History 3348 001
(#24470):
HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES
Fall 2021
Holden Hall 128
MWF 11:00-11:50 am
TEACHER
John Howe,
Professor of
History, Advisor, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, TTU
Office: 143 Holden Hall
Office Hours: MW 12-12:30pm, Tu 9:30-10:30am, and by appointment
Telephone: 806 834‑7544
E‑Mail: john.howe@ ttu.edu
Fax 806 742-1060
Web: http://myweb.ttu.edu/jhowe
(the best way to access
this syllabus)
THE
COURSE
Purposes
To acquire a general knowledge of the crusading
movement in Western Europe, including its ideology, organization, military
strategies, and leadership. To situate the crusades in the larger economic,
cultural, and religious context of the Mediterranean world, a cross-cultural
world where Latin, Greek, and Arabic civilizations interacted. To use the
crusades as a case study for analysis of the problems posed by "holy war,"
imperialism, colonization, and the formation of European consciousness.
To introduce the process by which
historians reconstruct historical events from conflicting primary sources.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of
this class students will be able to:
1. Describe major events and individuals associated with the
crusades.
2. Discuss
the documentary foundation that underlies this historical narrative.
3. Relate the history of the crusades to other major social
developments in the Latin West in the High and Later Middle Ages.
4. Recognize
the origins of some elements of contemporary debates between Western and Islamic
societies.
5 Better appreciate the global context of the developmenet of Western Civilization.
6..
Be more proficient in the
following genres of historical writing:
essay examinations and
comparative analyses of historical documents.
Methods for Assessing the
Expected Learning Outcomes
The Expected Learning Outcomes of
the course will be assessed through examinations, source problems, student
"Wednesday reports,"class
discussion, and miscellaneous classroom assessment activities.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Required Texts
Andrea,
Alfred J., and Andrew Holt, eds. Seven Myths of the Crusades.
Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2015. ISBN 978-1-62466-403-8
Joinville and Villehardouin: Chronicles of the Crusades.
Translated by Caroline Smith. New York: Penguin Group USA, 2008. ISBN
978-0-140-44998-3.
Madden, Thomas
F. The Concise History of the Crusades: Third Student Edition.
Lanham MD: Rowan & Littlefield, 2013. ISBN Paper
978-1-4422-1573-7 978-1-4422-1576-4 or electronic.
978-1-4422-1576-4
Runciman,
Steven. The First Crusade. NewYork: Penguin Modern Classics, 2016. ISBN 978-0141985503
Usama ibn Munqidh: The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades. Translated by Paul M. Cobb. New York: Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-1-62466-403-8.
Internet
Medieval Sourcebook
(IMS):
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Some journal articles accessible via the Texas Tech Library through
JSTOR
Some materials posted on line, to be accessed through the electronic version of
this syllabus.
Required Reading
Specific reading assignments for
each class are listed in the "Reading and Lecture Schedule," just ahead of the
lecture date by which they should be completed. Each assignment concerns the
subject of the following class meeting. Read so that you arrive in class
prepared to explain, praise, criticize, and question. The assignments are
manageable if read on schedule, but overwhelming if you fall behind.
Successful
completion of this course requires regular attendance. In the classroom
difficult reading assignments are interpreted and contextualized, and additional
subject matter is introduced. If you cannot attend 80% or more of the
scheduled classes, you should not be enrolled.
Examinations
Midterm tests are scheduled for Wednesday September 29, and Friday October 22. Each includes
multiple-choice
questions, identification
questions, a single
essay (from two or more choices), and perhaps
map work. If, for good reason,
a test is missed, a make-up test may be taken at 3:30-4:30 pm on Monday, November 29. Students receiving a grade
below "C" on a midterm should meet with the teacher to discuss it (this will be
part of the class participation grade).
The final
examination on Friday, December 3, 1:30-4:00 pm will feature
multiple-choice and
identification questions based on the material covered since the midterm,
and three
essays
(to be chosen out of six or more alternative questions) covering the material of
the entire course. Bring blue books to the final.
