TTC - The Vikings

Audio Books : Misc. Educational : Other quality : English To understand the Vikings is to conquer a paradox. From 790-1066, virtually invincible Viking fleets fanned out across Europe, raiding, plundering, and overwhelming every army that opposed them. As explorers and traders, the Vikings sailed from Newfoundland to Baghdad, across raging seas and swift rivers, extending trade and prosperity in voyages of creative destruction. They played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom and particularly of Western Europe, which was forged in the crucible of Viking fire. By 1100, however, the Vikings had disappeared, having willingly shed their identity and dissolved into the mists of myth and legend, their ancient gods unheralded, their distinctive culture gone. How did this happen, and how should we remember this formidable civilization that, for being so formative, proved so transient? Who were the Vikings? Many more things, perhaps, than you may have thought: raiders, seafarers, kings, and writers, a people who truly defined the history of Europe, and whose brave, adventurous, and creative spirit still survives today. In 36 fascinating, fact-packed lectures, Dr. Kenneth W. Harl rediscovers these warriors, artists, merchants, poets, and kings, explaining their role on the world stage. Course Lecture Titles 1. The Vikings in Medieval History 2. Land and People of Medieval Scandinavia 3. Scandinavian Society in the Bronze Age 4. Scandinavia in the Celtic and Roman Ages 5. The Age of Migrations 6. The Norse Gods 7. Runes, Poetry, and Visual Arts 8. Legendary Kings and Heroes 9. A Revolution in Shipbuilding 10. Warfare and Society in the Viking Age 11. Merchants and Commerce in the Viking Age 12. Christendom on the Eve of the Viking Age 13. Viking Raids on the Carolingian Empire 14. The Duchy of Normandy 15. Viking Assault on England 16. The Danelaw 17. Viking Assault on Ireland 18. Norse Kings of Dublin and Ireland 19. The Settlement of Iceland 20. Iceland - A Frontier Republic 21. Skaldic Poetry and Sagas 22. Western Voyages to Greenland and Vinland 23. Swedes in the Baltic Sea and Russia 24. The Road to Byzantium 25. From Varangians into Russians 26. Transformation of Scandinavian Society 27. St. Anskar and the First Christian Missions 28. Formation of the Kingdom of Denmark 29. Cnut the Great 30. Collapse of Cnut's Empire 31. Jarls and Sea Kings of Norway 32. St. Olaf of Norway 33. Kings of the Swedes and Goths 34. Christianization and Economic Change 35. From Vikings to Crusaders 36. The Viking Legacy UPDATE: The Course Guidebook should be a .pdf file, playable with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Just add the .pdf extension to the file and it should work beautifully.

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 doktor_zook (2009-01-01)

Kenneth W. Harl sucks when it comes to the history of the vikings. Really. He's the kind of professor who imagines that "Since I'm a professor and specialist on Byzantium, I can teach any subject". The end result is crap. Apart from that he can't pronounce anything even remotely close to how it's even written (Gudrun becomes Guddrum etc.), but still in several different ways - all equally bad, he frequently embarasses himself by obviously not having read the sources he comments upon. Shame on you, TTC. :)

Munterfabbe (2009-01-02)

I'm with doktor_zook on this one. There's a lot of mistakes in it. The culture didnt disappear at all. It is still very much alive today, in small pieces all over scandinavia.

richardcla (2009-01-19)

I have just received a warring from my internet provider to STOP THE DOWNLOAD OF COPYWRITED MATERIAL. How the hell should I know if what you had is copywrited ??!!! Why should you have it and let others download it ??!!! HOW THE HELL DID IT COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE AUTHOR OF THE COPTWRITED MATERIAL SO THAT I CAN POTENTIALY BE IN TROUBLE... sheila6 what is going on ...How can one know what is what in this crazy bullshit anyway ????