| A History of Spain Six Monday Evenings October 19 - November 23, 2009 7:00 - 8:30 pm St. Martin’s Episcopal Church 717 Sage Road Houston, TX 77056 Course Fee: $73 per person. Fee includes course syllabus / lecture notes. Click for registration form. |
From the Romans to the Spanish Civil War
An Adult Education Lecture Series by
Dr. William J. Neidinger
An Adult Education Lecture Series by
Dr. William J. Neidinger
Dr. Neidinger holds degrees from Fordham University,
University of Madrid, and Rice University. He is an
archaeologist with the Texas Foundation for Archaeological &
Historical Research (TFAHR), and has been directing
excavations in the Mediterranean area for the past 25 years.
During this time he has also lectured extensively at universities,
colleges, adult education programs, and churches across the
state of Texas. He is currently working on TFAHR
archaeological excavations in the Republic of Macedonia. For
information on Dr. Neidinger’s current and upcoming projects,
please visit www.tfahr.org.
Many of Dr. Neidinger’s lectures are available on DVD and CD.
For purchasing information, please see www.stylusproductions.
com.
University of Madrid, and Rice University. He is an
archaeologist with the Texas Foundation for Archaeological &
Historical Research (TFAHR), and has been directing
excavations in the Mediterranean area for the past 25 years.
During this time he has also lectured extensively at universities,
colleges, adult education programs, and churches across the
state of Texas. He is currently working on TFAHR
archaeological excavations in the Republic of Macedonia. For
information on Dr. Neidinger’s current and upcoming projects,
please visit www.tfahr.org.
Many of Dr. Neidinger’s lectures are available on DVD and CD.
For purchasing information, please see www.stylusproductions.
com.
Situated at the edges of the “known world,” Spain was a land coveted by
Phoenicians and Greeks both for its strategic location and vast mineral
reserves. It was not, however, until the arrival of the Romans (3rd c. BC)
that any foreign power sought domination of the entire peninsula. Hispania,
despite the burdens of conquest, would ultimately give Imperial Rome some
of its greatest emperors (Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and
Theodosius) and a number of renowned writers (Seneca, Martial). Under
the Visigoths the jeweler’s art reached new heights and the horseshoe arch
made its appearance in western architecture. But when Islamic armies
overran the Iberian peninsula in the eighth century AD, it seemed that the
Phoenicians and Greeks both for its strategic location and vast mineral
reserves. It was not, however, until the arrival of the Romans (3rd c. BC)
that any foreign power sought domination of the entire peninsula. Hispania,
despite the burdens of conquest, would ultimately give Imperial Rome some
of its greatest emperors (Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and
Theodosius) and a number of renowned writers (Seneca, Martial). Under
the Visigoths the jeweler’s art reached new heights and the horseshoe arch
made its appearance in western architecture. But when Islamic armies
overran the Iberian peninsula in the eighth century AD, it seemed that the
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land was all but lost to Christian civilization. A small but determined resistance spread from the remote mountains of
northern Spain and, after more than seven centuries, finally managed to subdue the last Moslem kingdom, the fabled
Caliphate of Granada. In that same year, 1492, Spain launched upon a global venture that would bring her a world-wide
empire.
Spanish history is replete with characters and events of fable and legend: Pelayo, El Cid, Cervantes, the Inquisition, al-
Andalus, Columbus, Francisco Franco, Alfonso El Sabio, El Greco, the Reconquista, Ferdinand and Isabel. In these
lectures we will examine the course of Spanish history from the arrival of the Romans to the end of the Spanish Civil
War. Special emphasis will be given to Spain’s archaeological and historical sites.
The lectures will be richly illustrated with images, and course material will include detailed lecture notes and an extensive
syllabus including maps and ground plans.
northern Spain and, after more than seven centuries, finally managed to subdue the last Moslem kingdom, the fabled
Caliphate of Granada. In that same year, 1492, Spain launched upon a global venture that would bring her a world-wide
empire.
Spanish history is replete with characters and events of fable and legend: Pelayo, El Cid, Cervantes, the Inquisition, al-
Andalus, Columbus, Francisco Franco, Alfonso El Sabio, El Greco, the Reconquista, Ferdinand and Isabel. In these
lectures we will examine the course of Spanish history from the arrival of the Romans to the end of the Spanish Civil
War. Special emphasis will be given to Spain’s archaeological and historical sites.
The lectures will be richly illustrated with images, and course material will include detailed lecture notes and an extensive
syllabus including maps and ground plans.
| About the Lecturer Dr. William J. Neidinger |
LECTURE ROOM LOCATIONS at St. Martin's Church
October 19 - OLD CHURCH (building west of the new Church)
October 26 - November 2 - November 9 - BAGBY PARISH HALL
November 16 - FOUNDERS' HALL
November 23 - BAGBY PARISH HALL
October 19 - OLD CHURCH (building west of the new Church)
October 26 - November 2 - November 9 - BAGBY PARISH HALL
November 16 - FOUNDERS' HALL
November 23 - BAGBY PARISH HALL