Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World

Culture Is Destiny (1x3)

Air date: Jan 01, 2006

The "Great Chain of Being" assumed an ordered, hierarchical universe in which humans - like angels, animals, plants, and even stones - were placed in a particular rank by God. As Europe emerges from the Middle Ages, that concept is challenged and strained by forces in politics, society, religion, and culture.