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History 4: Christendom
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1. Orientation12 Steps
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1.1 – Introduction & How to Take Notes (16 min video)
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1.1 – Read Table of Contents
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1.2 – The Meaning of Life (17 min video)
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1.2 – Read Alexis de Tocqueville Quote
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1.3 – Why School? (16 min video)
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1.3 – Read Quotations on Learning
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1.4 – Why History? (15 min video)
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1.4 – Read Quotations on the Study of History
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1.5 – Portfolio and Project 1: Family Tree (13 min video)
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1.5 – Lesson 1 Portfolio
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1.5 – Lesson 1 Exam
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1.6 – Begin Family Tree and Heraldic Crest Project
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1.1 – Introduction & How to Take Notes (16 min video)
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2. Eternity in Operation: The Roman Principate and the New Testament Church11 Steps
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2.1 – Tiberius & Pentecost (29 min video)
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2.1 – Read Acts 1-2
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2.2 – Caligula and the Early Church (27 min video)
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2.2 – Read Acts 6-7
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2.3 – Claudius, James & Paul (24 min video)
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2.3 – Read Selections from Acts
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2.4 – The Missions of Paul (22 min video)
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2.4 – Read Philippians
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2.5 – Nero and the 12 Apostles (22 min video)
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2.5 – Lesson 2 Portfolio
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2.5 – Lesson 2 Exam
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2.1 – Tiberius & Pentecost (29 min video)
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3. Imperium sine Fine: The Successions of Rome, Judea, and the Apostolic Church11 Steps
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3.1 – Vespasian, Titus and the Destruction of Jerusalem (29 min video)
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3.1 – Read The Sack of Jerusalem
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3.2 – Epicurean Rome (25 min video)
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3.2 – Read Juvenal
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3.3 – Roman Persecution and the Apostolic Fathers (31 min video)
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3.3 – Read The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
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3.4 – The New Testament Canon (16 min video)
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3.4 – Read The Belgic Confession and Scripture
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3.5 – Early Christian Worship and Art (24 min video)
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3.5 – Lesson 3 Portfolio
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3.5 – Lesson 3 Exam
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3.1 – Vespasian, Titus and the Destruction of Jerusalem (29 min video)
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4. The World That Died in the Night: Christianity, the Church Fathers, and the Transformation of Culture11 Steps
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4.1 – The Spread of Christianity (29 min video)
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4.1 – Read The Didache
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4.2 – The Effects of Christianity on Culture (25 min video)
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4.2 – Read W.E.H. Lecky
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4.3 – The Sanctity of Life, Marcus Aurelius and Justin Martyr (25 min video)
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4.3 – Read Justin Martyr
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4.4 – Persecutions, the Gnostics and Irenaeus of Lyon (23 min video)
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4.4 – Read The Diary of Perpetua
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4.5 – The Five Patriarchates, Origen and Tertullian (17 min video)
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4.5 – Lesson 4 Portfolio
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4.5 – Lesson 4 Exam
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4.1 – The Spread of Christianity (29 min video)
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5. A Creed and Still a Gospel: Constantine, Nicea and Athanasius11 Steps
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5.1 – Diocletian, the Tetrarchy and the Great Persecution (30 min video)
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5.1 – Read "The Martyrs of Palestine"
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5.2 – Constantine I (24 min video)
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5.2 – Read The Edict of Toleration and The Edict of Milan
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5.3 – Constantine II (29 min video)
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5.3 – Read Account of Constantinople
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5.4 – The Council of Nicea (19 min video)
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5.4 – Read Nicene Creed
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5.5 – Anthony of the Desert & Athanasius (18 min video)
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5.5 – Lesson 5 Portfolio
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5.5 – Lesson 5 Exam
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5.1 – Diocletian, the Tetrarchy and the Great Persecution (30 min video)
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6. Centripetal & Centrifugal Forces: The Barbarians, the Church and the Fall of Rome11 Steps
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6.1 – Constantine's Sons & Julian the Apostate (31 min video)
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6.1 – Read Letter to Arsacius
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6.2 – Basil of Caesarea & Theodosius (27 min video)
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6.2 – Read Theodosian Code and St. Basil
