Pasul Hyams MG 307
(5-2076, 257-3168): Wed 1:30-2:30 pm,
Thurs 2:30-3:30 pm Oren Falk MG340
(5-3311) Wed 2-4 pmheld
in Temple of Zeus Max McCoomb
(TA) MG B21 Thurs. 3-4,
Fri. 1-2pm
This Lecture Course examines the Crusading Movement and the
States it produced from the eleventh century to the fall of the
mainland Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1292. Central themes include but
are not limited to the following: the Medieval Conquest,
Settlement & Loss by Europeans of "Latin" lands in the
Mid-East, the associated history of the Church and its contextual
intellectual history, political narrative and military history,
social and economic analysis, together with an elementary
understanding of Islam and the conflict of cultures and religions
during a formative period in Western Civilization.
REQUIRED READINGS:
J. Riley-Smith, The
Crusades: A History(2nd ed., 2005).
J. Claster, Sacred Violence (2009) Oxford History of the Crusades,
ed. Riley-Smith (1999)
C. Hillenbrand, The Crusades:
Islamic Perspective (1999)Chaps.
1-3
from
Google Books]
Allen & Amt (eds.), The Crusades: A Reader
OPTIONAL READINGS:
R. Ellenblum, Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin
Kingdom of Jerusalem (2007)
P.K. Hitti (transl.), An
Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior ..(1929)
[Memoirs of Usamah ibn-Munqidh] The Rare and
Excellent History of Saladin [Behaeddin], ed. &
transl. D. S. Richards
Optional readings
below marked [P] will
be available in .pdf.
This is the fuller and
authoritative version of the prospectus, and so to be preferred to
the paper handout from the beginning of the semester. It will
likely change shape over the term.
NB we may be adding links during the semester. At this stage,
some links may be inoperative, since they have not yet all been verified and amended . Please check outthis version regularly
during
term, to see for example what extras there might be for the week
ahead.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Paper I (about 5 pp.) on the First Crusade & the Crusading
Idea [15% of Final Grade]
2. Prelim Exam: Documents for comment. Take-Home. [20% of Final
Grade]
3. Paper II (about 15 pp.) [25% of Final Grade]
4. Final Exam during the Exam Period. [35% of Final Grade]
5. Attendance at and participation in classes and in discussions.
[5% of final grade]
PAPERS: A selection of books and other materials you may
find helpful for the two papers is on the library Course Reserve .
If you are unsure
about the requirements for the Way
to
Write
a History Paper, you can ask one of us for help in Office
Hours.
WEEKLY READINGS & CLASS FORMAT:
This is basically a lecture class. It
assumes as little previous knowledge as possible, and could well
serve many students as a kind of first introduction to Western
History in this period. Of course, it would help
for you to know something of the course of medieval European
history as background. Although there is no quick fix,
those with no previous exposure to the period may like to take a
look at a
very short sketch
by one young historian. In any event, you do
not have to sit there submissively taking notes in
silence. I enjoy and welcome discussion. So I shall try to
leave space at the end of a class for question and answer,
and may bring along (or ask you to bring along) translated
source materials to read and discuss together. You are also
welcome to raise difficulties in the readings at (or before) the
start of any class.
(Bring the book with you!)
Discussion Sessions: In order to make the best use
of the in-classDiscussion Sessions,
it is essential to complete the Readings
by Wednesday night at the latest. You definitely need to master
the first reading by Tuesday. In a course like this on an area
of ever-expanding interest, lectures cannot hope to exhaust the
subject and aim to supplement not repeat material from the
readings. We may hold occasional quizzes to encourage
you to master the reading in timely fashion.
Sections: There are no
compulsory Sections in this course. But all being well we
shall start after the first few weeks to find time on
Thursdays to break up into smaller groups for source reading
and discussion. We shall have to see whether there is a call
for one or more optional sections as the class proceeds.
Office Hours:Please come in early in the term; attendance is a real part of the course.
It gives the two of us the chance to make your acquaintance well
before any crises with papers etc., also to clear up points of
interest that may turn into paper topics or that emerge from the
lectures to trouble you.
We shall also include sessions on The Music of the Crusades
will be arranged, probably around Week VI or VII and a video
session on Crusader Jerusalem etc.
Try this
useful Crusades
Timeline to 1291 with no guarantees of its
accuracy Find
and
study
a Relief Map of area Then check out
actual pictures from Google Earth
B.Z Kedar, The Changing Land Between the Jordan and
the Sea [DS108.5 .K44z 1999 ++ ]juxtaposes air photographs from 1917 of
sites that include
crusading remains with more recent ones and detailed
maps.
I. Intro, Origins and First Crusade: TR Jan 22,
24
Hen, 'Charlemagne's Jihad', Viator 37 (2006),
33-52 [available online through Olin catalog]
Colin Morris, "The Case of the Holy Lance at Antioch"[P] T.S. Asbridge, The
First Crusade: A History (2004) [Olin: D
161. 2. E79 2011paertly online]
There are many Arabic words and names
to remember; Hillenbrand, pp. xliii-xlv
has a very helpful glossary
This could also be the week to take a first
look at Usamah
If you search
the 'Net for "just war theory", you will find
lots of material including much that relates to the
recent war in Iraq. Yet the basics remain as St.
Augustine established them in the early 5th century.
There is a decent
brief account at section 3 here
VI. : Third Crusade & the Fall of the First Kingdom: TR Feb
26, 28
Riley-Smith, pp. 137-47
Claster, 184-212
Hillenbrand, 171-95, 316-7, 344-5
Oxford History, 228-37
B. Hamilton, "The Elephant of Christ:
Reynald of Chatillon", (1978), 97-108 [P]
Skip Knox on
Albigensian Crusade A wealth of military material and sources from political and
other crusades will 'real soon now' be available once more from
Deremilitari.org, just not yet!
You should be able to find decent online pictures of Crusader
Acre, though they are mostly aimed at the tourist
and so very shifting!
Crusader Remains from Caesarea (more
pics here);
and an associated game
to download!
Oxford History, caps. 7-8 on Art &
Architecture (& of course use pictures in Illustrated
version (Uris Reserve)
Prawer, "Colonisation Activities in the
Latin Kingdom" (1951), 102-42 UF
R.C. Smail, The Crusaders, cap. 4
"The Castles" UF
XI. The Latin East in the Thirteenth Century: TR
Apr 9, 11
