Alexander Arguelles | The Rejected Heritage of the Middle Ages - French, German, Spanish, Latin, Norse Literature @ProfASAr | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
The Middle Ages (500-1500 AD) was a period of incredible intellectual variety and richness that has been preserved in a vast body of literature in French, German, Spanish, Latin, Norse, and many other languages. However, this literature is unfortunately often ignored, neglected, and excluded from consideration for inclusion in the tradition of the Great Conversation, where it so rightly belongs. In this video, I show some texts from my own collection to fill the 800-year gap between Augustine and Aquinas in the 54-volume Great Books of the West.
Time Stamps:
00:00 Historical contextualization, or why medieval literature and thought are neglected
15:50 Latin Literature
22:20 Spanish Literature
29:20 French Literature
40:15 German Literature
46:55 Norse Literature
49:38 Conclusion
Listen to medieval music:
youtube.com/c/MusicaMedievale/videos
Online resource for Medieval Latin texts:
thelatinlibrary.com/medieval.html
Resources for accessing some Medieval texts from various languages online:
Internet Medieval Sourcebook Full Text Sources Fordham University:
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook2.asp#lit2
The Medieval & Classical Literature Library Online:
mcllibrary.org
Medieval and Renaissance Literature: Online Sources
https://libraryguides.mdc.edu/c.php?g=862745&p=6186129
If you would like to participate in my reading and discussion circles for French, German, Spanish, or Latin literature beginning in May of 2022, please fill out the application at alexanderarguelles.com/academy
If you can think of anyone else who might be interested in joining my groups for these languages, or for Great Books in English, or for support for self-study of foreign languages, please pass the above information along to them.
If you are in a position to support my efforts to spread knowledge through these videos, I will gratefully accept any contributions to ko-fi.com/alexanderarguelles
The Middle Ages (500-1500 AD) was a period of incredible intellectual variety and richness that has been preserved in a vast body of literature in French, German, Spanish, Latin, Norse, and many other languages. However, this literature is unfortunately often ignored, neglected, and excluded from consideration for inclusion in the tradition of the Great Conversation, where it so rightly belongs. In this video, I show some texts from my own collection to fill the 800-year gap between Augustine and Aquinas in the 54-volume Great Books of the West.
Time Stamps:
00:00 Historical contextualization, or why medieval literature and thought are neglected
15:50 Latin Literature
22:20 Spanish Literature
29:20 French Literature
40:15 German Literature
46:55 Norse Literature
49:38 Conclusion
Listen to medieval music:
youtube.com/c/MusicaMedievale/videos
Online resource for Medieval Latin texts:
thelatinlibrary.com/medieval.html
Resources for accessing some Medieval texts from various languages online:
Internet Medieval Sourcebook Full Text Sources Fordham University:
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook2.asp#lit2
The Medieval & Classical Literature Library Online:
mcllibrary.org
Medieval and Renaissance Literature: Online Sources
https://libraryguides.mdc.edu/c.php?g=862745&p=6186129
If you would like to participate in my reading and discussion circles for French, German, Spanish, or Latin literature beginning in May of 2022, please fill out the application at alexanderarguelles.com/academy
If you can think of anyone else who might be interested in joining my groups for these languages, or for Great Books in English, or for support for self-study of foreign languages, please pass the above information along to them.
If you are in a position to support my efforts to spread knowledge through these videos, I will gratefully accept any contributions to ko-fi.com/alexanderarguelles
