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The Study of History
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 42 mins
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"The Study of History" is the introduction to Lynn Thorndike’s History of Medieval Europe. It provides a definition of history and explains terms like "natural history" and the difference between prehistory and the historical ages. There are also sections on archaeology and historical sources.
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The Study of History
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 42 mins
- Release date: 06-28-19
- Language: English
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The Feudal Land System and Feudal Society
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 55 mins
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Feudalism denotes the relationships which existed in the Middle Ages - especially from the ninth and 10th to the 12th and 13th centuries - between the members of the fighting and landowning class. In a broader sense, it also covers the life of the subjugated peasantry upon the land dominated by the warriors and all the other economic, social, political, and intellectual results of feudalism. Local officials and great landholders became a law unto themselves, and the former tried to hand on their political power to their sons as the latter did their lands.
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The Feudal Land System and Feudal Society
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 07-03-19
- Language: English
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Justinian and the Byzantine Empire
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 1 hr
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During the reign of Justinian, the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565, a measure of restoration took place as the empire's greatness was restored for a time. Under Justinian, the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa was conquered, and Sicily, Italy, and Rome returned to the empire. The south of the Iberian peninsula was reclaimed as the province of Hispania.
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Justinian and the Byzantine Empire
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 1 hr
- Release date: 06-28-19
- Language: English
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The Italian Renaissance: Politics and Humanism
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 46 mins
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Renaissance politics unfolded against a background of warring city states in Northern and Central Italy. Humanism, which developed at the same time, was a pervasive program to revive the culture, literary legacy, and moral philosophy of classical antiquity. Some important centers of humanism were Florence, Naples, Rome, Venice, and Genoa.
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The Italian Renaissance: Politics and Humanism
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 46 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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The Rise of Towns and Guilds
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 35 mins
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In this chapter from Lynn Thorndike's The History of Medieval Europe, gradually there grew up in the medieval West a native merchant class who devoted most of their time to buying and selling. They found it advisable to band together for mutual support and protection; in the towns a merchant guild arose as a sort of medieval chamber of commerce. A guild consisted of apprentices, journeymen, and master-workmen.
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The Rise of Towns and Guilds
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 35 mins
- Release date: 07-03-19
- Language: English
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German Kingdoms in the West
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 26 mins
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"German Kingdoms in the West" is part of Lynn Thorndike’s History of Medieval Europe. The section discusses the kingdoms that arose in Western Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire. The kingdoms were those of the Franks, Burgundians, the Visigoths in the Iberian peninsula, the Vandals in Africa and Sicily, and the Lombards in Italy.
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German Kingdoms in the West
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 26 mins
- Release date: 06-28-19
- Language: English
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Feudal States of Europe
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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After the collapse of the Carolingian Empire, the era of large states was over. In feudalism everything was expressed in different terms from those employed in the ancient city-state or in the Roman Empire. Even the Holy Roman Empire consisted of feudal fiefdoms only nominally under the control of the Emperor.
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Feudal States of Europe
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 07-04-19
- Language: English
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The Papacy and Its Opponents in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 29 mins
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The position of the church within the political order of Western Europe was irrevocably changed in the course of the later Middle Ages. The period from the middle of the 14th century to the middle of the 16th was a traumatic era in the history of Christianity. This was the time when Protestantism arose and the Great Schism took place.
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The Papacy and Its Opponents in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 29 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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The Medieval Cathedrals
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 43 mins
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The Gothic style cathedral originated in Northern France in the first half of the 12th century. A new dynasty of French kings, the Capetians, had subdued the feudal lords to become rulers in France, with their capital in Paris. The Capetian kings wished to build new cathedrals as monuments of their power, wealth, and religious faith.
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The Medieval Cathedrals
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 43 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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The Growth of the Medieval Church
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 49 mins
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During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church became organized into a hierarchy with the pope as the head. The German churches recognized the pope's spiritual supremacy, requiring his consent for the investment of bishops and his confirmation of ecclesiastical charters. Despite the conflict between emperor and pope, the Holy Roman Emperors often assisted in the reform of the Church.
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The Growth of the Medieval Church
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 49 mins
- Release date: 07-04-19
- Language: English
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French, Flemish, English and German Towns
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 34 mins
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"French, Flemish, English and German Towns" is a section of Lynn Thorndike’s History of Medieval Europe. In the late Middle Ages, new towns arose due to increased trade. In the north, there were Champagne, Bruges, Cambrai, and Utrecht. In England, local fairs gave rise to Winchester, Stourbridge, and Walsingham. In Germany, new towns sprung up in three regions: the Rhine Valley; southern Germany, and the northern coast where Bremen, Hamburg, and Lubeck were established.
