# The Early Middle Ages, 284–1000

- Institution: Yale University
- Department: History
- Teacher: Paul Freedman
- Term: Fall 2011
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [Open Yale Courses](https://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210#syllabus)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Major developments in the political, social, and religious history of Western Europe from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. Topics include the conversion of Europe to Christianity, the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of Islam and the Arabs, the "Dark Ages," Charlemagne and the Carolingian renaissance, and the Viking and Hungarian invasions.

## Lectures

1. [Course Introduction: Rome’s Greatness and First Crises](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/22d23527c842) (Audio)
2. [The Crisis of the Third Century and the Diocletianic Reforms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/1a5175c71b7e) (Audio)
3. [Constantine and the Early Church](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/01570df60b9b) (Audio)
4. [The Christian Roman Empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/a1578f3ad631) (Audio)
5. [St. Augustine’s Confessions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/d2d3ba7ad841) (Audio)
6. [Transformation of the Roman Empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/a9d8ae787b8b) (Audio)
7. [Barbarian Kingdoms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/f4c294e03be2) (Audio)
8. [Survival in the East](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/6c976344bd34) (Audio)
9. [The Reign of Justinian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/d3095183adff) (Audio)
10. [Clovis and the Franks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/b6e5999493f5) (Audio)
11. [Frankish Society](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/d3819b146311) (Audio)
12. [Britain and Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/245be3e79cb3) (Audio)
13. [Monasticism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/7c6ad7b5d925) (Audio)
14. [Mohammed and the Arab Conquests](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/537ec5d4fef6) (Audio)
15. [Islamic Conquests and Civil War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/3afa6bf87f97) (Audio)
16. [The Splendor of the Abbasid Period](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/ee8f8030561e) (Audio)
17. [The Crucial Seventh Century](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/5264a2fd6427) (Audio)
18. [The Splendor of Byzantium](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/15b4d8914571) (Audio)
19. [Charlemagne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/39849c2bf7e6) (Audio)
20. [Intellectuals and the Court of Charlemagne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/f34a553dc606) (Audio)
21. [Crisis of the Carolingians](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/01e8fba582f4) (Audio)
22. [Vikings / The European Prospect, 1000](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/yale/hist-210/96c1b48c59c7) (Audio)