Source Problems
Course
assignments include three crusade source problems, cases where the primary
documentary evidence seems to be contradictory. Students will attempt to
reconstruct what happened, presenting their findings in papers no longer than
five typed, double-spaced pages. Since the evidence provided for these case
studies yields no single, indisputable "right answer," all you can do
is to present your arguments for the "most probable" scenario. You will be
given information about how to avoid some common errors. Grades will be based on
logic, analysis, persuasiveness, and comprehensive use of the sources. Be
careful not to violate the History Department and University guidelines on
plagiarism.
The first of
these is due on Wednesday September 15; the second on Monday October 18; the third
on Friday November 5. Papers late by a day or two will be assessed a one
grade penalty, but no later papers will be accepted after the corrected on-time ones have been returned,
.
UNIVERSITY NOTICES
Covid-19 Campus Protocols: As of May 19, 2021, face coverings are now optional in TTU facilities and classrooms, and all other COVID-19 campus protocols have been lifted. It is highly recommended that those who have not been vaccinated for COVID-19 wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the virus.The University will follow CDC, State, and TTU System guidelines in continuing to manage the campus implications of COVID-19. Any changes affecting class policies or delivery modality will be in accordance with those guidelines and announced as soon as possible.
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M Aug 23 introductions
Eurasian World
;
Mediterranean Topography;
Holy
Land Topography ;
Holy Land
Maps;
Modern Israel
W
Aug 25 Geography
[ Th Aug 26 Last Day to add a course]
F Aug 27 Early Medieval Pilgrimage
Runciman 1-12; Date Chart;
M Aug 30 The Greek East at 1000AD
Overview of Islam; "Pact of Omar" ; Kennedy; Andrea 4-20; finish Wednesday Report #1 on Islam
W Sep 1 Islam at 1000AD
John Howe on "Encastellation"; new horse collar; Europe 900; Europe 1000
F Sep 3 The Latin West at 1000
Runciman 33-40; Madden 1-3; Andrea 1-28; finish Wednesday Report #2 on "Holy War"
M Sep 6 Labor Day Holiday
W Sep 8 Holy War
W Sep 8 Laat day to drop a course and get a full refund.]
Runciman 23-32; Madden 4-5; Usama xv-xx; Andrea 17-24; Gregory VII; Late 11th-Century Maps; How to Mess Up the Source Problem. Start Source Problem #1.
F Sep 10 The Turkish Threat
Madden 5-13; Runciman 41-51. Continue writing Source Problem #1.
M Sep 13 Church Reform and the Call to Crusade
Finish Source Problem #1;
No wednesday report due this Wednesday
W Sep 15 Response to the Call
Madden 15-19; Runciman 52-68; Andrea 29-69; Solomon bar Samson
F Sep 17 The Peoples' Crusades
Runciman 69-93; Roster of Crusaders; Anna Comnena
M
Sep 20
The
Crusaders at Constantinople
Madden 23-30; Runciman 94-125 ; finish Wednesday Report #3 on the march through Asia Minor
W Sep 22 The March to Antioch
Runciman 126-168; Battle of Antioch
F Sep 24 The Siege of Antioch
Runciman 169-89; Ibn Al-Athīr; Fulcher of Chartres ; Battle of Jerusalem
M Sep 27 The Fall of Jerusalem
Study ; no wednesday report due this Wednesday
W Sep 29 Midterm #1
Madden 35-46; Andrea 70-90; Crusader States map; Usamah; Fulcher
F Oct 1 Organizing the Crusader States
Usama 253-54; amilton, "Rebuilding Zion"; Hamilton, "Crusader Church" ; Crusader Jerusalem
M Oct 4
Organizing the Crusader Church
Denis Pringle, "The Planning of Some Pilgrimage Churches in Crusader Palestine."
