The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon

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Summary: Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com)

Running time:  13 hours

Note to parent:  I am including this book on My Audio School, as it is used by Ambleside Online curriculum.  They recommend it for older children (middle school through high school).

My Audio School is being used by so many children whose families hold varying perspectives on creation and evolution.  I have not provided links for the first 3 chapters of this book, (30 minutes of material), which are full of evolutionary content.  Should you need to refer to these chapters, you can use the links provided above for reading or downloading this book at its Internet Archive page in its entirety.  I have not pre-read the majority of this book, but found evolutionary references in the two additional chapters that I listened to (The Age of Science and The New World).  Please be aware there may be evolutionary content in other chapters, as well.  Should you have further questions about the suitability of this book please read this review from Cathy Duffy.

04 Hieroglyphics

05 The Nile Valley

06 The Story of Egypt

07 Mesopotamia

08 The Sumerians

09 Moses

10 The Phoenicians

11 The Indo-Europeans

12 The Aegean Sea

13 The Greeks

14 The Greek Cities

15 Greek Self-Government

16 Greek Life

17 The Greek Theatre

18 The Persian Wars

19 Athens vs. Sparta

20 Alexander the Great

21 A Summary

22 Rome and Carthage

23 The Rise of Rome

24 The Roman Empire

25 Joshua of Nazareth

26 The Fall of Rome

27 Rise of the Church

28 Mohammed

29 Charlemagne

30 The Norsemen

31 Feudalism

32 Chivalry

33 Pope vs. Emperor

34 The Crusades

35 The Medieval City

36 Medieval Self-Government

37 The Medieval World

38 Medieval Trade

39 The Renaissance

40 The Age of Expression

41 The Great Discoveries

42 Buddha and Confucius

43 The Reformation

44 Religious Warfare

45 The English Revolution

46 The Balance of Power

47 The Rise of Russia

48 Russia vs Sweden

49 The Rise of Prussia

50 The Mercantile System

51 The American Revolution

52 The French Revolution

53 Napoleon

54 The Holy Alliance

55 The Great Reaction

56 National Independence

57 The Age of the Engine

58 The Social Revolution

59 Emancipation

60 The Age of Science

61 Art

62 Colonial Expansion and War

63 A New World

64 As It Shall Ever Be

When the King Came: Stories from the Four Gospels by George Hodges

Marriage of the Virgin Mary by Raphael

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Running time: 7 hours, 15 minutes.

King Flight into Egypt by Adam Elsheimer, 1578-1610

Preface and The Year One

The Herald of the King

Shepherds and Singing Angels

A Shepherd, detail from Nativity scene painted on paper sheets glued on wood panels, artwork by Francesco Londonio (1723-1783), photo published/copyrighted by Giovanni Dall'Orto

The King’s Name

The King Is Taken to the Temple

The Visit of the Wise Men

The Carpenter’s House

At the Age of Twelve

The Herald Speaks

The Jordan River as seen from the baptism complex, photo released to public domain by its author Bcrawford92

Heaven and the River

The Three Temptations

The Twelve Friends


The King Goes to a Wedding


Wedding at Cana by Mattia Preti, c. 1655

The King Among His Neighbors

A Day of the King’s Life

The Broken Roof

The Pool of the Angel

The King Stops a Funeral

The Stilling of a Storm

The Wild Man of Gergesa

The Minister’s Little Daughter

The Sermon on the Mount


The Sermon of the Seven Stories

The Herald’s Head

Feeding the multitude by William Hole rom The Life of Jesus of Nazareth. Eighty Pictures

Twelve Baskets of Pieces

Why the King Was Hated

In the Land of Tyre and Sidon

What a Blind Man Saw

A Rock for a Corner-Stone

The King in His Beauty

The Lad at the Foot of the Hill

King The Good Samaritan by Van Gogh (after Delacroix).  The work of art depicted and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide.  The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by the Yorck project.  The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft MbH and licensed under GNU Free Documentation license.

