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Christendom

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Trace the growth of the Church and Western civilization through periods of persecution, flourishing, and reformation. This final installment of Dave’s popular series is filled with stories of kings, monks, missionaries, and barbarians.

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1. Orientation 12 Steps Sample Lesson

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1.1 – Introduction & How to Take Notes (16 min video)

1.1 – Read Table of Contents

1.2 – The Meaning of Life (17 min video)

1.2 – Read Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

1.3 – Why School? (16 min video)

1.3 – Read Quotations on Learning

1.4 – Why History? (15 min video)

1.4 – Read Quotations on the Study of History

1.5 – Portfolio and Project 1: Family Tree (13 min video)

1.5 – Lesson 1 Portfolio

1.5 – Lesson 1 Exam

1.6 – Begin Family Tree and Heraldic Crest Project

2. Eternity in Operation: The Roman Principate and the New Testament Church 11 Steps Sample Lesson

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2.1 – Tiberius & Pentecost (29 min video)

2.1 – Read Acts 1-2

2.2 – Caligula and the Early Church (27 min video)

2.2 – Read Acts 6-7

2.3 – Claudius, James & Paul (24 min video)

2.3 – Read Selections from Acts

2.4 – The Missions of Paul (22 min video)

2.4 – Read Philippians

2.5 – Nero and the 12 Apostles (22 min video)

2.5 – Lesson 2 Portfolio

2.5 – Lesson 2 Exam

3. Imperium sine Fine: The Successions of Rome, Judea, and the Apostolic Church 11 Steps Sample Lesson

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3.1 – Vespasian, Titus and the Destruction of Jerusalem (29 min video)

3.1 – Read The Sack of Jerusalem

3.2 – Epicurean Rome (25 min video)

3.2 – Read Juvenal

3.3 – Roman Persecution and the Apostolic Fathers (31 min video)

3.3 – Read The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians

3.4 – The New Testament Canon (16 min video)

3.4 – Read The Belgic Confession and Scripture

3.5 – Early Christian Worship and Art (24 min video)

3.5 – Lesson 3 Portfolio

3.5 – Lesson 3 Exam

4. The World That Died in the Night: Christianity, the Church Fathers, and the Transformation of Culture 11 Steps Sample Lesson

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4.1 – The Spread of Christianity (29 min video)

4.1 – Read The Didache

4.2 – The Effects of Christianity on Culture (25 min video)

4.2 – Read W.E.H. Lecky

4.3 – The Sanctity of Life, Marcus Aurelius and Justin Martyr (25 min video)

4.3 – Read Justin Martyr

4.4 – Persecutions, the Gnostics and Irenaeus of Lyon (23 min video)

4.4 – Read The Diary of Perpetua

4.5 – The Five Patriarchates, Origen and Tertullian (17 min video)

4.5 – Lesson 4 Portfolio

4.5 – Lesson 4 Exam

5. A Creed and Still a Gospel: Constantine, Nicea and Athanasius 11 Steps

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5.1 – Diocletian, the Tetrarchy and the Great Persecution (30 min video)

5.1 – Read “The Martyrs of Palestine”

5.2 – Constantine I (24 min video)

5.2 – Read The Edict of Toleration and The Edict of Milan

5.3 – Constantine II (29 min video)

5.3 – Read Account of Constantinople

5.4 – The Council of Nicea (19 min video)

5.4 – Read Nicene Creed

5.5 – Anthony of the Desert & Athanasius (18 min video)

5.5 – Lesson 5 Portfolio

5.5 – Lesson 5 Exam

6. Centripetal & Centrifugal Forces: The Barbarians, the Church and the Fall of Rome 11 Steps

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6.1 – Constantine’s Sons & Julian the Apostate (31 min video)

6.1 – Read Letter to Arsacius

6.2 – Basil of Caesarea & Theodosius (27 min video)

6.2 – Read Theodosian Code and St. Basil

6.3 – The Council of Constantinople, Post-Nicene Fathers and the Barbarians (23 min video)

6.3 – Read Gregory Nazianzus and John Chrysostom

6.4 – Jerome, the Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon (19 min video)

6.4 – Read Letter of Jerome

6.5 – Attila the Hun, Leo the Great and the End of the Roman Empire (20 min video)

6.5 – Lesson 6 Portfolio

6.5 – Lesson 6 Exam

7. Only the Lover Sings: Augustine of Hippo 11 Steps

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7.1 – Ambrose & Chant (24 min video)

