HIST 460 - Medieval Terrorism, Opportunism, or Acts of Love?: A Study of Crusade Historiography

FC SSCI

4 credits
Whether criticized as examples of intolerance or used in the rhetoric of conservative religious and political leaders in the United States, the terms crusade and crusaders continue to carry significance. Yet how many who use the term realize its history or the historiographical debate over how we should interpret the terminology, motives, and deeds of the crusading era? In this course, students explore the way the crusades have been interpreted by historians from the eleventh century to the twentieth-first and learn to discern how historical interpretations not only describe the past but also shed light on contemporary attitudes and perspectives.
Course Last Offered/Scheduled: Fall 2016