World Archeology 18 1987): 341-62 [access through .
W Oct 6 Crusader Art & Architecture
Madden 46-48; Partner, Templars; Templar Rule.
F Oct 8 The Military Orders
Madden 132-33; Crusader Women; Nicholson; Melisende's Psalter. Start Source Problem #2 by reading and itemizing the documents given
M Oct 11 Women on Crusade
Holmes. Usama 79-81, 93-99, and 142-54.; finish Wednesday Report #5 on daily life in the crusader states ; start Source Problem #2.
W Oct 13 Daily Life in the Crusader States
Madden 48-59; Usama 11-12 and 131-34; Fall of Edessa; Mayer, "2nd Crusade" . Continue writing Source Problem #2.
F Oct 15 Islam Strikes Back
Eugenius III; Capture of Lisbon. Finish Source Problem # 2.
M Oct 18 The Second Crusade
Osprey conquest of Jerusalem
W Oct 20
Crusader Jerusalem
Study
F Oct 22 Midterm #2
Madden 61-72; Usama 23-26, 43-44 49-52; Dynastic Succession; William of Tyre; Saladin Video ; Hattin; Hattin and Its Aftermath
M Oct 25 The Kingdom of Jerusalem at Risk &the Battle of Hattin
Madden 72-77; Usama 179-80; finish Wednesday report #7 on the fall of Jerusalem; Capture of Jerusalem ; Fall of Jerusalem
W Oct 27 The Fall of Jerusalem and the Launching of the Third Crusade
Madden 77-91; The Third Crusade; Ambroise
F Oct 29 The Third Crusade
Madden 115-32; Strayer. Madden 117-29. Teutonic Knights ; In Defense of Teutonic Knights; Children's Crusades ; Andrea 91-105; Cologne Chronicle. Start Source Problem #3.
M Nov 1
Spanish Crusades / Crusades against Heretics
/ Baltic
Crusades / Children's Crusades
Queller on "4th Crusade" (map) and on 4th Crusade Chronology. No Wednesday report due. Continue Source Problem #3.
W Nov 3 Launching the Fourth Crusade
Nicetas Choniates ; Villehardouin 74-135. Finish Source Problem #3.
F Nov 5 The Latin Empire of Constantinople
Madden 134-53; Innocent III; Joinville 161-200; Ibn Wasil; Letters; Map of the Crusader Kingdom 1192-1243; Capture of Jerusalem in 1244
M Nov 8 The Fifth Crusade / Crusade of Frederick II and Its Aftermath
Madden 154-68;
Letter from 1249; Joinville 200-264;
St. Louis Testament. fiinish Wednesday report #8 on the Sixth Crusade
W Nov 10 Louis IX and the Sixth Crusade
[Tu Nov 23 Last day to declare pass fail, drop a class, or withdraw from the university]
Joinville 265-330; Mongols, Battle of Ain Jalut.
F Nov 12 Mongols
Joinville 331-353; Madden 168-76
M Nov 15 The Mainland Crusader States at Risk
Michener ; Fall of Acre.; Abu I-Fidā
Finish Wednesday report #9 on the fall of Acre
W Nov 17 The Fall of Acre
Madden 176-77; Andrea 106-26.
F Nov 19 Fall of Papacy and the Templars
Madden 178-95; Atiya.
M Nov 22 Later Crusades
Tu Nov 23 L:ast Day to Dewclare Pass/Fail or to Drop a COurse with Academic Penalty
[W-F Nov 24-26 Thanksgiving Holiday]
M Niv 29 Later Cusades
Madden 9-13, 194-95, and 197-209;
Runciman "Summing Up"; Effects
of the Crusades ; Andrea 127-49;
Bernard Hamilton, "The Impact of Crusader Jerusalem on Western Christendom,”The Catholic
Historical Review 80 (1994): 695-713 [access through
[M Nov 29 Make-Up Test at
3:30-4:30 pm]
W Dec 1 Summing Up
