Medieval Society
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- Ryan M. Reeves (PhD Cambridge) is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Twitter: / ryanmreeves Instagram: / ryreeves4
Website: www.gordonconwell.edu/academic...
For the entire course on 'Church History: Reformation to Modern', see the playlist: • Renaissance & Modern H...
I've watched many of your videos and found them all informative and useful. However, this particular one stands out for the amount of new (to me) information and smooth presentation. Well done!
most excellent history lessons! razor sharp points of view and insights into the organic ebbs and flows of humanity. pure pleasure!
You really deserve more views!
Appreciate it. I've enjoyed growing it organically and I'm new to TH-cam, so all in time, I guess! :)
I appreciate it as well. If I may, I understand your position, but I have found that, more times than not, when I ask those who think they are atheists if they understand just exactly what it means, their response is rather vague. Ryan here is a very capable educator and someone like him, myself included are able to point out a couple of aspects relative to such a position about which the individual was not aware. It is simply a matter of not being exposed to certain principles to which the inquisitive mind never came to know.......and as a matter of fact, which has been deliberately hidden or stolen from the masses through a perverted educational system. No fire and brimstone....just the basic common sense which great minds such as St. Albert the Great and his very able student, St. Thomas Aquinas, were able to set down on paper. The most profound piece of "paper" St. Albert used was the soul of Thomas. Keep knocking....first the porch light will come on and you will "see"....then you can start pounding on that door, and before you know it you realize that you are already "inside" and the soul begins to rest in the peace of Truth. Keep knocking, for it is he who perseveres til the end..........
excellent........I can 'feel' the medieval society through your communication skill.....thank you.
Reminds one of the verse in the Victorian hymn, "All things Bright and Beautiful:"
"The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate.
God made them high and lowly
And ordered their estate."
In the first part of, "The Romance of the Rose" (13th century) the protagonist is advised to wear such tight footwear so peasants will wonder how he got them on. Dress code is still prevalent today, so perhaps we are not as far removed from the middle ages as we might think.
At this time the bifurcation of society into upper and lower classes even extended into the monasteries. The abbots frequently came to be accommodated in palaces while the rank and file monks continued to live in dormitories and eat in refectories. The abbots, after all, were administrators of great landholdings, so were seen to be on a par with bishops and nobles. It was also not uncommon for a young or bastard son of a noble to be given a position in the church, either as a bishop or as an abbot. Nunneries too, usually had a noble-born woman as abbess. Often, a noble widow might join an abbey as abbess after her husband's death, especially one she had donated to during her husband's life.
Love your vids! It's refreshing to hear an objective - yet still insightful - historical perspective for once..
Thank you again, Dr. Reeves.
I heard that the big advantage of the horse yoke was a horse can plow faster and deeper than an oxen. Over on wikipedia they say that a horse can plow about 50% faster than an oxen. I can see how being able to plow 50% more land during the few weeks you had to plant would basically equate to being able to grow 50% more food.
***** // Yes exactly. It's ONE OF the examples of changes in agriculture and changes in society. The focus here, in a course that focuses a lot on theology or ideas, is to point out how changes in something as simple as a yoke can dramatically change how life and thought devlop. Sort of a 'carrot on the stick' to let students see how ideas, socio-economics, and culture connect together a great deal.
He doesn't have an obligation to do anything. Take your conspiracy stuff somewhere else. The Orthodox Church does not allow people currently involved in freemasonry to become Orthodox Christians, nor can a former freemason ever become an Orthodox priest.
I'm so happy I came upon your videos!
thanks for doing these videos, they're great
Great stuff. Enjoy your videos immensely, thanks.
Amazing lecture! Thank you.
You mention that the pope asserted his authority in determining who would be bishops, but what was the situation in the Orthodox areas?
Clear and concise, excellent!
I appreciate that you are offering this excellent class free on You Tube. It would be wonderful if you could do a simplified version (same visuals, but simplified vocabulary) that homeschoolers and Christian schools could use. I believe world history is usually taught in 5th or 6th grade, depending on state. Having a narration with that level vocabulary would be great.
Hey Barbar,
You're not the first to suggest that and I'm actually considering it. I have this class to finish, as well as Luther-Calvin, and then I committed to making a graduate series on church history from reformation to modern times. After that, though, I am free and think it would be awesome to put something in shorter and more simplified formats for younger age-ranges (or for folks who just want smaller bites). I'll likely do it, as soon as I get done with the others!
I'd like it very much if you covered the pre-Reformation spiritual movements (Waldensians, Cathars etc.) and also the Anabaptists. I think the length is fine, even for a 5th grade audience. The sub-headings offer a good place to pause and clarify comprehension. It would fit in a standard class period nicely, whether for homeschoolers or a Christian school.
Vital information. Wonderfully presented.
THANK YOU. ANOTHER INTERESTING LECTURE. TAKE CARE GARE
I appreciate what you are doing! You deserve more views!
But there was little difference in what “Eastern Europe” and “Western Europe” were like during the Middle Ages.
Great video, i just have a quetion.. the "system" of the estates was the same for byzantine empire?
0:01 Nice opening theme, but wouldn't it sound more fitting if played on a lute? ;)
It's "For My Father," a fingerstyle guitar piece by Andy McKee
EXCELLENT...and that is unusual!
Was there overt understanding with the 3 realms? Or more of causal influence. Someone articulated it, but, that was observation. When clergy and nobles started making political moves, were they utilizing their understanding of the 3 realms?
It's remarkable how this pattern of social stratification was the same in other distant cultures. The Indian example of varnaashrama dharma had four classes, the lowest order belonging to the indigenous conquered race, while the upper three classes almost exactly followed the pattern of the three estates. My hunch is that this was not accidental, but a pattern the Aryan race carried with them as they settled in new lands east and west of their original grazing grounds near the Caspian Sea.
3:06, those sculptures are currently located in the Saint Mark's Cathedral square, in Venice, Italy. You can find alot of artifacts there that were stolen from Constantinople after the Crusaders looted the city.
I don't think this takes men-at-arms or archers into account. There was a degree of social mobility.
I like to listen to you while I cook
Don't take your eye off the stove! :)