The Crusades
PROFESSOR HYAMS
Fall 2011
White Hall 106
TR 1:25 - 2:15 pm
The Crusades
PROFESSOR HYAMS
Fall 2011
White Hall 106
TR 1:25 - 2:15 pm
Office Hours
Prof. Hyams MG 307 (5-2076, 257-3168) <prh3> Wed 2-3 pm; Thurs 3-4 pm
Rishad Choudhoury (TA) MG B27 <ric29>REQUIRED READINGS:
J. Riley-Smith, The
Crusades: A History (2nd ed., 2005).
H.E. Mayer, The Crusades (2nd
ed., 1988)
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
J. Prawer, The Latin Kingdom
of Jerusalem: European Colonialism in the Middle Ages (1972)
[Course Packet Selections]
OPTIONAL READINGS:
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
J. Claster, Sacred Violence
Course packets avaiulable from
the Cornell store.
Readings marked [UF]
areoptional and to be found on Reserve in an old course packet.
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 I will be adding links during the semester. At this stage,
some links may be inoperative, since they have not yet been
checked.
Please check out this 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 Reserve in Uris Library.
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 will probably serve most 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 often 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-class Discussion Sessions,
it is essential to complete the
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.
A session on The Music of the Crusades will be arranged, probably around Week VI or VII. There will also be video sessions on Crusader Jerusalem etc. These TBA.
SCHEDULE OF WEEKLY READINGS &
ASSIGNMENTS
Try
this useful Crusades
Timeline to 1291 with no guarantees of its
accuracy
0. Introduction & Overview: R Aug 25
FIRST PAPER TOPICS TO
BE AGREED BY THURSDAY SEPT 1
II. The First Kingdom to 1174: TR Sept 6, 8
A CONTEMPORARY MOSLEM
VIEW ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF NUR AL-DIN
A SPANISH
MOSLEM ON PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA VISITS OUTREMER IN THE
1180S
COMPENDIUM
OF
MUSLIM
TEXTS This site
(from USC) has a fine selection of translated texts,
including
BUKHARI
HADITHS
SPECIFICALLY
ON THE JIHAD
IV. Second
Crusade: TR Sept 20, 22
"THE LISBON EXPEDITION, 1147"
EUGENIUS
III
CRUSADING
BULL, 1145
Ibn al-Qalanisi on Damascus, 1148
(Gabrieli, Arab Chronicles of the Crusades,
56-9)
William Tyre on
the Failure at Damascus, 1148 (Hallam, Chronicles
of the Crusades (1989), 146-7)
The Wurzburg Chronicle on
the Crusade Failure
V. Development of the Crusading Idea: TR
Oct 4, 6
EXHORTATION
TO
THE
TEMPLARS, ? BY HUGH DE PAINS, ?1128
St.
Bernard's "In Praise of the New Chivalry"
The Primitive Templar Rule
SONG
OF ROLAND
THE
VEZELAY
NARTHEX TYMPANUM and a better picture
of the
whole tympanum. But
before going to the Vezelay pages, print out this guide and key to the
Tympanum
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. One Catholic response to a
questioner gives an
Outline
of the Augustinian view
WILLIAM
OF
TYRE
ON THE LATIN KINGDOM AFTER 1150
1164 LETTER FROM ANTIOCH TO LOUIS VII OF
FRANCE
1187
PLEA
FOR
AID TO HOSPITALLERS, WITH BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HATTIN
ANOTHER
ACCOUNT
OF HATTIN For more on Hattin, see under
Week XIII
SALADIN'S
CAPTURE
OF
JERUSALEM, 1187
ROGER
OF
HOWDEN'S EXPLANATION FOR THE LOSS OF JERUSALEM, 1187
DEATH
OF
EMPEROR FREDERICK BARBAROSSA EN ROUTE FOR
3rdCRUSADE
The
3rd
CRUSADE RECAPTURES ACRE, 1191
PEACE
TO
END 3rd CRUSADE, 1191
VII. Crisis c. 1200 I: the Fourth Crusade TR Oct 18-20
Morris, "Geoffrey de Villehardouin & the Conquest of Constantinople", 24-34 UF
Words
VILLEHARDOUIN ON THE 4th CRUSADE (Full Text)
ROBERT OF CLARI ON THE 4th CRUSADE (Full Text)
NICETAS KHONIATES ON SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE, 1204
Some further accounts of the Sack of Constantinople etc.
VIII. Crisis c. 1200 II: Political Crusades & Criticism: TR Oct 25, 27
JOINVILLE'S
LIFE
OF
ST. LOUIS
AL-MAQRISI
ON
ST. LOUIS' CRUSADE
XI. The Latin East in the Thirteenth Century: TR Nov 15, 17
SECOND PAPER DUE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15
XII. Warfare: T Nov 22
Images of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem:
| FINAL EXAM
Dec 15, 7-9:30 pm RF 115 |
Crusade
of
the
Poor
Battle
of
Dorylaeum,
1097
Modern
Account
of
Jerusalem's Capture, 1099
Anna
Comnena
Map of Jerusalem in 12th Century
A Modern View of Saladin's Capture of Jerusalem, 1187
Women
and the Crusades
Eleanor
of
Aquitaine
Queen
Melisende
Skip Knox's Short History of the Crusades
Skip Knox's
Pilgrim's Route to Jerusalem
Franciscan
Images
of
the Holy Land of the Crusades
A
Student's Photo Journal of Crusader Israel
Skip Knox on Islam during the Crusades
Paul Crawford on the Military Orders
Map
of
Europe c. 1120
An
Historical
Atlas
for the Middle Ages
Historical
Atlas for Period
MS Images of the Crusades from BN, Paris
Les
Capetiens et les Croisades (in French)
Aquinas
on
Just
etc. War
Sources
(primary
and
secondary) on Warfare in the Crusades
