HIST 4100 – 01/02 – ONLINE: Ancient World Civilizations

Information on Roman mystery religions, the fall of the Roman Empire, the last pagans, and Stoic philosophy.

Links to sources on Christian origins, including the early Church (1st-3rd centuries CE), theologies, art, and the triumph of the Church.

Start watching at 23:40 for the part on Irish Christianity and monasticism (24 mins).

In the sixth century, Irish monk Columbanus and his disciples established over one hundred centres of scholarship and spirituality throughout a European continent that was divided after the fall of the Roman Empire (60 mins).

The film explores the cosmology of heaven and hell, demonic possession, and brushes with the afterlife as recorded in documents of the period (57 mins).

Historian Rageh Omaar speaks to scholars as well as ordinary people in order to understand how it is that events of 900 years ago can have such a divisive effect on relations between the West and the Muslim world (49 mins).

Galvanized by Pope Urban II, waves of Christian warriors fight their way from Europe to the Holy Land intent on bringing Jerusalem under Christian control. (90 mins).

Covers the social and economic organization of Europe in the Middle Ages (36 mins).

This program studies the Vikings within the context of medieval history, during which time Europe was still politically fragmented by the breakup of the Roman Empire (48 mins).

This program covers Viking sea prowess, trade, and explorations (37 mins).

This program takes a close look at the Lindisfarne Gospels-a priceless work of art and one of Christianity's most enduring symbols of faith-and the historical and religious contexts in which it was created (48 mins).