7. 1 – Read St. Ambrose of Milan

7.2 – Augustine’s Early Life & Conversion (23 min video)

7.2 – Read Confessions

7.3 – Augustine’s Ministry (20 min video)

7.3 – Read The Great Prayer

7.4 – Augustine’s Writings I (22 min video)

7.4 – Read more Confessions

7.5 – Augustine’s Writings II (18 min video)

7.5 – Read City of God

7.5 – Lesson 7 Portfolio

8. The Long Defeat: Byzantium 11 Steps

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8.1 – Introduction to Byzantium (26 min video)

8.1 – Read To My Old House

8.2 – Justinian & Theodora I (28 min video)

8.2 – Read Corpus Juris Civilis

8.3 – Justinian & Theodora II (26 min video)

8.3 – Read on Hagia Sophia

8.4 – Byzantine Religion, Art and Education (29 min video)

8.4 – Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Byzantine collection

8.5 – Cyril, Methodius and the Mission to the East (20 min video)

8.5 – Lesson 8 Portfolio

8.5 – Lesson 8 Exam

9. There is No God But Allah: Islam 11 Steps

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9.1 – Introduction to Islam and the Life of Mohammed I (29 min video)

9.1 – Read The Koran

9.2 – The Life of Mohammed II and the Five Pillars (31 min video)

9.2 – Read Hadith

9.3 – Jihad and Mohammed’s Successors (22 min video)

9.3 – Read the Sura and Mohammed

9.4 – The Abbasid Caliphate and Islamic Art (23 min video)

9.4 – View Islamic Art

9.5 – Islamic Science (18 min video)

9.5 – Lesson 9 Portfolio

9.5 – Lesson 9 Exam

10. How the Celts Saved Civilization: Christianity in Ireland and Britain 11 Steps

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10.1 – The Celts and Roman Britain (32 min video)

10.1 – Read Celtic Hymn

10.2 – Christianity in Britannia and Caledonia, the Roman Flight and King Arthur (32 min video)

10.2 – Read King Arthur Narrative

10.3 – Ireland and Patrick (26 min video)

10.3 – Read St. Patrick’s Confession

10.4 – Columba, Brendan and Augustine of Canterbury (29 min video)

10.4 – Read Irish Poetry

10.5 – Aidan, the Council of Whitby and the Venerable Bede (22 min video)

10.5 – Lesson 10 Portfolio

10.5 – Lesson 10 Exam

11. The Holy Roman Empire: Benedict & Monasticism, Gregory the Great & Worship, Charlemagne & Education 11 Steps

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11.1 – Benedict & Monasticism (34 min video)

11.1 – Read St. Benedict

11.2 – Gregory the Great & Worship (27 min video)

11.2 – Listen to “Deum Verum”

11.3 – The Germans, Clovis, the Merovinginians and Boniface (33 min video)

11.3 – Read Letter to Boniface

11.4 – Pepin the Short & Charlemagne (31 min video)

11.4 – Read the Life of Charlemagne

11.5 – Carolingian Education, Alcuin and the Trivium (21 min video)

11.5 – Lesson 11 Portfolio

11.5 – Read Letters of Charlemagne

12. The Ballad of the White Horse: The Norse and Alfred the Great 11 Steps

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12.1 – The Ancient Norse and Their Myths (22 min video)

12.1 – Read Odin’s Reward

12.2 – Norse Mythology, Religion, and Culture (30 min video)

12.2 – Read the Poetic Edda

12.3 – Norse Raids and Conquests (21 min video)

12.3 – Read Abbo’s Wars of Count Odo

12.4 – Alfred the Great (32 min video)

12.4 – Read Letter from Alfred the Great

12.5 – The Norse and Christianity (24 min video)

12.5 – Lesson 12 Portfolio

12.5 – Lesson 12 Exam

13. Medieval Covenants: Feudalism and the Norman Conquest 12 Steps

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13.1 – Feudal Terms and Covenants (23 min video)

13.1 – Read a Bishop’s Letter

13.2 – Feudalism’s Development and the Life of the Peasant (24 min video)

13.2 – Read a Dialogue

13.3 – The Saxons, Canute and Edward the Confessor (22 min video)

13.3 – Read “The Battle of Maldon”

13.4 – William of Normandy, Harold Godwinson and the Battle of Hastings (24 min video)

13.4 – Read William of Malmesbury

13.5 – William the Conqueror (10 min video)

