HS 335: The Crusades
Professor: Dr. Kelly DeVries
Texts:
Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The Crusades: A Short History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.
Allen, S.J. and Emilie Amt. The Crusades: A Reader. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2003.
Gabrieli, Francesco, ed. and trans. Arab Historians of the Crusade. Trans. E.J. Costello. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969.
Schedule:
Week 1 (Jan 12-14) Introduction, Chronology, and Geography
Week 2 (Jan 16, 21-23) The Rise of Islam
Discussion: Allen nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 10
[N.B. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY (Jan 17)]
Week 3 (Jan 26-30) The Christian Origins of the Crusades RS pp. 1-10
Discussion: Allen nos. 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11
Week 4 (Feb 2-6) The Preaching of and Response to the Call to Crusade RS pp. 10-17
Discussion: Allen nos. 12, 13
Week 5 (Feb 9-13)The First Crusade (to Antioch) RS pp. 18-30
Discussion: Allen nos. 14, 15, 16, 17
Gabrieli pp. 3-12
Week 6 (Feb 16-20) The First Crusade (Antioch and Jerusalem) RS pp. 30-34
Discussion: Allen nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Gabrieli, pp. 13-35
Week 7 (Feb 23-27) The Crusader States/The Military Orders RS pp. 34-77
Discussion: Allen nos. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
Gabrieli, pp. 36-48
[N.B. SPRING BREAK (Mar 1-5)]
Week 8 (Mar 8-10) The Second Crusade and the Rise of Saladin RS pp. 84-108
Discussion: Allen nos. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Gabrieli, pp. 49-175
[N.B. NO CLASS (Mar 12)
Week 9 (Mar 15-19) The Third Crusade RS pp. 109-19
Discussion: Allen nos. 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
Gabrieli, pp. 176-254
Week 10 (Mar 22-26) The Fourth Crusade RS pp. 119-30
Discussion: Allen nos. 56, 57, 58
Week 11 (Mar 29-Apr 2) The 13th Century Crusades/ Mongol Invasions RS pp. 141-61,167-
Discussion: Allen nos. 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 71, 72, 73, 76, 179-207, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88
Gabrieli, pp. 255-350
Week 12 (Apr 5-7) The Reconquista in Spain RS pp. 139-41, 165-66, 221-24
Discussion: Allen nos. 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83
[N.B. EASTER BREAK (Apr 8-12)]
Week 13 (Apr 14-16) The Albigensian Crusades RS pp. 133-39, 166-67
Discussion: Allen nos. 59, 60
Week 14 (Apr 19-23) The Northern Crusades RS pp. 130-33, 161-64
Discussion: Allen nos. 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
Week 15 (Apr 24-26) Crusades 14th-16th Centuries RS pp. 208-38
Discussion: Allen nos. 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
Assignments :
Take-home Final Examination: 25% (Handed out on Apr 26; due in my office on May 7)
Discussion Participation: 15%
Written Assignments (3 short papers: 4-6 pages each): 20% each (Due Feb 16, Mar 22, Apr 26)
OR (1 research paper: 15 pages): 60% (Due Apr 5)
Attendance: +/- 5%
