como en los manuscritos iluminados,ha sido un curso excelente.Por una vez hablan de mi país.Para mi el curso ha terminado,no puedo hacer los pares ,no hablo inglés.

If you want to learn more about Spanish medieval history, please enter this course, it is your best choice.

It was more beneficial and educational than I thought. Amazing teacher, great course design

it is a great course, I see a new things that I never expected before. thank you

Very interesting, and informative. I thank the Professor for a wonderful class.

Fascinating. Clearly and logically presented. An exceptional course.

Broadly learned the history of Spain with some visual information.

I am an abysmal satisfied about your career service for ours.

Excelente curso introductorio a la España medieval.

I am so enjoying this. Fun and interesting.

Fantastic! Very Interesting

Espectacular. Me encanto

Great course!

its easy

perfect

Surprising depth of material. I especially appreciated the on-location videos of various sites in Spain, and the behind-the-scenes access to museums and historical collections that most tourists would never be able to see. I found Prof. D'Avila's approach to be fair and balanced, with an objectivity that's hard to maintain around often polemic subjects such as religion and race. While I learned a "history" of Spain in high school, it basically focused on the "good" monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella who drove the Arabs from Spain. I learned nothing about the circumstances which had placed Arab culture in Spain, nothing about the centuries of Arab presence, and no mention of the multicultural history of Spain was ever made. So this was, in many ways, an exciting course of discovery -- so many completely new aspects of history to experience. D'Avila's presentation is what I would call "integrative" -- relating all the parts to each other as an organic whole. This is so different from the fragmented, "atomizing" bits of history I learned in school.

My first exposure to the idea that history could be integrative, synthetic (ie synthesizing elements into a whole) came when I read Fernand Braudel's "L'Identité de la France"(in French, 3 volumes, beginning with Vol 1, Les hommes et les choses, starting with France before the year 1000). If you haven't encountered Braudel's work, and enjoy the wholistic approach to history, much of his work is translated into English: just Google Fernand Braudel on history.

From the moment I got my teeth into Braudel's work, I wished I had been exposed to history in such an integrative way. This course met that expectation. Prof. D'Avila does a good job of making a complex subject understandable and relatable.

It was an excellent course and I learned a lot. I liked the quality of the readings. I was not convinced by the editing of the videos, unless they were interviews. The transcripts (in English) are okay, meaning that there are a lot of mistakes, that could have been easily corrected, but overall it was okay.

My real "turn off" is that the forum is dead. No input from other students or from the professor. It is really a shame.

But, as I said, the content is excellent, top quality.

I learned a lot on a subject that I knew nothing about. The multiple teachers were interesting and kept my interest. The speed of the presentation of the translations (subtitles) was too quick though. I often had a difficult time keeping up with the lecture and had to repeat the video on numerous occasions. The information was extensive and the multiple learning options more than plentiful. I enjoyed the course.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course and gained a wealth of knowledge on the coexistence of medieval Spain - Jewish, Muslim and Christian way of life, environment and religion. The difficulty I did encounter was trying to keep up with the sub-titles while watching the videos. I highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in history.

Fascinating material beautifully presented. On an irrelevant point, the instructor's voice is lovely - it sounds more like a guided meditation than a lecture! :-)

Has a lot of stuff to see and do: quite a few options.

Mostly about its Art and Architecture, and the influence the three peoples had on them. I was more interested in the socio-economical and political, and religious aspect. I also liked the description of the battles. I was not too interested in the art and architecture.

interesting topic, but not a lot of substance. I understand the angle taken of trying to have a non biased approach, but the quizzes were essentially passable by finding the answer that implied christians were always the villains of the story.

Too much information not connected to the theme of the course.