Years that changed history : 1215, Discs 3 & 4 (Great courses (DVD) Modern history Medieval History)
Summary
The year 1215 was a major turning point in world history. Although the drafting of the Magna Carta is perhaps the most well-known event of 1215, anyone in Europe at the time would have said that the meeting of the Church's Fourth Lateran Council was much more significant. Meanwhile, in Asia, a Mongo... Full description
- Disc 1.
- The world before 1215
- The Magna Carta : patching up a squabble
- What's really in the Magna Carta?
- The Magna Carta's legacy
- What inspired the Fourth Lateran Council?
- Canons for Christian practice and belief.
- Disc 2.
- The canons of persecution
- Civilizations in the Americas in 1215
- Civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa in 1215
- The crusading impulse
- The Fourth Crusade and the Crusader states
- The Fourth Lateran Council and the Jews.
- Disc 3.
- The Jews in 1215 and beyond
- Francis of Assisi and the Mendicant orders
- The Crusade against the Cathars
- Mongol culture before Genghis Khan
- The Mongols and the rise of Genghis Khan
- The battle of Beijing.
- Disc 4.
- What happened to the Mongols after 1215?
- The status of women in 1215
- Literary trends in the early 13th century
- The Islamic world in 1215
- Japan and Samurai culture
- The world after 1215.