The Good Samaritan

The Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt

The Rich Man and the Beggar

At the Grave of Lazarus

On the Way to Jerusalem

In the Streets of Jericho


Palms and Psalms

King, Palm frond detail, image released to public domain by its author Kahuroa

Three Days of the Holy Week

Pharisees and Sadducees and Wedding Guests

The Last Supper

Judas receiving payment for his Betrayal, by Giotto di Bondone (1267 -1337)

In the Garden of Gethsemane

Christ Before Caiaphas

Christ Before Pilate

Crucified, Dead, and Buried

Disciples visit the tomb by William Hole, from The Life of Jesus of Nazareth. Eighty pictures.

The Empty Tomb

The King Walks with Two Disciples

The Vision of the Seven Fisherman

The King Returns to Heaven

The Sayings of Confucius

Summary:  Promoting virtues such as filial devotion, compassion, loyalty, and propriety, these dialogues between the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and his disciples comprise the crux of Confucianism. (Summary by Andrea L for Librivox)

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Total running time: 3 hrs. 12 min.

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Introductory Note

Book 1

Book  2

Book  3

Book   4

Book   5

Book  6

Book   7

Book  8

Book  9

Book  10

Book  11

Book 12

Book 13

Book 14

Book 15

Book 16

Book 17

Book 18

Book 19

Book 20

Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Cranes

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This book runs 7 hours, 36 minutes.

Suruga Bay, Azaleas by Lilla Cabot Perry

Preface

My Lord Bag of Rice

The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

The Story of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad

Carp banners in Kyoto by Adolfo Farsari

The Farmer and the Badger

The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage

The Adventures of Kintaro, The Golden Boy

The Story of Princess Hase

Noh Dance Prelude

The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die

The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child

The Mirror of Maysuyama

The Goblin of Adachigahara

The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar

The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher

Japanese fairy tales Birds and Flowers, two six panel screens by Kano Koi

The Story of the Old Man who made Withered Trees to Flower

The Jelly Fish and the Monkey

Japanese Fairy Tales, The Crab and the Monkey

The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab

The White Hare and the Crocodiles


The Story of Prince Yamato Take

Plum blossoms, Japanese fan by Ogata Korin

Mornotaro, or The Story of the Son of a Peach

The Ogre of Rashornon

How an Old Man Lost His Wen

The Stones of Five Colors and The Empress Jokwa

Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch

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Odysseus sees Polyphemus by Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Running time: 14 hours, 54 minutes
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Orpheus Lamenting Eurydice, by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Orpheus Lamenting Eurydice, by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Summary from Librivox: Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. This is a recording of the tenth edition of the first volume, The Age of Fable. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and eastern myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children. (Summary by Kathleen Gatliffe for Librivox)

This book is often used as a high school text.  Although the Wikimedia summary says it is appropriate for children,  you might consider one of our other mythology titles to be more interesting for younger children.

Apollo and Aurora by Lairesse

Stories of Gods and Heroes

The Age of Fable: Publishers and Authors Prefaces

The Age of Fable: Chapter 1, Introduction

Chapter 2, Prometheus and Pandora

Chapter 3, Apollo and Daphne–Pyramus and Thisbe–Cephalus and Procris

Chapter 4, Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto–Diana and Actaeon–Latona and the Rustics

Chapter 5, Phaeton

Chapter 6, Midas–Baucis and Philemon

King Midas with his daughter, from A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Chapter 7, Proserpine–Glaucus and Scylla

Chapter 8, Pygmalion–Dryope–Venus and Adonis–Apollo and Hyacinthus

Chapter 9, Ceyx and Halcyone

Chapter 10, Vertumnus and Pomon–Iphis and Anaxarete

Chapter 11, Cupid and Psyche

Chapter 12, Cadmus–The Mermidons

Chapter 13, Nisus and Scylla–Echo and Narcissus–Clytie–Hero and Leander

Chapter 14, Minerva and Arachne–Niobe

Chapter 15, Graeae and Gorgons–Perseus and Medusa–Atlas–Andromeda

Chapter 16, Monsters and Giants–Sphinx–Pegasus and Chimaera–Centaurs–Griffin–Pygmies

