Courses
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Anointed Sounds: Exploring Political Power and Religion in Medieval Music Manuscripts
An exploration of medieval music and the intertwined powers of politics and religion. Through vivid manuscripts and wild tales of saints, kings, and even a corrupt horse, discover how song shaped faith, identity, and power.
$149
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A Voice of Her Own: Women’s Contributions to Medieval Music
Explore women’s important yet overlooked roles in medieval music as composers, performers, patrons, and muses. This course brings their stories to life through convent music, courtly traditions, and lyrical analysis.
$149
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Botticelli: A Medieval and Renaissance Artist
This self-paced course is an introduction to Sandro Botticelli as artist and cultural influence. Explore paintings that unravel his artistic achievements and the mix of cultural standards produced by the later Middle Ages and into the Renaissance.
$19.95
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Calamity and Change: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Century
The 14th century has been famously called “calamitous:” 100 years of war, plague, and rebellion. This course explores the disasters and beauty of this tumultuous century and includes some of the most famous men and women of the Middle Ages.
$149
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Dark Age Britain
A detailed overview of Britain between the 5th and 8th centuries, traditionally referred to as the ‘Dark Ages’. Discover some of the lesser known aspects, themes, evidence, and figures of this interesting period, which was anything but 'dark'.
$125
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Introduction to Medieval Music
The history of music in Europe, sacred and secular, from its roots in Ancient Greece to the 14th century. Learn about chants and their use in the medieval mass, developments in musical notation and texture, instruments, styles, and composers.