Nice course but with typical bias on Western Europe
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“This is a great chance to see how a Yale history course looks like. My only complaint is its typical bias on Western Europe, neglecting Eastern Europe almost entirely. Byzantines are covered in somewhat depth but with typical western scholar attitude: "they are not quite Romans". However the Avars, Slavs, Gepids, Vlachs, Bulgars are completely ignored. The Early Middle Ages didn't just "take place" in France and Germany, professor! One technical glitch: two episodes are missing (10. Clovis and the Franks and 16. Splendor of the Abbasid Period). They are replaced by duplicates of episodes 11 and 17 respectively. But there is a solution: you can listen/see them in the video version of the course, also available in iTunes. Except they are 500 MB each...”Read full review »
codrinb via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/01/14