HIB0446 The First Crusade an the Idea of Crusading

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 K21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to comprehend the origins of the crusades to the Holy Land and clarify their conceptual framework;
to use the knowledge of the crusade world for a critical reflection of the long-lasting and complicated coexistence of the Christians, Jews and Muslims;
to create an image of the values of Western civilisation in the 11th and 12th centuries;
to propose justified (well-reasoned) interpretations of the contemporary sources;
to draw potential parallels to the present-day world on the basis of the acquired information.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, terminology, historiography
  • 2. Situation in the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Mediterranean before the First Crusade
  • 3. Idea of the holy (just) war in Christian and Muslim culture
  • 4. Jerusalem and its position in Christian, Muslim and Jewish culture
  • 5. Perception of the Muslims and their faith in Western Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries
  • 6. Perception of the Jews in Christian and Muslim culture
  • 7. Attitude of the pope and emperor to the campaigns to the Holy Land
  • 8. Declaration of the First Crusade
  • 9. Participants in the First Crusade
  • 10. Origins of Christian states in the Holy Land
Literature
  • J.Riley-Smith, The Oxford History of the Crusades, Oxford 1999.
  • C. Erdmann, Die Entstehung des Kreuzzugsgedankens, München – Darmstadt 1965.
  • H. E. Mayer, Geschichte der Kreuzzüge, Stuttgart 1989 (více vydání).
  • Křížové výpravy očima arabských kronikářů. Edited by Francesco Gabrieli, Translated by Josef Prokop. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2010, 336 s. ISBN 9788025703335. info
  • BRIDGE, Antony. Křížové výpravy. Translated by Marie Kreysová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1995, 228 s. ISBN 8020005129. info
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander, Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ, Vladimír FIALA, Věra HROCHOVÁ, Milan LOOS, Oldřich TŮMA and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Byzance. Edited by Bohumila Zástěrová. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 529 stran. ISBN 8020004548. info
  • HROCHOVÁ, Věra. Křížové výpravy ve světle soudobých kronik. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1982, 255 s. URL info
  • HROCHOVÁ, Věra and Miroslav HROCH. Křižáci v Levantě. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1975, 309 s. URL info
  • DUGGAN, Alfred. Křižácké výpravy. Translated by Vladimír Pražák. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1973, 214 s. URL info
  • RUNCIMAN, Steven. Pád Cařihradu. Translated by Josef Kostohryz. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1970, 189 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture connected with commented reading of contemporary sources; discussion
Assessment methods
Writing a case study; discussion about the submitted paper
Language of instruction
Czech
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