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6.3 – The Council of Constantinople, Post-Nicene Fathers and the Barbarians (23 min video)
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6.3 – Read Gregory Nazianzus and John Chrysostom
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6.4 – Jerome, the Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon (19 min video)
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6.4 – Read Letter of Jerome
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6.5 – Attila the Hun, Leo the Great and the End of the Roman Empire (20 min video)
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6.5 – Lesson 6 Portfolio
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6.5 – Lesson 6 Exam
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6.1 – Constantine's Sons & Julian the Apostate (31 min video)
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7. Only the Lover Sings: Augustine of Hippo11 Steps
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7.1 – Ambrose & Chant (24 min video)
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7. 1 – Read St. Ambrose of Milan
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7.2 – Augustine's Early Life & Conversion (23 min video)
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7.2 – Read Confessions
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7.3 – Augustine’s Ministry (20 min video)
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7.3 – Read The Great Prayer
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7.4 – Augustine’s Writings I (22 min video)
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7.4 – Read more Confessions
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7.5 – Augustine’s Writings II (18 min video)
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7.5 – Read City of God
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7.5 – Lesson 7 Portfolio
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7.1 – Ambrose & Chant (24 min video)
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8. The Long Defeat: Byzantium11 Steps
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8.1 – Introduction to Byzantium (26 min video)
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8.1 – Read To My Old House
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8.2 – Justinian & Theodora I (28 min video)
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8.2 – Read Corpus Juris Civilis
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8.3 – Justinian & Theodora II (26 min video)
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8.3 – Read on Hagia Sophia
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8.4 – Byzantine Religion, Art and Education (29 min video)
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8.4 – Metropolitan Museum of Art's Byzantine collection
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8.5 – Cyril, Methodius and the Mission to the East (20 min video)
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8.5 – Lesson 8 Portfolio
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8.5 – Lesson 8 Exam
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8.1 – Introduction to Byzantium (26 min video)
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9. There is No God But Allah: Islam11 Steps
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9.1 – Introduction to Islam and the Life of Mohammed I (29 min video)
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9.1 – Read The Koran
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9.2 – The Life of Mohammed II and the Five Pillars (31 min video)
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9.2 – Read Hadith
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9.3 – Jihad and Mohammed's Successors (22 min video)
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9.3 – Read the Sura and Mohammed
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9.4 – The Abbasid Caliphate and Islamic Art (23 min video)
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9.4 – View Islamic Art
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9.5 – Islamic Science (18 min video)
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9.5 – Lesson 9 Portfolio
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9.5 – Lesson 9 Exam
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9.1 – Introduction to Islam and the Life of Mohammed I (29 min video)
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10. How the Celts Saved Civilization: Christianity in Ireland and Britain11 Steps
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10.1 – The Celts and Roman Britain (32 min video)
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10.1 – Read Celtic Hymn
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10.2 – Christianity in Britannia and Caledonia, the Roman Flight and King Arthur (32 min video)
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10.2 – Read King Arthur Narrative
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10.3 – Ireland and Patrick (26 min video)
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10.3 – Read St. Patrick's Confession
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10.4 – Columba, Brendan and Augustine of Canterbury (29 min video)
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10.4 – Read Irish Poetry
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10.5 – Aidan, the Council of Whitby and the Venerable Bede (22 min video)
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10.5 – Lesson 10 Portfolio
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10.5 – Lesson 10 Exam
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10.1 – The Celts and Roman Britain (32 min video)
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11. The Holy Roman Empire: Benedict & Monasticism, Gregory the Great & Worship, Charlemagne & Education11 Steps
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11.1 – Benedict & Monasticism (34 min video)
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11.1 – Read St. Benedict
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11.2 – Gregory the Great & Worship (27 min video)
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11.2 – Listen to "Deum Verum"
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11.3 – The Germans, Clovis, the Merovinginians and Boniface (33 min video)
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11.3 – Read Letter to Boniface
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11.4 – Pepin the Short & Charlemagne (31 min video)
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11.4 – Read the Life of Charlemagne
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11.5 – Carolingian Education, Alcuin and the Trivium (21 min video)
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11.5 – Lesson 11 Portfolio
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11.5 – Read Letters of Charlemagne
