Gresham College
Medieval Music: The Stations of the Breath - Professor Christopher Page
At the heart of virtually all the medieval music that survives, is the human voice. This is an ancient heritage: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/medieval-music-the-stations-of-the-breath The early Christians under the Roman...
Music Matters
Choral Music Notation - Music Theory
How are the voice parts written in a score of a piece for Choir and accompaniment? Using an example by Rossini this music theory lesson shows you why it’s necessary to write the vocal parts in open score and how it deals with word...
Jabzy
Dunbar vs Kennedy: A 15th Century Scottish Rap Battle
Dunbar vs Kennedy: A 15th Century Scottish Rap Battle
Science360
Phytotron facelift facilitates cutting-edge research on plants
This laboratory is a control freak's dream come true! Welcome to the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Phytotron, a singular facility for growing plants under various combinations of strictly controlled environmental conditions....
APMonitor
Generate Poisson Distribution and Histogram in Excel
Powerful statistical analysis tools are available in the Excel is add-in data analysis package. This is an example of generating a randomly sampled Poisson distribution (1000 values) and plotting the frequency of the result.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Women in STEM
Sophia Hahn, Shelita Hall, and Emily Anderson, NASA interns from across the agency, discuss being women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math), their journey to work at NASA, and the unique opportunities they have...
60 Second Histories
People in a Medieval castle; the constable's wife
This video describes some of the staff who work within the castle such as the house steward and the chamberlain and the duties they carry out
IT'S HISTORY
The Dark Ages of Sex - All Pleasure is Sin! l THE HISTORY OF SEX
Sex became a sin in the Middle Ages. Following the promiscuous Ancient Rome and Greece, the Western World was indoctrinated with Medieval concepts of guilt and immorality. Adultery and sex for pleasure became unthinkable. Churches...
Curated Video
Rationalizing the Denominator
This lesson will cover rationalizing the denominator using a factor of 1 and conjugates.
Extra Credits
Viking Expansion - The Serpent-Riders - Extra History - #1
The medieval Scandinavians left an impact not just on Greenland and Iceland, but on France, England, Russia, and even briefly North America. But how did Scandinavian society begin, and what incited its voyage across the seas? Join us on...
NativLang
CAPS Unlock - the history behind uppercase & lowercase letters
The ancient alphabet was a single scratchy list of letters. So where did BIG UPPERCASE and little lowercase forms of our alphabet come from? Take a look at the history of our strange writing system and wonder... Who came first? Was it...
Gresham College
Medieval Carols - Jeremy Summerly
From the first Christmas song by a 12th-century Northumbrian hermit, through the earliest surviving Christmas carol of the mid-14th-century, to the heyday of the carol in 15th-century England, Jeremy Summerly traces the early history of...
Extra Credits
Samuel HaNagid - A Prince of Jews - Extra History
Forced to flee from his home in Cordoba, Samuel HaNagid made a new name for himself in the kingdom of Granada. He picked his allies carefully and rose to the position of vizier, an unheard of honor for a Jew in a Muslim kingdom. His fame...
NativLang
Muslim Vikings and Magic Letters: the odd history of Runes pt 1
Pillaging Vikings, huge runestones, protective amulets... Discover the linguistics behind the Norse Runes! Meet the Elder Futhark and the Younger Futhark. See how the Norse used them. Learn why the Germanic runemasters were very...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A day in the Islamic Golden Age | Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
It's 791 CE. As the morning sun shines on the Golden Gate Palace, brother and sister Hisham and Asma prepare for the journey of a lifetime: the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan— but a...
Gresham College
The Healing Power of Chant - Professor Christopher Page
Medieval history is full of stories about miracles and cures. Professor Page discusses the importance of Chant to people seeking miracles: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/music-imagination-and-experience-in-the-medieval-world For the medieval...
Gresham College
To Chant in a Vale of Tears - Professor Christopher Page
What did it mean for to cry in response to music?: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/medieval-music-to-chant-in-a-vale-of-tears According to one early-medieval author, ‘there are many who are moved by the sweetness of singing...
Gresham College
"Hello Old Girl, Put the Kettle On" - Professor Christopher Page
As his lecture on Chant fell near Remembrance day, professor Page decided to tell this story of his Grandfather's less than smooth return from the War. It’s a fascinating and hilarious insight into a family’s history. You can enjoy the...
Brian McLogan
Polar to rectangular point conversion
Learn how to convert points between rectangular and polar. Rectangular points measure the horizontal and vertical distance away from the origin whereas polar coordinates measure the direct distance and angle in standard position from the...
Curated Video
Hamlet 3.4 Word Nerd: Rhapsody
This video delves into the linguistic history and transformation of the word "rhapsody" from its origins to its modern usage. The video further discusses how the term "rhapsody" eventually came to denote an emotional or exuberant musical...
History Hub
What was Feudalism?
In this video we explore the concept of Feudalism, a term invented in the nineteenth century to describe how society was structured during the high middle ages. Music Credit: Aquilia by Adrian Berenguer (Storyblocks license) Image...
Lindybeige
Forests in the olden days
Forests and woodland in the ancient and medieval worlds didn't look the way they show in the movies. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige More archaeology videos here:...
Alliterative
Glamorous Trivia: The Endnotes
Some more educational etymologies and information about the trivium and quadrivium. Thank you to all our Patreon supporters! Please check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheEndlessKnot Show notes & credits:...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week Episode 14
Bilingual brains, computing clouds, a life-saving musical sensor and genome sequencing in medieval cemeteries. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week, all with funding from NSF. Musical sensor shows bad...