Summer School 2010: The Anglo-Saxons
The Rockford Institute, publisher of Chronicles, presents the Thirteenth Annual Summer School:
Arthur and Alfred: The Anglo-Saxons
Rockford, Illinois • July 6-11, 2010
Theme
Only a few Americans know that Hengist and Horsa were the legendary chiefs who led the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain, but Thomas Jefferson wanted to put the pair on the Great Seal of the United States. Like many Americans and their English forebears, Jefferson believed that the American love of liberty can be traced directly back to the free Anglo-Saxon farmers, who owned their own land, defended their families and countrymen in battle, and met in local courts and assemblies to enforce the law and make collective decisions. If it sounds like America in 1790, that is because these Anglo-Saxon customs and traditions were never fully suppressed by the Norman Conquest.
[To enroll, call Cindy Link at (800) 383-0680.]
For Americans today, living under a harsher regime than William the Conqueror ever dreamed of imposing, Anglo-Saxon England represents not only the political patrimony that has been taken form us, but also a thrilling place of brave warriors, stirring epic poetry, and heroic missionaries and scholars who transformed a nation of wild barbarians into civilized Christians who never forgot how to fight.
Read Beowulf in the context of the people who gave birth to this first masterpiece of English, follow Bede’s brilliant account of the Church in England, and examine up-close the institutions of a free people that have set an enduring pattern for all of us who value liberty and understand that the Christian life properly lived is the greatest adventure of all.
Faculty
Faculty includes Dr. Thomas Fleming, editor of Chronicles, and special guests Dr. Frank Brownlow, chairman of the English Department at Mount Holyoke College, Michael McMahon, author of Saints: The Art, the History, the Inspiration, and Dr. James Patrick, chancellor of the College of St. Thomas More in Ft. Worth, Texas.
[To enroll, call Cindy Link at (800) 383-0680.]
Accommodations
Beautiful riverfront accommodations at Rockford’s premier hotel: Cliffbreakers River Suites Hotel
Registration
Registration is limited and is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Prices are per student and do not include books on the reading list. Full Registration includes all lectures and events, plus five nights’ lodging at Cliffbreakers with breakfast, daily dinner. For more information, or to inquire about scholarships for full-time students and private-school teachers, contact Christopher Check at (815) 964-5811.
Full Registration
Double Occupancy $795.00 ea
Single Occupancy $895.00 ea
Commuter Registration
Lectures Only $395.00 ea
Plus Dinner $495.00 ea
[To enroll, call Cindy Link at (800) 383-0680.]
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