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The centuries following the fall of the Roman Empire are often called the “Dark Ages” but this fails to acknowledge that culture was preserved largely through the work of Catholic monks and Muslim scholars of that day.
Make Ora et Labora bracelets while studying the Rule of St. Benedict. Make a jeweled Byzantine Gospel cover and a booklet of Arabic art. Write an icon of “Mother and Child”. Host a Treasure Hunt with clues written in Viking Runes.
Table of Contents
A Note About This Unit
Prayers and Hymns
Library List
Vocabulary List
Timeline
Subject Symbols
Activities
Introduction
The Barbarian Invasion
The Germanic Tribes
Religious Beliefs
The Asian Tribes
The Frankish Kingdom and the Merovingian Dynasty
Gregorian Chant
The Anglo-Saxons
Monasticism
The Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Emperors: Justinian and Theodora
The Law Code of Justinian
Byzantine Architecture
The Conquests of Justinian
Byzantine Christianity
Caesaro-Papism
Schism between East and West
Iconography
Iconoclasm
Islam
Islamic Art
Islamic Conquests
Scholarship and Culture in the Islamic World
Literature and Music in the Islamic World
Our Response to Islam Today
The Frankish Kingdom Part II: Charlemagne
Charlemagne’s Government
The Carolingian Renaissance
The Death of Charlemagne
Vikings
Viking Runes
Viking Seafaring
Viking Conquests and Settlements
Old English
The Norman Invasion of England
Closing Activities
Appendix
“Ten in the Bed”
St. Columban’s Boat Song
Recipes
The Lord’s Prayer in Gothic
St. Martin Song
St. John Chrysostom’s Easter Sermon
Icons
The Lord’s Prayer in Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon Riddles
Caedmon’s Hymn
Resources
