The Medieval Age: Crises and Conflicts

The Medieval Age: Crises and Conflicts

Fall (9 - 13 hours) | This course is completed

48 Lebanon Street Hanover, NH 03755 United States

Room 212

New

9/18/2019-10/30/2019

10:30 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Wed

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$60.00

No Class: October 9

The Medieval Age was all about power. Power was the driving force and violence was its constant companion. It was endemic in Europe’s principal institution, the Medieval Church.

The Church attempted to balance two incompatible legacies, Caesar and Christ. The result was spasms of reform and counter reform, dissension and inquisition. The invader tribes inherited the two legacies and married them to their martial traditions. Soon Christ was shaped into Odin and Europe was ablaze with would-be Caesars.

The course will cover both the High Middle ages (1000-1300 CE) and the Late Middle Ages (1300-1500 CE). You will hear of schisms, crusades, and inquisitions, and you will see authority reinforced with rack and stake. Notable figures will be Henry II and Thomas Becket, Philip the Fair and Boniface III, and those called the Black Knight, the Wonder of the World, the Maid of Orleans, and the Morningstar of the Reformation.

Six sessions will be offered, each supported by a PowerPoint presentation with maps and portraits. A lecture format will be used with time set aside for questions and discussion.

  • There is a required printed reading packet.
Rosen, Arthur

Art Rosen is a past president of Adventures in Learning at Colby-Sawyer College and a past member of the ILEAD (now Osher at Dartmouth) Executive Committee. His career was in advertising with such firms as Benton & Bowles, Grey, and Young & Rubicam. Art has been a Study Leader for over twenty years specializing in religious studies. Recent courses have been “The Dark Side of the Reformation,” “The Medieval Age,” and “What Would Muhammad Do?” He lives in Newbury NH with his wife Maureen.