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11.1 – Benedict & Monasticism (34 min video)
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12. The Ballad of the White Horse: The Norse and Alfred the Great11 Steps
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12.1 – The Ancient Norse and Their Myths (22 min video)
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12.1 – Read Odin's Reward
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12.2 – Norse Mythology, Religion, and Culture (30 min video)
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12.2 – Read the Poetic Edda
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12.3 – Norse Raids and Conquests (21 min video)
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12.3 – Read Abbo's Wars of Count Odo
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12.4 – Alfred the Great (32 min video)
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12.4 – Read Letter from Alfred the Great
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12.5 – The Norse and Christianity (24 min video)
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12.5 – Lesson 12 Portfolio
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12.5 – Lesson 12 Exam
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12.1 – The Ancient Norse and Their Myths (22 min video)
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13. Medieval Covenants: Feudalism and the Norman Conquest12 Steps
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13.1 – Feudal Terms and Covenants (23 min video)
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13.1 – Read a Bishop's Letter
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13.2 – Feudalism's Development and the Life of the Peasant (24 min video)
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13.2 – Read a Dialogue
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13.3 – The Saxons, Canute and Edward the Confessor (22 min video)
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13.3 – Read "The Battle of Maldon"
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13.4 – William of Normandy, Harold Godwinson and the Battle of Hastings (24 min video)
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13.4 – Read William of Malmesbury
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13.5 – William the Conqueror (10 min video)
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13.5 – Lesson 13 Portfolio
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13.5 – Lesson 13 Exam
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13.6 – Complete Family Tree and Heraldic Crest Project
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13.1 – Feudal Terms and Covenants (23 min video)
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14. Deus Vult: The First Crusade13 Steps
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14.1 – Chivalry and Introduction to the Crusades (21 min video)
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14.1 – Read The Song of Roland
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14.2 – The Contexts for the First Crusade (26 min video)
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14.2 – Read The Great German Pilgrimage
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14.3 – The Call to Crusade and the First Departures (30 min video)
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14.3 – Read Pope Urban II's Speech
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14.4 – The Journey of the Crusaders to Constantinople, Asia Minor and Antioch (19 min video)
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14.4 – Read The Siege and Capture of Nicea
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14.5 – The Conquest of Antioch and Jerusalem (20 min video)
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14.5 – Lesson 14 Portfolio
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14.5 – Lesson 14 Exam
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14.6 – Project 2: Thesis Paper (9 min video)
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14.6 – Choose Thesis Paper Topic & Begin Research
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14.1 – Chivalry and Introduction to the Crusades (21 min video)
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15. Outremer: Crusader Kingdoms and Later Crusades12 Steps
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15.1 – Outremer, the Military Orders and Zengi (33 min video)
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15.1 – Read Account by William of Tyre
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15.2 – The Second Crusade, Nur ed-Din and Saladin (32 min video)
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15.2 – Read Apologia For The Second Crusade
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15.3 – The Fall of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade (31 min video)
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15.3 – Read Richard the Lionheart Makes Peace with Saladin
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15.4 – The Fourth Crusade (19 min video)
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15.4 – Read The Sack of Constantinople
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15.5 – The Later Crusades (21 min video)
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15.5 – Lesson 15 Portfolio
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15.5 – Lesson 15 Exam
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15.6 – Thesis Statement Finished
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15.1 – Outremer, the Military Orders and Zengi (33 min video)
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16. The Music of the Spheres: Medieval Art, Towns, Cathedrals and Monks11 Steps
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16.1 – The Medieval Worldview (26 min video)
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16.1 – Read the Summa Theologica
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16.2 – Medieval Art (32 min video)
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16.2 – View the Cloisters Exhibit
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16.3 – Medieval Towns, Guilds and Cathedrals I (31 min video)
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16.3 – Read the Ipswich Domesday
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16.4 – Cathedrals II (35 min video)
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16.4 – View Notre-Dame Cathedral
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16.5 – Bernard of Clairvaux, Dominic and Francis of Assisi (28 min video)
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16.5 – Read Canticle of the Sun (in place of exam)
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16.5 – Lesson 16 Portfolio
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16.1 – The Medieval Worldview (26 min video)
