Senior Course (14 yrs and up), $185, 14 week course – No Prerequisite
No era has been so darkened and mythologized in the modern eye as the Medieval Age. Shatter the misconceptions about this daring and adventurous epoch by diving into eyewitness accounts to history and rock-solid scholarship! Use Socratic discussion to explore history's most sweeping saga of dauntless martyrs, brilliant scientists and scholars, scheming overlords, and ordinary men and women living through extraordinary times. From the perilous days when barbarian hordes sacked Europe to the age of explorers pushing open the world's boundaries, this course will form students in critical thinking, discussion skills, and knowledge of history.
The course timeline will cover the period from the beginning of Christendom in the early centuries to the early Renaissance. The work of various historians, artists, and poets will be used to give students a deeper understanding of this significant culture shift and the beginning of a new era.
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