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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HI 347 - The Crusades


This course will study the medieval crusades in all their complexity and diversity, beginning with the milieu which produced the First Crusade at the end of the 11th Century to the decline and fall of the crusader states in Syria and Palestine at the end of the 13th Century. Our study will close with and analysis of the survival of medical crusade ideals into modern times, with an emphasis on their timely relevance for placing in context the horrific and savage terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Prerequisites: HI 109, or HI 111, or HU 100

Credits: 4 cr.