This S/DG is based on the highly acclaimed 2021 book by Dan Jones, "Powers and Thrones, A New History of the Middle Ages." In this S/DG we will look at how climate change, pandemic disease, mass migration and technology revolutionized the medieval world, and impacted peoples from Europe Asia, and the Middle East. We'll meet intriguing characters along the way, including St. Augustine, Attila the Hun, Mohammed, popes, explorers and more.
From the fall of the Roman Empire to the sack of Constantinople, law, art, architecture, philosophy and science went through massive changes. Nations died and were recreated. Today we are also impacted by the forces of climate change, migration and pandemics. Consequently, it will be fascinating to learn about this era and discuss the relevance of the Middle Ages to our own time.
