Literature of The Early Middle Ages

Study Literature of the Early Middle Ages using Online Video. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills .... simultaneously!

Use our 5 History through Literature of the Early Middle Ages video titles to explore and identify the Literature of the Early Early Middle Ages.

Examine the literature of civilizations of Rome, Christendom, China, Arabia, and Europe, and religions such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Paganism, and learn how authors and their literary works survived an era of social and religious upheaval in The Early Middle Ages.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn some of the important events that happened in world history before and during the early Middle Ages, between A.D. 300 and 1000.
• Study some of the authors who lived and wrote during the early Middle Ages.
• See how Christian and Buddhist monks as well as intellectual Muslims helped preserve the classical philosophy, literature, math, and science texts of Greece and Rome, which allowed works that would have otherwise been lost to be reintroduced into Europe later.
• Compare the civilizations of medieval Europe with those of India, China, and Islamic nations.

• Literature > History Through Literature > The Early Middle Ages
• The Fall of Rome (Runtime: 03:03)
• The Dark Ages (Runtime: 04:11)
• Religion and Literature (Runtime: 07:16)
• The Rise of Feudalism (Runtime: 04:21)
• The Crusades (Runtime: 02:15)