Europe Yesterday: 1000-1500

Europe Yesterday: recovering the past

1000-1500 Monks and Scholars

How a movement born in Egypt‘s desert brought learning to the European peoples, and agitated for reform.

We are growing as a class to about 25 now, (8 in Amsterdam, 17 online from Iceland to Australia) with more possibly joining and catching up via the online materials. Please send in your photos and bios and we will upload a classroom collection soon.

Here are

• the screenshow (pdf)

• the teaching notes (doc)

• audio mp3 file1

• audio mp3 file 2

• video file 1

• video file 2

Click on these video links to download the link onto your computer. You will be asked for a password when you try to open them. Password is ESES.

Assignment: Read the following two articles by Dr Govert Buijs, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam:

• Revolution of love

• Towards a new social ideal

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You can download here the brochure we used for our walk through Utrecht last Saturday, In search of Europe’s Soul:

• english      • dutch