The Middle Ages — for many people a 1000-year gap in their historical knowledge. But what an amazing world ! Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lion Heart. Dante. Parsifal and the Search for the Holy Grail. Proud castles and powerful sorcerers, soaring cathedrals and enormous Abbeys. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Guinevere and Lancelot. The Middle Ages — a remarkable time of histories that seem like legends, and of legends unrivaled in their power to captivate, to enthrall and to inspire. This course will be an 8-lecture safe passage through a dangerous and most amazing world.