Name: The Medieval Legacy
Released: 2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Carol Symes

Émission télé · Histoire · Documentaire

An eye-opening virtual tour to establish how the Middle Ages influence everyone's present-day thinking, collective consciousness, and ways of life.

2022 · 27m

En vedette Carol Symes

ÉPISODE 1

Discovering the Medieval Legacy

The meaning of "medieval" and the challenges of defining the timeline of the Middle Ages.
ÉPISODE 2

The Medieval Birth of the Book

The medieval contribution to the format of the book and the accessibility of reading.
ÉPISODE 3

Medieval Innovations in Record Keeping

The present-day techniques for recording words, sounds and knowledge are rooted in the medieval era.
ÉPISODE 4

The Beginnings of Orthodoxy and Heresy

Studying how the religious and political elites aligned to enforce conformity within Christianity.
ÉPISODE 5

Anti-Semitism's Medieval Roots

The birth and growth of anti-Semitism in the medieval society over almost four centuries.
ÉPISODE 6

Holy War and Its Long Legacy

Studying the factors that triggered a centuries-long Christian-Muslim conflict, thereby engendering the concept of holy war in medieval society.