pt. 1. lecture 1. The medieval world

lecture 2. The legacy of the Roman world

lecture 3. The Christianization of Europe

lecture 4. After the Roman Empire: hybrid cultures

lecture 5. Early monasticism

lecture 6. From Merovingian Gaul to Carolingian France

lecture 7. Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance

lecture 8. Byzantium, Islam, and the West

lecture 9. The Viking invasions

lecture 10. Alfred the Great

lecture 11. The rearrangement of the medieval world

lecture 12. The Norman conquest and the Bayeux tapestry

pt. 2. lecture 13. King Arthur: the power of the legend

lecture 14. The three orders of medieval society

lecture 15. Pilgrimage and sainthood

lecture 16. Knighthood and heraldry

lecture 17. The Gothic cathedral

lecture 18. Piety, politics, and persecution

lecture 19. The persistence of an ideal

lecture 20. Late medieval religious institutions

lecture 21. The Magna Carta

lecture 22. Daily life in a noble household

lecture 23. Daily life in a medieval village

lecture 24. Medieval city life

pt. 3. lecture 25. Food and drink

lecture 26. Music and entertainment

lecture 27. Dress and fashion

lecture 28. Medieval medicine

lecture 29. The Black Death and its effects

lecture 30. Childhood in the Middle Ages

lecture 31. Marriage and the family

lecture 32. Art and artisans

lecture 33. Science and technology

lecture 34. Weapons and warfare

lecture 35. Revolts, uprisings, and wars

lecture 36. Toward the early modern period.