The
Crusades
PROFESSOR HYAMS
Fall 2008
White Hall 106
TR 2:55 - 4:10 pm
The
Crusades
PROFESSOR HYAMS
Fall 2008
White Hall 106
TR 2:55 - 4:10 pm
Office Hours
Prof. Hyams MG 307 (5-2076, 257-3168) Wed 11:-12 noon; Thurs 1:30-2:15 pm
Ada Kuskowski (TA) MG B46 Tues 4:30-5:30 pmREQUIRED 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 4-8 in
Course Packet from Campus
Store. 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) [Selections in Course
Packet II]
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
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. Please check it out 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 28
FIRST PAPER
TOPICS TO BE AGREED BY THURSDAY SEPT 11
II. The First Kingdom to 1174: TR Sept 9, 11
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
"THE
LISBON EXPEDITION, 1147"
EUGENIUS
III CRUSADING BULL, 1145
THE WURZBURG
ANNALIST ON
THE FAILURE
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)
V. Development of the Crusading Idea: TR Sept 30;
Oct 2
EXHORTATION
TO THE TEMPLARS, ? BY HUGH DE PAINS, ?1128
St.
Bernard's "In Praise of the New Chivalry"
The
Templar Rule (French version in English translation)
SONG
OF ROLAND
THE
VEZELAY NARTHEX 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 such 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 R Oct 16 only
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
21, 23
JOINVILLE'S
LIFE OF ST. LOUIS
AL-MAQRISI
ON ST. LOUIS' CRUSADE
XI. The Latin East in the Thirteenth Century: TR Nov
11, 13
SECOND
PAPER DUE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18
XII. Warfare:
TR Nov 18, 20
Images of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem:
| FINAL
EXAM Thursday, Dec 11, 7 pm. RF 230 |
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
