Years that changed history 1215 Discs 1 & 2

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...

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Other Authors: Armstrong, Dorsey, 1970- (lecturer.)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2019]
Series:Great courses (DVD). Modern history. Medieval History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.