TTC - The Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in t

Category: Documentary, Education, History
Language: English
Keywords: Christianity Kabbalah Malleus Maleficarum Medieval Europe Middle Ages mysticism Religion Renaissance The Great Courses The Hammer Of Witches ttc Witch-hunt

Written by Teofilo F. Ruiz
Read by Teofilo F. Ruiz
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Western civilization is closely associated with reason and science, and with exceptional accomplishments in art, architecture, music, and literature.Yet it has also been characterized by widespread belief in the supernatural and the irrational - with mystics who have visions of the divine and entire movements of people who wait in fervent anticipation of the apocalypse. Moreover, Western culture has also been the setting for repeated acts of barbaric reaction to those beliefs, including persecutions of certain groups, such as Jews, or of people accused as heretics and witches.

This series explores the concept of what has been called the “terror of history,” a deeply held ancient belief that human beings live constantly on the edge of doom- a doom against which we must protect ourselves, sometimes by scapegoating an “other” whom we blame for this catastrophic plight. The lectures explore this belief through a study of mysticism, heresy, apocalyptic movements, and the witch-hunting craze that bloomed in Europe from 1000 to 1700.

Lectures:
01 - The Terror of History
02 - Politics, Economy, and Society
03 - Religion and Culture
04 - Mysticism in the Western Tradition
05 - Mysticism in the Twelfth Century
06 - Mysticism in the Thirteenth Century
07 - Jewish Mysticism
08 - Mysticism in Early Modern Europe
09 - Heresy and the Millennium
10 - The Church under Attack
11 - The Birth of the Inquisition
12 - The Millennium in the Sixteenth Century
13 - Jewish Millennial Expectations
14 - The Mysteries of the Renaissance
15 - Hermeticism, Astrology, Alchemy, and Magic
16 - The Origins of Witchcraft
17 - Religion, Science, and Magic
18 - The Witch Craze and Its Historians
19 - Fear and the Construction of Satan
20 - The Witch Craze and Misogyny
21 - The World of Witches
22 - The Witches of Loudon
23 - The Witches of Essex and Salem
24 - The Survival of the Past

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