THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
OMNIBUS V
Foundational literature for the modern student
Available in 2023-2024
Omnibus V, ideally for grades 10 and up and those students who have completed Omnibus II, is the second text in the second cycle of the Omnibus curriculum from the publisher Veritas Press. Like Omnibus II in the first cycle, Omnibus V covers the period of the early church fathers through the Protestant Reformation. Omnibus V, however, presents more difficult texts, incorporates the growing rhetorical nature of the student, and engages him or her at a more mature and higher academic level. The teaching emphasizes ideas over merely gathering information. Daily readings, assignments, and other activities lead students to interact with the greatest works of Western Civilization in a challenging, enjoyable, and profitable way. Students also read various secondary books that correlate with the study of this period as they continue to apply and further develop their rhetorical and skills and aesthetic appreciation.
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BOOKLIST FOR THE MEDIEVAL WORLD 2023-2024 (OMNIBUS V)*
Omnibus V Student Text plus selections like the following:​
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On the Incarnation of Our Lord (Athanasius)
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The Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)
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The Saga of the Volsungs
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The Koran (selections)
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Great Tales From English History (Lacey)
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Le Morte Darthur (Malory)
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Idylls of the King (Tennyson)
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History of the Kings of Britain (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
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The Summa Theologicia (Aquinas/selections)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (Twain)
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The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1: Inferno (Dante)
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The Divine Comedy, Vol. 2: Purgatory (Dante)
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The Divine Comedy, Vol. 3: Paradise (Dante)
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The Canterbury Tales (Chaucer/selections)
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Lives of Thomas Becket
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Saint Matthew’s Passion (Bach)
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The Prince (Machiavelli)
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The Faerie Queen (Spenser)
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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Bk IV (Calvin)
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George Herbert’s Poetry
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Phantastes (MacDonald)
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Othello (Shakespeare)
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The Elements of Style, 4th edition (Strunk & White)
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* Represents the list from which readings are chosen as well as the relative order in which they are presented. Bible books and some short selections are not listed. An official booklist will be provided for registered students.