Years That Changed History: 1215

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Course Scope Professor Biography Lecture 1—The World before 1215 The Year 1215 Before 1215 The Warming’s Effects A Move to the Cities Shipbuilding and Navigation The World at Large Lecture 2—The Magna Carta: Patching Up a Squabble Background on England The Angevin Empire Alliances and Developments John as King The Empire Declines More The Pope as Overlord The Negotiations After the Charter Lecture 3—What’s Really in the Magna Carta? Contents of the Document Sealing the Document Scutage in Detail Welsh Relations Relations with Scotland Other Clauses Lecture 4—The Magna Carta’s Legacy Violent Disputes After John An Evolving Document Expanding Reach The Magna Carta’s Legacy Lecture 5—What Inspired the Fourth Lateran Council? Background on Church Councils The Council of Nicaea Other Matters at the Council of Nicaea The Lateran Councils The First Lateran Council The Second Lateran Council The Fourth Lateran Council The Third Lateran Council Lecture 6—Canons for Christian Practice and Belief Heresies and Monastic Orders The Population at Large The Schism of 1054 Transubstantiation Marriage Poverty Lecture 7—The Canons of Persecution Proscribing and Prescribing Behaviors The Persecuting Canons Background on Canon 71 The Contents of Canon 71 Lecture 8—Civilizations in the Americas in 1215 The Pueblo Peoples Pueblo Settlements Pueblo Society The Incan Empire The Mayan Empire Mayan Origins and Society Lecture 9—Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1215 The Ethiopian Empire The Mali Empire The Kingdom of Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe Lecture 10—The Crusading Impulse Background on Jerusalem and the Christian World The Crusaders in Action Urban II’s Goals The Knights Templar Decline of the Crusaders The Knights Hospitaller and the Teutonic Knights Saladin Conclusion Lecture 11—The Fourth Crusade and the Crusader States The Fourth Crusade The Sack of Constantinople Restoring Order The Albigensian Crusade The Children’s Crusade Lecture 12—The Fourth Lateran Council and the Jews Jews before the Persecuting Society The Persecuting Society Changing Times Societal Shifts Leprosy Economic Issues The University System Violence Conclusion Jewish Expulsion Lecture 13—The Jews in 1215 and Beyond A Rising Tide of Persecution Scapegoating Jews during the Black Death Cologne Conclusion Lecture 14—Francis of Assisi and the Mendicant Orders The Mendicant Orders Causes of the Shift Francis and His Followers The Franciscan Lifestyle The Second and Third Orders Conclusion Lecture 15—The Crusade against the Cathars Background on Catharism Conflict with the Church The Cathars in France Count Raymond VI The Crusade Attacks on Cities Simon de Montfort The Cathars and the Fourth Lateran Council Conclusion Lecture 16—Mongol Culture before Genghis Khan Background on the Mongols Secret History of the Mongols The Mongol Lifestyle Craftsmanship and Warfare Mongol Fighting Abilities Mongol Raids Clothing and Smell Lecture 17—The Mongols and the Rise of Genghis Khan Temüjin’s Early Life Mongol Clan Machinations Temüjin Shackled Temüjin and Börte Temüjin Attacks Temüjin as a Leader Jamuka’s Death The Great Mongol Nation Lecture 18—The Battle of Beijing Changes under Genghis Khan New Organization Communication, Swiftness, and Learning Buildup to the Battle of Beijing The Great Mongol Nation and China A Quick Victory The Battle of Beijing Lecture 19—What Happened to the Mongols after 1215? After Genghis Khan Changes in the Mongolian Style The Succession Plan Continued Expansion Attempts European Panic Genghis Khan’s Grandsons Conclusion Lecture 20—The Status of Women in 1215 Women in Genghis Khan’s Empire After Genghis Khan Hildegard of Bingen Women in Medieval Europe Héloïse Eleanor of Aquitaine Women, Marriage, and the Fourth Lateran Council Lecture 21—Literary Trends in the Early 13th Century Religious Writing Scandinavian Sagas Medieval Romance The Vulgate Cycle Lecture 22—The Islamic World in 1215 Development of the Islamic World Baghdad, Cairo, and Cordoba Averroës Trade and Numbers Islamic Fractures and Successes Conclusion Lecture 23—Japan and Samurai Culture Feudal Societies Internal Forces The Heian Period Rise of the Samurai Power Struggles Continue The Mongols and Japan Fall of the Kamakara Shogunate Lecture 24—The World after 1215 The Mayan, Incan, and Pueblo Peoples African Societies The Black Death and the Mongols The European World after 1215 The Societal Structure and the Black Death Fallout of the Black Death Bibliography