13.5 – Lesson 13 Portfolio

13.5 – Lesson 13 Exam

13.6 – Complete Family Tree and Heraldic Crest Project

14. Deus Vult: The First Crusade 13 Steps

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14.1 – Chivalry and Introduction to the Crusades (21 min video)

14.1 – Read The Song of Roland

14.2 – The Contexts for the First Crusade (26 min video)

14.2 – Read The Great German Pilgrimage

14.3 – The Call to Crusade and the First Departures (30 min video)

14.3 – Read Pope Urban II’s Speech

14.4 – The Journey of the Crusaders to Constantinople, Asia Minor and Antioch (19 min video)

14.4 – Read The Siege and Capture of Nicea

14.5 – The Conquest of Antioch and Jerusalem (20 min video)

14.5 – Lesson 14 Portfolio

14.5 – Lesson 14 Exam

14.6 – Project 2: Thesis Paper (9 min video)

14.6 – Choose Thesis Paper Topic & Begin Research

15. Outremer: Crusader Kingdoms and Later Crusades 12 Steps

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15.1 – Outremer, the Military Orders and Zengi (33 min video)

15.1 – Read Account by William of Tyre

15.2 – The Second Crusade, Nur ed-Din and Saladin (32 min video)

15.2 – Read Apologia For The Second Crusade

15.3 – The Fall of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade (31 min video)

15.3 – Read Richard the Lionheart Makes Peace with Saladin

15.4 – The Fourth Crusade (19 min video)

15.4 – Read The Sack of Constantinople

15.5 – The Later Crusades (21 min video)

15.5 – Lesson 15 Portfolio

15.5 – Lesson 15 Exam

15.6 – Thesis Statement Finished

16. The Music of the Spheres: Medieval Art, Towns, Cathedrals and Monks 11 Steps

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16.1 – The Medieval Worldview (26 min video)

16.1 – Read the Summa Theologica

16.2 – Medieval Art (32 min video)

16.2 – View the Cloisters Exhibit

16.3 – Medieval Towns, Guilds and Cathedrals I (31 min video)

16.3 – Read the Ipswich Domesday

16.4 – Cathedrals II (35 min video)

16.4 – View Notre-Dame Cathedral

16.5 – Bernard of Clairvaux, Dominic and Francis of Assisi (28 min video)

16.5 – Read Canticle of the Sun (in place of exam)

16.5 – Lesson 16 Portfolio

17. Wonder & Delight: Medieval Education, the Scholastics and Dante 12 Steps

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17.1 – The Quadrivium (36 min video)

17.1 – Read Principles of Music

17.2 – Medieval Books, Universities and Science (33 min video)

17.2 – Read On Experimental Science

17.3 – Scholasticism: Anselm & Abelard (28 min video)

17.3 – Read Proslogion

17.4 – Scholasticism: Peter Lombard & Thomas Aquinas (21 min video)

17.4 – Read Summa Theologica

17.5 – Dante (31 min video)

17.5 – Read The Divine Comedy (in place of exam)

17.5 – Lesson 17 Portfolio

17.6 – Thesis Outline Finished

18. Just Rule and a Braveheart: Plantagenets, Common Law and the Scots 11 Steps

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18.1 – Just War Theory, Henry II and Common Law (31 min video)

18.1 – Read Laws of Henry II

18.2 – Richard the Lionheart & John Lackland (25 min video)

18.2 – Read the Magna Carta

18.3 – Henry III & Edward Longshanks (27 min video)

18.3 – Read Summonses to the Parliament

18.4 – Scotland, Longshanks and William Wallace (35 min video)

18.4 – Read the Declaration of Arbroath

18.5 – Robert the Bruce and Scottish Independence (26 min video)

18.5 – Lesson 18 Portfolio

18.5 – Lesson 18 Exam

19. The Fracturing of Christendom I: Invasions, Wars and Plagues 11 Steps

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19.1 – The Mongol Invasions (32 min video)

19.1 – Read The Mongols

19.2 – Tamerlane and the 100 Years War I (30 min video)

19.2 – Read Account of the Battle of Crecy

19.3 – The Black Death, the Albigensian Crusade and the Avignon Papacy (24 min video)

19.3 – Read Boccaccio

19.4 – The 100 Years War II, the Peasants’ Revolt and Richard II (24 min video)

19.4 – Read Chronicle of Peasants Revolt

19.5 – William Langland & Geoffrey Chaucer (19 min video)

19.5 – Read Canterbury Tales

19.5 – Lesson 19 Portfolio

20. The Fracturing of Christendom II: The End of the Middle Ages 12 Steps

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20.1 – The 100 Years War III and Henry V (28 min video)

