Courses
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Mongol Invasion: Mamluks, Crusaders, and Mongols and the struggle for the Middle East (1218- 1323)
Explore the convulsions shaping the 13th century Middle East, a time when Mongol, Crusader, and Muslim powers struggled for supremacy. Through war, trade, conversion, and technological innovation, you will learn how these encounters changed history.
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Monsters!!
Study some of the earliest human-form monsters in world literature and trace their evolution from the ancient world to the Gothic horror novel.
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Myth Busters: Viking Edition
Learn about the Vikings and their Age through eight common myths about them. Are they true? Take this course and find out.
$19.95
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Reading Beowulf
A structured reading group that will read Beowulf in its entirety in around 600 lines each week. The course also covers related Old Germanic texts. All will be read in translation with opportunities to pronounce Old English.
$149
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Relics in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
This course examines sacred objects in the premodern Mediterranean world, with a focus on the Christian veneration of relics. Through primary sources and modern scholarship, learn the various ways people understood these objects' power and histories.
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Society in the Viking Age
The structure of Nordic society was unique in Europe during the Viking Age from c. AD 750-1100. Learn how and why that mattered for what Vikings were able to accomplish.
$19.95