Chapter 17, The Golden Fleece–Medea

Chapter 18, Meleager and Atalanta

Chapter 19, Hercules–Hebe and Ganymede

Chapter 20, Theseus and Daedalus–Castor and Pollux–Festivals and Games

Chapter 21, Bacchus and Ariadne

Chapter 22, The Rural Deities–The Dryads and Erisichthon–Rhoecus–Water Deities–Camenae–Winds

John William Waterhouse, Penelope and the Suitors (1912)

Chapter 23, Achelous and Hercules–Admetus and Alcestis–Antigone–Penelope

Chapter 24, Orpheus and Eurydice–Aristaeus–Amphion–Linus–Thamyris–Marsyas–Melampus–Musaeus

Chapter 25, Arion–Ibycus–Simonides–Sappho

Chapter 26, Endymion–Orion–Aurora and Tithonus–Acis and Galatea

The Burning of Troy by Johann Georg Trautmann

Chapter 27, The Trojan War

Chapter 28, The Fall of Troy–Return of the Greeks–Orestesa nd Electra

Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse

Chapter 29, Adventures of Ulysses–The Lotus-eaters–The Cyclopes–Circe–Sirens–Scylla and Charybdis–Calypso

Chapter 30, The Phaeacians–Fate of the Suitors

The Flight of Aeneas from  Troy, fresco painting by Girolamo Genga, 1507-1510

Chapter 31, Adventures of Aeneas–The Harpies–Dido–Palinurus

Chapter 32, The Infernal Regions–The Sibyl

Chapter 33, Aeneas in Italy–Camilla–Evander–Nisus and Euryalus–Mezentius–Turnus

Bulfinch Egypt dauingevekten, image released to public domain by the copyright holder

Chapter 34, Pythagoras–Egyptian Deities–Oracles

Chapter 35, Origin of Mythology–Statues of Gods and Goddesses–Poets of Mythology

Domenichino, Virgin and Unicorn, fresco, 1604-1605

Chapter 36, Monsters (modern)–The Phoenix–Basilisk–Unicorn–Salamander

Chapter 37, Eastern Mythology–Zoroaster–Hindu Mythology–Castes–Buddha–The Grand Lama–Prester John

Valkyrie by Peter Nicolai Arbo

Chapter 38, Northern Mythology–Valhalla–The Valkyrior

Chapter 39, Thor’s Visit to Jotunheim

Chapter 40, The Death of Baldur–The Elves–Runic Letters–Skalds–Iceland–Teutonic Mythology–The Nibelunger Lied–Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring

Chapter 41, The Druids–Iona

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

Ben Hur by Lew Wallace, cover

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Ben Hur author Lew Wallace

Running time: 23 hours, 22 minutes

Book One

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Ancient Roman Mosaic, Winner of a Roman Chariot Race

Book Two

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Book Three

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Ben-Hur

Book Four

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Book Five

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Ben Hur, Roman Chariot Races, originally posted to Flickr as More Chariot Races by author Neil Carey, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 license

Book Six

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Cover of E.T. Paull's "Chariot Race March" music, 1896, respectfully inscribed to Gen. Lew Wallace

Book Seven

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Book Eight

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt by R. Talbot Kelly

Egypt A View of Cairo by Jean-Leon Gerome

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This book is read by Sibella Denton and lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Egypt Georg Macco Die al-Burdayni-Moschee in Kairo

Its Antiquity

The Land

Egypt Street of Cairo by Jean Achard, 1835

Cairo, part 1

Cairo, part 2

Nile River and delta from orbit, NASA photo, public domain

The Nile, part 1

The Nile, part 2

The Nile, part 3

The Monuments

Egypt The Hosh (courtyard) of the Coptic Patriarch, Cairo

The People

The Desert

Myths and Legends of All Nations by Logan Marshall

The Last sleep of Arthur in Avalon, Burne-Jones

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Odysseus in the cave of Polyphemus by Jordaens

Preface

The Friend of Prometheus

The Labors of Hercules

Deucalion and Pyrrha

Theseus and the Centaur

Niobe

The Gorgon’s Head

The Golden Fleece–Part 1

The Golden Fleece–Part 2

cyclops Polyphemus

The Cyclops

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Antigone, a Faithful Daughter and Sister

