History as Literature

Study History of Literature using Online Video

A selection of 66 of our online History through Literature videos provides middle-school and homeschool students with the opportunity to learn about and study the history of literature and how literature and writing reflects the history of our Civilization.

Learn about the first civilizations, between about 4000 and 600 B.C and identify major literary forms used in ancient times, including epics, stories, songs, lyric poems, legends, and dramas. Proceed on to study through periods that include The Victorian Era, The Period of Enlightenment and the era's of the Renaissance, the Reformation and Romanticism and Revolution.

Learn about History through Literature in The Early and Late Middle Ages up until The Early and Late 20th Century and identify major literary forms including epics, lyric poems, satires, comedies, letters, and historical, scientific, and political essays through the ages. Discover the origins of literature and some of the writers whose work make up, influences and defines the literature of the age in which we now live.

Then proceed to study and learn about the connections between historical events and the literary figures and literary works of the Greek era, and military and literary figures such as Plautus, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Virgil, and Horace that illustrate and characterize the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.

Then use our online interactive quizzes to discover what you have learnt and strengthen your understanding of the subject.

• Literature > History Through Literature 
• Civilization and Writing (7 videos)
• The Victorian Era (5 videos)
• Industry and Enlightenment (6 videos)
• New Worlds And New Ideas (5 videos)
• Renaissance And Reformation (5 videos)
• Romanticism And Revolution (6 videos)
• The Early 20th Century (6 videos)
• The Early Middle Ages (5 videos)
• The Late 20th Century (5 videos)
• The Late Middle Ages (6 videos)
• The World in Greek Times (5 videos)
• The World in Roman Times (5 videos)