
Class 5: Byzantium
Class 6: Review for Midterm
Class 7: Iconoclasm
Class 8: Charlemagne
Class 9: Eastern Schism
Class 10: Fall of the Carolingian
Class 11: Cluny and Monastic Reforms
Class 12: Review for Final
Materials and Homework
Course materials: The History of the Church: A Complete Course, by Rev. Peter V. Armenio, ISBN: 978-1890177461 (https://amzn.to/3KjydVJ)
Homework: Each class, students will be required to read a selection from the textbook, and take a short quiz. There is also a midterm and final in this course made up of short answers and multiple choice.
