OLLI101577 - The Age of Chivalry
Course Description
THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
Instructor: David Wesley Tonkin
Day of Week: Wednesdays
Dates: July 10, 17 & 24 (3 sessions)
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Online via Zoom
This three-episode (saga) seminar series uncovers, illustrates and explains the rich tapestry of myths and realities of medieval chivalry and thereby provides a window into the Middle Ages and beyond. This seminar will track the foundations of chivalry as a form of warfare centered on the horseback (mounted) soldier, to its transformation into a code of conduct and ethos of a ruling class, and into rituals and ceremonies to be performed and enacted as a means of social distinction. The series will feature, King Arthur and Camelot, Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest, William the Conqueror, Charlemagne and Joan of Arc. It encompasses Chivalry in ancient Britain, western and eastern Europe, Middle East, China and Japan illustrated with rarely seen paintings, manuscripts, lithography and 21st century AI (artificial intelligence) generated artistic re-creations.
Maximum: 150
Instructor Bio: David Wesley Tonkin has traversed the globe many times and has appreciatively gathered a rich tapestry of remarkable and matchless life-lessons, vivid memories, experiences and opinions. He is a retired Airborne Cavalry Officer who saw service in the South African-Cuban-Angolan Wars and as a UN peacekeeper in five African countries in the 1970’s and 1980’s. He has held entrepreneurial COO level and thought leader and strategic positions at global business training enterprises. In 2008, David was honored with the “Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning” Award at the 9th Annual Corporate University Awards. This highly coveted and prestigious global award is co-sponsored by The Wharton School of Business and Training Magazine. David’s eclectic range of lectures all benefit from his many years of global travel and the embracing of a rich collective of experiences and research to fuel his wide range of topical coverage.
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