2024
Jihad and the Crusades
Name: Jihad and the Crusades
Code: HIS10583M
10 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/280 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
It is intended that students understand and contextualize historically the main ideologies of Holy War present within peninsular and Mediterranean spaces during the Medieval times; that they recognize the various institutional solutions to make war in the name of religious principles, and understand the dynamics of conflict, opposition and exchange generated in these border societies during the 12th and 13th centuries.
Contents
1. The Christian North and the Islamic South
1.1. From border coexistence to the demonization of the enemy
2. Sacralizing War
2.1. From the martyrdom of warriors to the Jihad coding
2.2. From the wars of God to the Crusade
3. The institutional forms of meritorious war
3.1. The Islamic model: the ribat
3.2. The Christian model: the Order of the Temple
4. The intermediate solutions
4.1. The brotherhood of warriors
4.2. Hispanic military orders
1.1. From border coexistence to the demonization of the enemy
2. Sacralizing War
2.1. From the martyrdom of warriors to the Jihad coding
2.2. From the wars of God to the Crusade
3. The institutional forms of meritorious war
3.1. The Islamic model: the ribat
3.2. The Christian model: the Order of the Temple
4. The intermediate solutions
4.1. The brotherhood of warriors
4.2. Hispanic military orders
Teaching Methods
The teaching of this course is based on theoretical and theoretical-practical classes, supported by iconographic elements, analysis of contemporary texts, group work, readings and individual work, with the presentation and discussion of matters arising from those works