Oedipus and Antigone by Antoni Brodowski

The Story of Iphigenia

The Sack of Troy

Beowulf and GrendelThe Good King Arthur: Narrative and the Coming of Arthur

The Good King Arthur: The Passing of Arthur

King Arthur Edward_Burne-Jones.The_last_sleep_of_Arthur

The Great Knight Siegfried

Lohengrin and Elsa the Beautiful

Detail from a portrait of Wilhelm Herold as Lohengrin

Frithioth the Bold

Wayland the Smith

Twardowski the Polish Faust

Ilia Muromec

El Cid

Kralowitz Marko of Servia


The Decision of Libuscha


Count Roland of France


The Cid


Famous Men of Greece

Jason_Poisoning_the_Dragon by Salvator Rosa

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Running time: 4 hours, 29 minutes

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Preface

The Gods of Greece

Deucalion and the Flood

Cadmon and the Dragon’s Teeth

Perseus

Hercules and Hesione, Raoul Lefèvre, Histoires de Troyes, 15 century

Hercules and his Labors

Jason and the Golden Fleece

Theseus

Agamemnon

Achilles

L'ira di Achille, 1819, di Jacques-Louis David

Adventures of Ulysses

Lycurgus

Draco and Solon

Pisistratus

Miltiades the Hero of Marathon

Marathon, photo by Adam Carr

Leonidas at Thermopylae

Themistocles

Aristides the Just

Cimon

Pericles

Alcibiades

Lysander

Socrates in The School of Athens by Sanzio

Socrates

Xenophon

Epaminondas and Pelopidas

Philip of Macedonia

Battle_of_Issus, detail, by_Altdorfer 1529

Alexander the Great

Demosthenes

Aristotle, Zeno, Diogenes and Apelles

Ptolemy

Pyrrhus

Tindary_greek_ruins, photo by Dedda71

Cleomenes III

The Fall of Greece

The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty

Cat Ancient Egyptian Bronze Cat, so called Gayer Anderson cat, late period bronze cat in the form of the goddess Bastet, image provided by author Jon Bodsworth with permission to reproduce for any purpose in any medium, copyright free image

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Total Running time: 10 hours, 46 minutes

Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti I, image provided copyright free, uploaded by Jon Bodsworth, All photographs on www.egyptarchive.co.uk are copyright free and can be reproduced in any medium

01 – The King of the Rebu – 00:31:56

02 – The Siege of the City – 00:31:28

03 – Captive – 00:33:02

Cat Egyptian Chess Players by Lawrence Alma Tadema, public domain image

04 – An Easy Servitude – 00:33:08

05 – In Lower Egypt – 00:35:51

06 – Fowling and Fishing – 00:32:26

07 – Hippopotamus and Crocodile – 00:34:44

Cheops pyramid seen from the North East, uploaded by author Jon Bodsworth, All low-resolution photographs on www.egyptarchive.co.uk are copyright free and can be reproduced in any medium

08 – The Conspiracy in the Temple – 00:29:12

09 – A Startling Event – 00:34:37

10 – The Cat of Bubastes – 00:35:13

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11 – Dangers Thicken – 00:29:58

12 – The Death of Ameres – 00:35:28

13 – The Search for Mysa – 00:32:46

14 – A Prince of Egypt – 00:31:36

15 – Ameres is Revenged – 00:39:18

Egypt and Nubia by David Roberts, this reproduction of a painting is in the public domain because of its age, image available from US Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division

16 – Up the Nile – 00:34:48

17 – Out of Egypt – 00:33:50

18 – The Desert Journey – 00:26:12

19 – Home at Last – 00:32:05

20 – The King of the Rebu – 00:18:30

You are there! The Rise of Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great quelling the Opis mutiny by Andre Castaigne

Rise of Alexander the Great: Peace Offer

Rise of Alexander the Great: Battle for Asia

Rise of Alexander the Great: Mutiny in India

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Famous Men of Rome by Haaren and Poland

