Title:
The story of the world. Volume 2, The Middle Ages : from the fall of Rome to the rise of the Renaissance history for the classical child
Author:
Bauer, Susan Wise.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Rev. ed. ; Unabridged.
Publication Information:
[Charles City, Va.] : Peace Hill Press, [2007]
℗2007
Physical Description:
9 audio discs (approximately 11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
A guide to the Middle Ages, covering major historical events during the years 400 to 1600, from the fall of Rome through the rise of the Renaissance.
General Note:
Compact discs.
Duration: 11:00:00.
Language:
English
Contents:
Glory that was Rome -- Early days of Britain -- Christianity comes to Britain -- Byzantine empire -- Medieval Indian empire -- Rise of Islam -- Islam becomes an empire -- Great dynasties of China -- East of China -- Bottom of the world -- Kingdom of the Franks -- Islamic invasion -- Great kings of France -- Arrival of the Norsemen -- First kings of England -- England after the conquest -- Knights and samurai -- Age of crusades -- New kind of king -- Diaspora -- Mongols devastate the East -- Exploring the mysterious East -- First Russians -- Ottoman empire -- End of the world -- France and England at war -- War for the English throne -- Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal -- African Kingdoms -- India under the Moghuls -- Exploring new worlds -- American kingdoms -- Spain, Portugal, and the New World -- Martin Luther's new ideas -- Renaissance -- Reformation and counter reformation -- New universe -- England's greatest queen -- England's greatest playwright -- New ventures to the Americas -- Explorations in the North -- Empires collide.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781933339122
Format :
Audiobook on CD