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17. Wonder & Delight: Medieval Education, the Scholastics and Dante12 Steps
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17.1 – The Quadrivium (36 min video)
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17.1 – Read Principles of Music
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17.2 – Medieval Books, Universities and Science (33 min video)
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17.2 – Read On Experimental Science
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17.3 – Scholasticism: Anselm & Abelard (28 min video)
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17.3 – Read Proslogion
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17.4 – Scholasticism: Peter Lombard & Thomas Aquinas (21 min video)
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17.4 – Read Summa Theologica
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17.5 – Dante (31 min video)
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17.5 – Read The Divine Comedy (in place of exam)
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17.5 – Lesson 17 Portfolio
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17.6 – Thesis Outline Finished
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17.1 – The Quadrivium (36 min video)
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18. Just Rule and a Braveheart: Plantagenets, Common Law and the Scots11 Steps
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18.1 – Just War Theory, Henry II and Common Law (31 min video)
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18.1 – Read Laws of Henry II
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18.2 – Richard the Lionheart & John Lackland (25 min video)
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18.2 – Read the Magna Carta
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18.3 – Henry III & Edward Longshanks (27 min video)
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18.3 – Read Summonses to the Parliament
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18.4 – Scotland, Longshanks and William Wallace (35 min video)
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18.4 – Read the Declaration of Arbroath
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18.5 – Robert the Bruce and Scottish Independence (26 min video)
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18.5 – Lesson 18 Portfolio
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18.5 – Lesson 18 Exam
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18.1 – Just War Theory, Henry II and Common Law (31 min video)
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19. The Fracturing of Christendom I: Invasions, Wars and Plagues11 Steps
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19.1 – The Mongol Invasions (32 min video)
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19.1 – Read The Mongols
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19.2 – Tamerlane and the 100 Years War I (30 min video)
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19.2 – Read Account of the Battle of Crecy
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19.3 – The Black Death, the Albigensian Crusade and the Avignon Papacy (24 min video)
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19.3 – Read Boccaccio
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19.4 – The 100 Years War II, the Peasants' Revolt and Richard II (24 min video)
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19.4 – Read Chronicle of Peasants Revolt
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19.5 – William Langland & Geoffrey Chaucer (19 min video)
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19.5 – Read Canterbury Tales
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19.5 – Lesson 19 Portfolio
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19.1 – The Mongol Invasions (32 min video)
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20. The Fracturing of Christendom II: The End of the Middle Ages12 Steps
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20.1 – The 100 Years War III and Henry V (28 min video)
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20.1 – Read Shakespeare
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20.2 – The 100 Years War IV and Joan of Arc (23 min video)
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20.2 – Read Joan of Arc Letter
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20.3 – Byzantium, the Ottoman Turks and the Fall of Constantinople (22 min video)
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20.3 – Read Fall of Constantinople
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20.4 – The War of the Roses (19 min video)
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20.4 – Read Ballad of Bosworth Field
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20.5 – Gutenberg, Caxton and Malory (16 min video)
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20.5 – Lesson 20 Portfolio
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20.5 – Lesson 20 Exam
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20.6 – Thesis Paper Finished
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20.1 – The 100 Years War III and Henry V (28 min video)
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21. Man the Measure I: The Renaissance12 Steps
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21.1 – Renaissance Worldview and Morality (28 min video)
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21.1 – Read Letters of Petrarch
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21.2 – Petrarch, Giotto, Cosimo de Medici and Ghiberti (20 min video)
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21.2 – Read Petrarch Poem
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21.3 – Brunelleschi, Donatello and Fra Angelico (24 min video)
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21.3 – Read Vasari
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21.4 – Lorenzo de Medici and Botticelli (20 min video)
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21.4 – Read Letter of Lorenzo de Medici
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21.5 – Leonardo da Vinci (26 min video)
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21.5 – View Da Vinci Exhibition
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21.5 – Lesson 21 Portfolio
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21.6 – The Hour Project (5 min video)
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21.1 – Renaissance Worldview and Morality (28 min video)
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22. Man the Measure II: The Renaissance12 Steps
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22.1 – Ariosto and Machiavelli (29 min video)
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22.1 – Read Machiavelli
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22.2 – Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia (22 min video)