Trajan statue in Xanten, Gesamtbild, source German Wikipedia, original upload by Lutz Langer  licensed under GNU Free Documentation license

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Caracalla  et Geta amphitheater by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Preface

Romulus

Romulus,_vainqueur_d'Acron

Numa Pompilius

The Horatii and the Curatii

Jacques-Louis David,  Oath of the Horatii

The Tarquins

Junius Brutus

Horatius

Mucius the Left-Handed

Coriolanus

The Fabii

Cincinnatus

Cincinnatus chosen as dictator. Fresco, 1655-1658 by Romanelli_Louvre_photograph taken by Jastrow

Camillus

Manlius Torquatus

Proclaiming Claudius emperor by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Appius Claudius Caecus

Regulus

Scipio Africanus

Cato the Censor

The Gracchi

Interior of Caius Martius' House by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Marius

Sulla

Pompey the Great

The surrender of Vercingetorix to Caesar

Julius Caesar

Cicero

Augustus

Nero

The Triumph of Titus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Titus

Trajan

Marcus Aurelius

Constantine the Great

End of the Western Empire

The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge

Burning of Rome by Robert Hubert

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Total running time: 5 hours, 22 minutes
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01 – The Roman World

02 – A Great World Power

03 – Voyage and Shipwreck

04 – The Tragedy of Nero

05 – The Great Fire in Rome

06 – The Destruction of Pompeii

07 – Marcus Aurelius

Rome, Franz Theodor Aerni

08 – Decline of the Roman Empire

09 – Christians to the Lions

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer by Gerome

10 – A New Rome

11 – The Armies of the North

12 – The Dark Ages

13 – King Arthur and His Knights

Boys King Arthur, N.C. Wyeth, p246

14 – The Hero of Two Nations

15 – The Hardy Northmen

16 – How the Northmen Conquered England

17 – A Spanish Hero

18 – The First Crusade

Crusaders, Bosphorus, first crusade

19 – Frederick Barbarossa

20 – The Third Crusade

21 – The Days of Chivalry

22 – Queen of the Adratic

23 – The Story of Marco Polo

24 – Dante’s Great Poem

25 – The Maid of Orleans

Joan of arc interrogation

26 – The Sea of Darkness

27 – Prince Henry, the Sailor

28 – A Famous Voyage

29 – The Invention of Printing

engraving of a printer using the Gutenberg press, c. 15th century

30 – The Stormy Cape

31 – Vasco Da Gama’s Great Voyage

32 – India at Last

33 – The New Trade-Route

34 – Golden Goa

The Landing of Columbus by Bierstadt

35 – Christopher Columbus

36 – The Last of the Moors

37 – Discovery of the New World

38 – The West Indies

39 – Columbus in Chains

40 – A Great Mistake

41 – Follow the Leader

42 – Discovery of the Pacific

43 – Magellan’s Great Plan

First map of the straits of Magellan, by Antonio Pigafetta, 1520

44 – Magellan’s Straits

45 – Round the World

46 – The Finding of Mexico

The Meeting of Cortés and Montezuma

47 – Montezuma

48 – Siege and Fall of Mexico

49 – Conquest of Peru

50 – A Great Awakening

Ancient and Medieval Church History

Hus, detail, image released to public domain by its author, Taborak

Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, has made several classes available for free online through their Worldwide Classroom.

Although Ancient and Medieval Church History is a college-level course, I believe it would be appropriate for a high school student studying this topic.

In order to listen to these free classes, you’ll need to register with Worldwide Classroom. After registering, you’ll be able to listen to all of these sessions on Mp3, as well as download written transcripts and study guides for each lecture.

Click here to learn more about this course or to download a syllabus.

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Augustine and the Donatists

Here is a course description and a list of the topics covered in this course.
Course Description (taken from the Worldwide Classroom site):
A study of Christianity from the Early Church to the dawn of the Reformation, with source material readings. This course places an emphasis on the application of church history to life and ministry and helps the student to understand the development of Christian thought and the formulation of doctrine as part of God’s overall pattern of history. This course is taught by David Calhoun.

