HIST 3613 is also offered in Summer 2023
HIST 3613 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2018 | HIST 3613 Section 001: History of the Crusades (67709)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
RELS 3715 Section 001
MEST 3613 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
Open (55 of 75 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Crusading spirit in Europe. Results of classic medieval crusades ca 1095-1285. States established by crusaders in Near East. Internal European crusades. Chronological prolongation of crusading phenomenon.
- Class Description:
- Taken as a whole, the Crusades make up one of the most fascinating episodes in the history of the Middle Ages. Our primary aim in this class will be to study the crusading phenomenon in its medieval context by engaging with the original documentary remains of the period. What motivated medieval European men and women to set out on the conquest of a land thousands of miles away, about which they knew very little? How did the papacy, as head of the Catholic Church, come to promote violence against the Muslim residents of that land as not merely justifiable, but as positively meritorious, as deserving of a great spiritual reward? How did the Muslim and also Jewish communities who were the primary targets of this violence respond to it, and how did the contact among Christians, Muslims, and Jews which the Crusades made possible transform relations among these groups, the three major monotheistic religions of the West? While focusing on the Crusades as an aspect of medieval history, we will also consider some of the larger questions raised by the history of these expeditions. What is the relationship between violence and religion? Does it differ in the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish traditions? What is the legacy of the crusades? Did they pave the way for the subsequent Western colonial ventures that eventually led to Western domination of much of the non-Western world? Did they set the stage for modern conflicts in the Middle East?
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Written Homework
10% Attendance Other Grading Information: Informal writing assignments and class participation
- Exam Format:
- Essay
- Class Format:
- 45% Lecture
10% Film/Video
45% Discussion
- Workload:
- 60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67709/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 April 2014
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