The Crusades: Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Contact in the Middle Ages WT
The course explores the phenomenon of the Crusades and its religious and political effects on Europe, Byzantium and the Near East, with special emphasis on the last. It also examines the differing and conflicting histories and personal accounts of the Crusades from that period, as well as the Crusaders' religious, social, medical and military networks in the eastern Mediterranean. Required readings include excerpts from the works of Jewish, Christian and Muslim historians and religious scholars of the time. 3 hrs. sem.