Lesson 1: The Study of Church History

Lesson 2: The Growth of the Christian Church

Lesson 3: The Persecutions

Lesson 4: The Apologists

Lesson 5: Orthodoxy and Heresy

Lesson 6: Canon, Creed, and Bishops

Lesson 7: The Early Church Fathers

Lesson 8: The People of the Early Church

Lesson 9: The Church in the Fourth Century

Lesson 10: The Beginnings of Monasticism

Lesson 11: Donatism

Lesson 12: The Council of Nicea

Lesson 13: Cappadocians and Constantinople

Lesson 14: Ambrose, Jerome, and Chrysostom

Lesson 15: Augustine’s Confessions

Lesson 16: Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy

Lesson 17: Augustine’s Theology of History

Lesson 18: The Council of Chalcedon

Lesson 19: The Early Middle Ages

Lesson 20: Medieval Missions

Lesson 21: The Christianization of Great Britain

Lesson 22: Learning and Theology

Lesson 23: Eastern Orthodoxy

Lesson 24: The Late Middle Ages

Lesson 25: Medieval Monasticism

Lesson 26: Crusades or Missions?

Lesson 27: The Waldensians

Lesson 28: Scholastic Theology

Lesson 29: Thomas Aquinas

Lesson 30: The Sacramental System

Lesson 31: Church and State

Lesson 32: Wycliffe and Hus

Lesson 33: Reform in Italy

Lesson 34: Mysticism and the Modern Devotion

Lesson 35: The Waning of the Middle Ages

Appendix A: Catholic World Missions

Appendix B: The Spread of the Western Church

Appendix C: The Spread of the Eastern Church

Appendix D: The 100 Most Important Dates in Church History

Aesop’s Fables Volume 1

Aesop The goose that laid the golden egg

Aesop’s Fables Volume 1

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Introduction by G. K. Chesterton

Aesop The fox and the grapes, project gutenberg etext 19994

The Fox and The Grapes

The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs

The Cat and the Mice

The Mischievous Dog

Aesop The Mischevious Dog

The Charcoal-Burner and The Fuller

The Mice in Council

The Bat And The Weasels

The Dog and The Sow

The Fox And The Crow

Aesop, Wenceslas Hollar, Fox and crow

The Horse and the Groom

The Wolf and the Lamb

The Peacock And The Crane

The Cat And The Birds

The Spendthrift and the Swallow

The Old Woman and the Doctor

The Moon and her Mother

Mercury and the Woodman

The Ass, The Fox, and The Lion

The Lion And The Mouse

Aesop The Lion and the Mouse

The Crow And The Pitcher

The Boys and The Frogs

The North Wind and The Sun

Aesop The North Wind and the Sun

The Mistress and Her Servants

The Goods and The Ills

The Hares and The Frogs

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley

Perseus and Andromeda by Francis Cleyn (1635-1645)

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HGFT Minotaur by Myron at Athens archeological museum , photo released into the public domain by its author Dagrappler

Preface

Part 1 of Perseus: How Perseus and his Mother Came to Seriphos

Part 2 of Perseus: How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow

Frederick the Great as Perseus

Part 3 of Perseus: How Perseus Slew the Gorgon

Part 4 of Perseus: How Perseus Came to the Aethiops

Part 5 of Perseus: How Perseus Came Home Again

HGFT Jason entrainant les argonautes à la recherche de la Toison d'or.

Part 1 of The Argonauts: How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion

Part 2 of The Argonauts: How Jason Lost his Sandal in Anauros

Part 3 of The Argonauts: How They Built the Ship ‘Argo’ in Iolcos

Part 4 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis

Part 5 of The Argonauts: How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea

Part 6 of The Argonauts: What Was the End of the Heroes

Phaedra and Theseus by Leon Bakst

Part 1 of Theseus: How Theseus Lifted the Stone

Part 2 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Devourers of Men

HGFT Minotaur by George F. Watts

Part 3 of Theseus: How Theseus Slew the Minotaur

Part 4 of Theseus: How Theseus Fell by his Pride