20.1 – Read Shakespeare

20.2 – The 100 Years War IV and Joan of Arc (23 min video)

20.2 – Read Joan of Arc Letter

20.3 – Byzantium, the Ottoman Turks and the Fall of Constantinople (22 min video)

20.3 – Read Fall of Constantinople

20.4 – The War of the Roses (19 min video)

20.4 – Read Ballad of Bosworth Field

20.5 – Gutenberg, Caxton and Malory (16 min video)

20.5 – Lesson 20 Portfolio

20.5 – Lesson 20 Exam

20.6 – Thesis Paper Finished

21. Man the Measure I: The Renaissance 12 Steps

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21.1 – Renaissance Worldview and Morality (28 min video)

21.1 – Read Letters of Petrarch

21.2 – Petrarch, Giotto, Cosimo de Medici and Ghiberti (20 min video)

21.2 – Read Petrarch Poem

21.3 – Brunelleschi, Donatello and Fra Angelico (24 min video)

21.3 – Read Vasari

21.4 – Lorenzo de Medici and Botticelli (20 min video)

21.4 – Read Letter of Lorenzo de Medici

21.5 – Leonardo da Vinci (26 min video)

21.5 – View Da Vinci Exhibition

21.5 – Lesson 21 Portfolio

21.6 – The Hour Project (5 min video)

22. Man the Measure II: The Renaissance 12 Steps

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22.1 – Ariosto and Machiavelli (29 min video)

22.1 – Read Machiavelli

22.2 – Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia (22 min video)

22.2 – Read The Life of Cesare Borgia

22.3 – Julius II, Saint Peter’s Basilica and Leo X (17 min video)

22.3 – View St. Peter’s Basilica

22.4 – Raphael de Santi (16 min video)

22.4 – View Raphael’s Room

22.5 – Michelangelo di Buonarroti (26 min video)

22.5 – View Sistine Chapel

22.5 – Lesson 22 Portfolio

22.6 – Choose Hour Project Goal

23. The Morning Stars of the Reformation: Wycliffe to Erasmus 11 Steps

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23.1 – John Wycliffe (33 min video)

23.1 – Read Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards

23.2 – Jan Hus (29 min video)

23.2 – Read Jan Hus

23.3 – Savonarola (21 min video)

23.3 – Read Savonarola

23.4 – The Mystics and the Brethren of the Common Life (20 min video)

23.4 – Read The Imitation of Christ

23.5 – Erasmus (30 min video)

23.5 – Lesson 23 Portfolio

23.5 – Lesson 23 Exam

24. Justification by Faith: The Great Reformation 11 Steps

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24.1 – Martin Luther I (25 min video)

24.1 – Read Martin Luther

24.2 – Martin Luther II (31 min video)

24.2 – Read 95 Theses

24.3 – Martin Luther III & Albrecht Durer (26 min video)

24.3 – View Albrecht Durer

24.4 – Ulrich Zwingli & Martin Bucer (23 min video)

24.4 – Read Zwingli

24.5 – John Calvin (27 min video)

24.5 – Read John Calvin

1.6 – Lesson 1 Portfolio

25. Towards a Proper End: Reformations and Counter-Reformations 11 Steps

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25.1 – Henry VIII (34 min video)

25.1 – Read the Act of Supremacy

25.2 – The English Reformation, Edward VI and Mary I (24 min video)

25.2 – Read Book of Common Prayer

25.3 – The Counter-Reformation, the Jesuits and the Huguenots (29 min video)

25.3 – Read Ignatius Loyola

25.4 – Scotland, John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots (30 min video)

25.4 – Read John Knox

25.5 – Elizabeth I and Shakespeare (21 min video)

25.5 – Read Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare

25.5 – Lesson 25 Portfolio

26. Lex Rex: The English Civil War and the Scots 12 Steps

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26.1 – James I & Divine Right (25 min video)

26.1 – Read James I Speech

26.2 – The Puritans, Charles I, the Scots and the National Covenant (28 min video)

26.2 – Read Multiple Selections

26.3 – Parliament, Civil War, the Westminster Assembly and Regicide (24 min video)

26.3 – Read Westminster Confession of Faith

26.4 – Cromwell, the Protectorate and Milton (26 min video)

26.4 – Read Macauley & Milton

26.5 – Charles II, James II and the Glorious Revolution (20 min video)

26.5 – Read English Bill of Rights

26.5 – Final Portfolio

26.6 – Hour Project Finished

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