INST 2801 - Cru(i)s(ad)ing the Mediterranean

Hours: 3
Examines Christian and Muslim cross-cultural contact in the context of military engagements, commercial relations, and cultural interactions with the East before and after the crusades. On their pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Frankish kings, queens, princes, princesses, papal legates, knights, and merchants cru(i)s(ad)ed the Mediterranean (world), and came in contact with people from diverse places (Constantinople, Antioch, Tripoli, Caesarea), confessions (Greek Orthodox, Jewish, and Muslim), and ethnicities (Greeks, Turks, and Arabs). Accordingly, they exchanged knowledge, merchandise, and cultural artifacts, contributing to an increasingly interdependent scientific, economic, and cultural world. In following the footprints of such diverse personas, students in this course re-examine and address questions of political and cultural hegemony, religious in/tolerance, and economic interdependence that shaped medieval times and continue to shape our modern world.

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INST 2801 - Cru(i)s(ad)ing the Mediterranean