PART I: ROME'S FALL TO THE EVE OF THE RENAISSANCE
THE "BIG EIGHT" VERY SPECIAL PAGES - For
Part I
THE EARLY AND/OR
THE DARK DAYSThe Barbarians are
Coming |
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THE BYZANTINE
EMPIRE |
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THE EMERGING WORLD
OF LORDS -Knights and
Chivalry |
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LEADERS, GOVERNMENT,
STRUCTURECharlemagne, Feudalism,
Castles |
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A STRUGGLE FOR
MAN,GOD,SOULS
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The Early
ChurchSAINTS, SINNERS, MONKS, CATHEDRALS, CHAPELS, CHURCHES, GOTHIC, GARGOYLES, THE CRUSADES |
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BRITANNIA |
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BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO GOOD PEOPLETHE PLAGUE, INQUISITION AND HERESIES, MEDIEVAL WITCHCRAFT |
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THE MIDDLE
TIMES |
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A FEW WARS AND THE
MILITARY |
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POPES, SCHISMS,
INQUISITION |
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LEADERS: MYTH
AND REALITY |
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ART AND
LITERATURE |
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THE INVALUABLE
SOURCES |
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TO PART II AND
ONLINE COURSES |
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MIDDLE CENTURIES HERE |
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TO PART II: SECOND WEB PAGE
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THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
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THE
REFORMATION |
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WARS OF
RELIGION |
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ELIZABETH AND
PHILIP |
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LIFE AND
TIMES |
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ABSOLUTISM AND
MONARCHY |
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ECONOMICS, CULTURE,
SCIENCE |
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THE 18TH CENTURY:
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THE "EARLY" AND/ OR THE "DARK"
DAYS
"THE BARBARIANS ARE COMING - AND THE "DARK
AGES"
"ANCIENT" AND "OLD"
BRITAIN
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Byzantine civilization constitutes a major world culture. Because of its unique position as the medieval continuation of the Roman State, it has tended to be dismissed by classicists and ignored by Western medievalists. Its internal elite culture was archaicizing and perhaps pessimistic. But we should not be deceived. As the centrally located culture, and by far the most stable state, of the Medieval period, Byzantium is of major interest both in itself, and because the development and late history of Western European, Slavic and Islamic cultures are not comprehensible without taking it into consideration.
ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL TIME
THE EMERGING WORLD OF LORDS AND
VASSALS
LEADERS, GOVERNMENT,
STRUCTURE
A STRUGGLE FOR GOD, MAN, AND
SOULS - THE EARLY CHURCH
"The Crusades, then, were more than just campaigns in a Holy War against Islam. Religious fervour was not the only motive and the actual Crusades rarely went according to plan. The initial idea of fighting for Christ's birth-right gave way to combatting heretical Christians, pagans and "evil" rulers. The sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade has been considered by many scholars the ultimate deviation from the original Crusading ideal. The failure of every Crusade after the First, the frequent degenerations into debauchery and drinking by members of the armies, emphasizes the abyss between the ideal and the reality of the Crusading movement. The inability to inspire commitment and establish a strong unified leadership or the strategy to defeat the Saracens on their own land, plagued each Crusade, dooming them to failure. Had those who organized them learned from previous mistakes, the result might have been different."
BRITANNIA
BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD
PEOPLE
THE "MIDDLE" TIMES