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22.2 – Read The Life of Cesare Borgia
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22.3 – Julius II, Saint Peter's Basilica and Leo X (17 min video)
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22.3 – View St. Peter's Basilica
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22.4 – Raphael de Santi (16 min video)
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22.4 – View Raphael's Room
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22.5 – Michelangelo di Buonarroti (26 min video)
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22.5 – View Sistine Chapel
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22.5 – Lesson 22 Portfolio
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22.6 – Choose Hour Project Goal
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22.1 – Ariosto and Machiavelli (29 min video)
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23. The Morning Stars of the Reformation: Wycliffe to Erasmus11 Steps
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23.1 – John Wycliffe (33 min video)
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23.1 – Read Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards
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23.2 – Jan Hus (29 min video)
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23.2 – Read Jan Hus
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23.3 – Savonarola (21 min video)
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23.3 – Read Savonarola
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23.4 – The Mystics and the Brethren of the Common Life (20 min video)
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23.4 – Read The Imitation of Christ
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23.5 – Erasmus (30 min video)
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23.5 – Lesson 23 Portfolio
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23.5 – Lesson 23 Exam
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23.1 – John Wycliffe (33 min video)
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24. Justification by Faith: The Great Reformation11 Steps
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24.1 – Martin Luther I (25 min video)
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24.1 – Read Martin Luther
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24.2 – Martin Luther II (31 min video)
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24.2 – Read 95 Theses
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24.3 – Martin Luther III & Albrecht Durer (26 min video)
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24.3 – View Albrecht Durer
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24.4 – Ulrich Zwingli & Martin Bucer (23 min video)
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24.4 – Read Zwingli
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24.5 – John Calvin (27 min video)
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24.5 – Read John Calvin
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1.6 – Lesson 1 Portfolio
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24.1 – Martin Luther I (25 min video)
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25. Towards a Proper End: Reformations and Counter-Reformations11 Steps
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25.1 – Henry VIII (34 min video)
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25.1 – Read the Act of Supremacy
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25.2 – The English Reformation, Edward VI and Mary I (24 min video)
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25.2 – Read Book of Common Prayer
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25.3 – The Counter-Reformation, the Jesuits and the Huguenots (29 min video)
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25.3 – Read Ignatius Loyola
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25.4 – Scotland, John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots (30 min video)
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25.4 – Read John Knox
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25.5 – Elizabeth I and Shakespeare (21 min video)
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25.5 – Read Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare
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25.5 – Lesson 25 Portfolio
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25.1 – Henry VIII (34 min video)
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26. Lex Rex: The English Civil War and the Scots12 Steps
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26.1 – James I & Divine Right (25 min video)
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26.1 – Read James I Speech
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26.2 – The Puritans, Charles I, the Scots and the National Covenant (28 min video)
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26.2 – Read Multiple Selections
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26.3 – Parliament, Civil War, the Westminster Assembly and Regicide (24 min video)
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26.3 – Read Westminster Confession of Faith
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26.4 – Cromwell, the Protectorate and Milton (26 min video)
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26.4 – Read Macauley & Milton
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26.5 – Charles II, James II and the Glorious Revolution (20 min video)
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26.5 – Read English Bill of Rights
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26.5 – Final Portfolio
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26.6 – Hour Project Finished
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26.1 – James I & Divine Right (25 min video)
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ASSIGNMENT:
- Read the following quote by Alexis de Tocqueville.
- Write a short essay or discuss with your instructor the following question: Why do religious nations, especially Christian nations, leave such lasting results or a legacy for generations to come?
SELECTION: Quotation by Alexis de Tocqueville.
“In ages of faith, the final end of life is placed beyond life. The men of those ages, therefore, naturally and almost involuntarily accustom themselves to fix their gaze for many years on some immovable object toward which they are constantly tending; and they learn by insensible degrees to repress a multitude of petty passing desires in order to be the better able to content that great and lasting desire which possesses them…This explains why religious nations have often achieved such lasting results; for whilst they were thinking only of the other world, they had found out the great secret of success in this.”
