Richard Bulliet - History of the World to 1500 CE (Session 15) - Christian Europe Emerges, 600-1200

Topic: Christian Europe Emerges, 600-1200 Part I
Speaker: Richard Bulliet
Date: 10/26/2010
Course number: W3902
Course title: World History to 1500 CE
School: Columbia College
Session 15 (10/26/10)

[@tioedong]

Love this lecture series.

[@adambeller]

This class seems to focus more on the difficulties of writing history books than on the history itself.

[@josephtabler9489]

I find that quite interesting......understanding the writers/researchers and their focus/slant, what the publishers want. The change of teaching history....lately from mainly European to seeing the rest of the world was going on... might ?? have as much importance. Research has changed with Archeology, different climate research etc.

[@newsesofworlds543]

because it’s a university class, not just a school class. in university you’re supposed to think about the creation of knowledge not just absorb it.

[@BluJean6692]

It's a fair point but remember that this course was accompanied by more traditional textbook readings and un-televised discussion sections. Still, the way I see it's actually more valuable than a dry run through (as long as you like the digressions, which I have to confess I really do...)

[@brandonmcdole6672]

He says that's the point of the class in the first lecture yea

[@yunusardagarip6091]

Thanks a lot!

[@MerchantofTarshish]

Audio is low

[@cameronsoltani3634]

His explanation of "Path Dependence" doesn't satisfy me. I was watching the lecture series put out by political scientist Ian Shapiro at Yale, and he explained it more as "Suppose you have options A, B, and C. If you choose options A or B, later on in the path, you can choose again to switch to any other option, but if you choose option C, then later on in the path option A will not be available."

[@Lithinar81]

"Surely if they happened diffirently we would have come out...differently." 10:08 Wow...never would have thunk it....

[@JasonSmith-eo2hu]

Gdp is a very poor way of measuring success as a civilization. it is a easily manipulated number and doesnt reflect prosperity, just production in general.

[@pauladkins9829]

He says ah to much for me to concentrate it's annoying

[@JasonSmith-eo2hu]

Also, the only people that care about IQ tend to have one below 60...

[@jasonwhitetheman]

I take offense