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HIST 416 - The Crusades

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: Any two of the following: HIST 111, HIST 112, HIST 131, HIST 132, HIST 221, HIST 222; or consent of instructor
Violence in the name of religion has a long history. This course explores the ideologies of holy war in Christianity and Islam through an examination of the sources and cultures of Latin Christendom, the Byzantine empire, and the Islamic world, their conflicts and their larger interactions in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Offered alternate years. May be taken for graduate-level credit.