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French, Flemish, English and German Towns
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 34 mins
- Release date: 07-03-19
- Language: English
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The Expansion of Christendom and the Crusades
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 58 mins
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The crusading movement was launched by Pope Urban II, in 1095 in a speech before a great concourse of 250 bishops, 400 abbots, many feudal lords and knights, and a multitude of the people at a council at Clermont-Farrand in south central France. Many crusades followed the first. Edessa, Antioch, and the County of Tripoli were established, but all became part of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which extended its frontier south to the Red Sea. The European presence was not to last, however, and was ended by the Kurdish warrior Saladin.
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The Expansion of Christendom and the Crusades
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 58 mins
- Release date: 07-04-19
- Language: English
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The City of God
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 53 mins
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The City of God is the usual English translation of the most influential work written in the fifth century. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, wrote it between 413 and 426. Augustine argued that Christianity was not the cause of the Empire’s collapse. He turned the gaze from the city of Rome to the City of God, in the spiritual life of true believers.
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The City of God
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 53 mins
- Release date: 06-28-19
- Language: English
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The Barbarian World Outside the Empire
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 48 mins
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This chapter of Lynn Thorndike’s History of Medieval Europe deals mainly with the German tribes of northern Europe, based on the works of Tacitus. There are also sections on those Germans settled within the Roman Empire, Goths, Sarmatians, and the Nomads of Turkestan.
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The Barbarian World Outside the Empire
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 48 mins
- Release date: 06-28-19
- Language: English
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The Rise and Spread of Mohammedanism
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 50 mins
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In this chapter from Lynn Thorndike's The History of Medieval Europe: Within five years after Mohammed's death the Arabs had seized Syria, Mesopotamia was overrun in 641, and 10 years later the rest of the Persian Kingdom had been conquered. Egypt was conquered in the years 639-643, and then North Africa, followed by the Visigothic Kingdom of Spain. The spread of Islam brought into close commercial relations the lands stretching from India in the East to Spain and the Atlantic coast of northwestern Africa.
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The Rise and Spread of Mohammedanism
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 50 mins
- Release date: 07-04-19
- Language: English
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The Church Under Innocent III
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 49 mins
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Pope Innocent III’s pontificate asserted the absolute spiritual authority of his office. On November 15, 1215, Innocent opened the Fourth Lateran Council, considered the most important church council of the Middle Ages. By its conclusion, it had issued 70 reformatory decrees.
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The Church Under Innocent III
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 49 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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The Growth of National Institutions in England
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 37 mins
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The term "parlement" came into use during the early 13th century, first appearing in official documents from the 1230s. In 1341, the Commons met separately from the nobility and clergy for the first time, creating what was effectively an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber. The Upper Chamber became known as the House of Lords from 1544, while the Lower Chamber became known as the House of Commons.
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The Growth of National Institutions in England
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 37 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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The Hundred Years War
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 49 mins
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The long war between France and England demonstrates the transition from the feudal order of society to the idea of national political organization. Its causes and the motives that kept it alive were rooted in a steadily growing sense of national unity and national honor.
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The Hundred Years War
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 49 mins
- Release date: 07-29-19
- Language: English
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The Growth of Royal Power in France
- By: Lynn Thorndike
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- Length: 48 mins
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The collapse of the Carolingian Empire of Charles the Great led to a breakdown in central authority and an extended era of political fragmentation. The beginning of the revival in royal power dates to the reign of Louis VI, and the medieval French monarchy reached its height under Philip IV. A period of decline was arrested by Charles VII’s victory over the English in the mid-15th century which saw France emerge as the most powerful monarchy in Christendom by the end of the Middle Ages.
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The Growth of Royal Power in France
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 48 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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The Italian Renaissance: Fine Arts and Voyages of Discovery
- By: Lynn Thorndike
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 39 mins
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The Renaissance was an era of cultural development during the 14th to the 17th centuries. Beginning in Italy, the learning of the Renaissance soon spread all over Europe, with an emphasis on intellectual inquiry and Classical revival that marked a departure from the Middle Ages. While some Europeans pursued these ideals through art and learning, others explored the world across the oceans.
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The Italian Renaissance: Fine Arts and Voyages of Discovery
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 39 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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