[Moo] Crusades reading

Thu Sep 2 13:56:43 PDT 2004

Last night at the business meeting, several folks expressed an interest
in Lord Geoffrey's reading lists.  He's teaching at Kenyon College now
and has a freshman seminar on the Crusades, including diverse
viewpoints, an upperclass course on the History of Medieval England,
and a two-part Medieval Survey.  I'll post the syllabi for all three. 
Here's a message from him, and the syllabus for Crusades (with the
uninteresting things like attendance rules deleted).
Cecily

"Here are the files, but you can also post my website: 
http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/History/larson/welcome.htm

"Right now only one syllabus is online, the rest should be up shortly. 
You can also get there through http://www.kenyon.edu/history.xml , by 
clicking on Faculty, then my name, and then my web page (in box on the
right side).

"My email is larsonp at kenyon.edu.  If any of the Stierbachi want to
email me with any questions about the books of whatever, I'll be more
than happy to answer.  Consider me a resource to be used.  Heck, it's
what I became a teacher for, after all.  Doesn't do much good for me to
learn and not share."

History 186
The Crusades

Course Description and Objectives

	This course focuses on the heyday of Crusading (1095 to 1200) through
close reading of European, Arab, Greek, and Jewish sources.  We also
will examine the later Crusades, the politicization of the Crusading
movement, the shifting attitudes of Western Europe towards the
Byzantine Empire, and the legacy of the Crusades in European art,
architecture, and luxury.  Although the incredible success of the First
Crusade (1095-1099) proved ephemeral, the idea of Crusading took root
in European culture and the next four centuries saw numerous Crusades
against both Muslims and “heretical” Christians, followed by the
application of Crusading thought to the exploration and colonization of
the New World. We will also contrast the Crusades with the events in
Spain, from the coexistence (Convivencia) of Christians, Jews, and
Muslims to the Reconquista from El Cid to Ferdinand and Isabella.

Required Textbooks

The following textbooks are required, and are available at the Kenyon
College Bookstore:

·	Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Crusades: A Short History 
·	S.J. Allen and Emilie Ant, eds., Crusades: A Reader 
·	Edward Peters, ed. The First Crusade: The Chronicle of Fulcher of
Chartres, 2nd ed.
·	The Alexiad of Anna Comnena, trans by. E.R. Sewter 
·	Francesco Gabrieli, ed., Arab Historians of the Crusades, 
·	Villehardouin and Joinville, Chronicles of the Crusades, trans. by
Margaret Shaw 
·	Olivia Constable, ed., Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian,
Muslim, and Jewish Sources 

The following text will be on reserve in Olin:

·	Norman Housley, ed., Documents on the Later Crusades, 1274-1580

Reading Assignments

	Your main textbook for this course is Riley-Smith’s The Crusades: A
Short History; it is listed as Textbook on the Schedule below.  This is
a fairly basic account of the entire Crusading movement that still
covers most angles.  To flesh out this account, I would suggest reading
either Jean Richard or Hans Eberhard Mayer, both of whose books have
been translated into English as The Crusades.  Either one of these will
provide a much fuller background, although focusing more on the 1st-7th
Crusades themselves and less on cultural issues or Crusades elsewhere.

Primary sources in translation constitute your main reading load.  You
will read the better part of several long accounts of men and women
closely-connected with the Crusades, as well as a number of smaller
documents of various types.  There will be additional short readings
from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook, a vital resource for anyone
studying medieval history.  These readings are listed with a hyperlink
address underlined on the Schedule; or click on the link on the online
syllabus.

Finally . . . this course is designed to be hard, to challenge you and
develop your skills, but it still should l be interesting and even fun;
it is not supposed to grind you down or be a “weed-out” course.  Also,
Life happens and can get in the way of even the best students.  If you
are feeling overwhelmed or are having problems with the reading or work
load, come see me!  And the earlier the better.  We can discuss
strategies for writing, researching, or reading, go over material
discusses in class, and in general help find ways to get you back on
track.

Schedule

30 August	Introduction; The Idea of Holy War; Europe and the Levant in
the late 11th century

6 September	The 1st Crusade: The European Version
			Textbook: 1-26
			Fulcher of Chartres: 1-90, 194-221
				PLUS choose ONE of the following versions to follow for pp. 90-193:
				Guibert of Nogent		Ekkehard
				William of Tyre			Gesta
				Albert of Aix			Raymond d’Aguiliers
			Library Session – Chalmers Classroom

13 Sept.	The 1st Crusade: Alternate Versions
			Anna Comnena: 52-72 (skim); 135-73; 307-352
			Gabrieli: 1-12
			Allen and Ant: 54-56, 79-80
			Albert of Aix and Ekkehard of Aura: Slaughter of the Rhineland Jews
				http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1096jews.html

20 Sept.	The Crusader States and the Byzantine and Muslim worlds
			Textbook: 40-83
			Anna Comnena: 352-394, 435-446
			Gabrieli: 13-53
			Allen and Ant: 81-124
			Taxes of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
				http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/taxesjlem.html

27 Sept.	The 2nd and 3rd Crusades
		Readings: 
			Textbook: 84-119
			Gabrieli: 56-167, 206-237
			Allen and Ant: 134-147, 159-178
			Pope Eugenius III, Call for a Second Crusade
				http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/eugene3-2cde.html
			Bernard of Clairvaux, Apologia for the Second Crusade
				http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/bernard-apol.html

4 October	The Culture of Crusading; Crusading in Eastern Europe
			Textbook:
			Allen and Ant: 179-218; 249-255; 263-284
			William of Tyre, Foundation of the Order of the Knights Templar
				http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/tyre-templars.html 
		Précis and Preliminary Bibliography due

11 Oct.		Reading Day – No Class

18 Oct.		The 4th Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople
			Textbook: 119-129
			Villehardouin: 29-160
			Allen and Ant: 227-240

25 Oct.		The 5th and 7th Crusades
			Textbook: 141-160, 173-178
			Joinville: 191-264, 313-330, 345-353
			Gabrieli: 267-294; 300-306

1 November	The Decline and Fall of the Latin East
			Textbook: 132-156, 179-208
			Gabrieli: 307-350
			Allen and Ant: 183-196, 204-218, 359-377

8 Nov.		Iberia part I: Convivencia and the Spanish Reconquista
			Constable: 28-74, 103-172
			Allen and Ant: 309-330

15 Nov.		Iberia part II: The end of Convivencia and Christianization of
Spain
			Constable:	173-284, 323-370	[
		Rough Drafts due – No Reaction Paper

22 Nov.		Thanksgiving Break

29 Nov.		Twilight of the Crusades
			Readings TBA
		Peer Review Session – No Reaction Paper	

6 December	 Crusades against Heretics & Political Crusades
			Textbook: 132-138, 166-172
			Allen and Ant: 241-248, 378-384
			Housley 25-35, 52-54, 115-134					[On reserve]

13 Dec.		Crusades and Colonialism 1492-2004
			Textbook: 238-250
			Constable:  371-382
			Allen and Ant: 385-422
			Housley: 165-194						[On reserve]
		No Reaction Paper

20 December 	Noon	Final Paper Due

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