Register today for this course to go deep into the Medieval world and discover how the Church contributed to daily life and the culture.
Special notes: This is Part One of a 2-Part course.
Total classes: 12
Duration: 45 minutes per class
Prerequisite: None
Suggested grade level: 6th to 9th grade
Suggested credit: One full semester Medieval History
Instructor: Inshal Chenet
Course description: In this course, we will strive to inculcate Unity, Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Our study of the medieval world will especially manifest the depths of culture and community under the direction of the Gospel. We will see how the Church "took gold from Egypt," absorbing and Christianizing truth and goodness from Roman, Greek, and Germanic traditions. It advanced the cause of human dignity, curbed warfare, elevated women, protected the weak, and abolished slavery for the first time in human history. Students will develop in themselves something of this great “medieval synthesis” as well as something of the patience of the Church that knows that lasting and meaningful change is only achieved slowly.
Course outline:
Week 1: Collapse of the Roman Empire
Week 2: Rise of Monasticism
Week 3: Conversion of the Barbarians
Week 4: Conversion of the Barbarians (continued)
Week 5: Byzantium
Week 6: Review for Midterm
Week 7: Iconoclasm
Week 8: Charlemagne
Week 9: Eastern Schism
Week 10: Fall of the Carolingian
Week 11: Cluny and Monastic Reforms
Week 12: Review for Final
Course materials: The History of the Church: A Complete Course, by Rev. Peter V. Armenio, ISBN: 978-1890177461 (https://amzn.to/3KjydVJ)
Homework: Each week, students will be required to read a selection from the textbook, and take a short quiz. There is also a midterm and final in this course made up of short answers and multiple choice.
- Teacher: Inshal Chenet