pt. 1. lecture 1. Why the Middle Ages? ; lecture 2. Demography and the commercial revolution ; lecture 3. Those who fought: the nobles ; lecture 4. The chivalric code ; lecture 5. Feudalism ; lecture 6. Those who worked: the peasants ; lecture 7. Those who worked: the townspeople ; 8. Women in medieval society ; lecture 9. Those who prayed: the monks ; lecture 10. Francis of Assisi & the Franciscan movement ; lecture 11. Heretics & heresy ; lecture 12. The medieval inquisitions
pt. 2. lecture 13. Jews & Christians ; lecture 14. The origins of scholasticism ; lecture 15. Aquinas & the problem of Aristotle ; lecture 16. The first universities ; lecture 17. The People's Crusade ; lecture 18. The conquest of Jerusalem ; lecture 19. The Norman Conquest ; lecture 20. Philip II of France ; lecture 21. Magna Carta ; lecture 22. Empire versus papacy ; lecture 23. Emperor Frederick II ; lecture 24. Looking back, looking forward.