HIst. 433 Week 2

Week 2 Impact of the First Crusade: Byzantine, Jewish, and Muslim Perspectives

Mon 5/31 Memorial Day Holiday

Tue 6/1 The Crusading Movement and States of Mind

secondary: Oxford Illustrated History, Chapter 3
secondary: Oxford Illustrated History, Chapter 4

Wed 6/2 Journeys and Battles: Different Accounts

secondary: Riley-Smith, Crusades, Chapter 2
primary: Peter the Hermit and the Popular Crusade
primary: Journey to Constantinople
primary: Siege and Capture of Nicea
primary: Siege and Capture of Antioch
primary: Siege and Capture of Jerusalem
primary: Crusader Letters

Thu 6/3 The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

secondary: Riley-Smith, Crusades, Chapter 3
secondary: Riley-Smith, Crusades, Chapter 4
primary: William of Tyre, Godfrey of Bouillon as Defender of the Holy Sepulchre
primary: The Taxes of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
(secondary: The Latin Kings of Jerusalem)

Fri 6/4 Cross-cultural Interactions: Different Perspectives

primary: Emico and the Slaughter of the Rhineland Jews (Albert of Aix and Ekkehard of Aura)
primary: Solomon bar Samson, Crusaders in Mainz
primary: Crusaders in Constantinople
primary: Anna Comnena, On a Rude Crusader
primary: Fulcher of Chartres, The Latins in the East
primary: Usamah ibn Munqidh, Autobiography
secondary: Oxford Illustrated History, Chapter 10

kjolly@hawaii.edu revised 5/20/99