Knights and Castles REPEAT from Spring '23
Dates:
Apr 6, 2026
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May 11, 2026
Time:
12:45 PM - 2:05 PM
Location:
Middleburg Heights Community Church
7165 Big Creek Pkwy, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130, USA
Room:
Fellowship Hall 1 and 2
Instructor:
Brian Pavlac
Course #:
S26-07
Course Description:
The mounted warriors of the Middle Ages and their fortified residences inspire awe, romance and power even today. In this class, you will learn how knights became a major element in European warfare; how they lived and fought; how they created a governing class and an elite social rank; how they fashioned an ideology of chivalry in art and literature and finally, how they declined.
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About
Brian Pavlac
Brian A. Pavlac is a Professor Emeritus of History from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. His publications include A Concise Survey of Western Civilization: Supremacies and Diversities Throughout History (4th Edition), Game of Thrones Versus History: Written in Blood, and Witch Hunts in the Western World. He currently serves as a priest in The Episcopal Church. He has studied and lived in Germany and Austria and currently resides in Berea.