Great courses (DVD). History. Medieval history.

Course no. 30140

England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest takes you back to the rugged landscape of the premodern and early medieval British Isles. Over the course of 24 sweeping lectures, Professor Jennifer Paxton, of The Catholic University of America, surveys the forging of a great nation from the raw materials of warring kingdoms and migrating peoples. From Germanic tribes to Viking invasions to Irish missionaries, she brings to life an underexamined time and place

Jennifer Paxton, Clinical Associate Professor of History at The Catholic University of America

DVD

Closed-captioned

Disc 1: Exploring how England came to be -- Rise and fall of Roman Britain -- Germanic migrations to Britain -- Britons resist: the legend of King Arthur -- Everyday life in 6th-century Britain -- Birth of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms -- Disc 2: Papal mission to Britain -- Sutton Hoo and the early Anglo-Saxons -- Irish missionaries and Christianization -- Kings of the north: Northumbria's ascent -- Northumbria's century of renaissance -- Rise of the Midlands: Mercia's hegemony -- Disc 3: Anglo-Saxon law and warfare -- Fury of the northmen: the vikings arrive -- Alfred the Great: defender of England -- Alfred the Great: builder of institutions -- Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon literature -- Together at last: Wessex unites England -- Disc 4: Monastic reform: a tale of three saints -- Golden age of Anglo-Saxon art -- Unfinished business: the vikings return -- Cnut the Great and the Danish conquest -- 1066 and the Norman conquest -- Aftermath: from Anglo-Saxon to English