History and religion of the Arab-Muslim world I

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Frédéric Bauden, Zacharie Mochtari de Pierrepont

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The Near East during the Crusades: societies and powers (11th-13th centuries)

This course aims to critically study the history of Near Eastern societies from the 11th to the 13th century, following the first crusade (1095-1099) and the establishment of the Crusader States (1099-1291). We will examine the progressive evolution of the political, social, economic, and cultural context in the Eastern Mediterranean. The arrival of the Crusaders and the consolidation of the Crusader states were part of deep transformations within the Medieval Near East, participating in a renewal of the regional social and cultural environment, parallel to the gradual dislocation of the Seljûkid Sultanate, the weakening of the Fatimid Caliphate and the rise of the powerful Italian city-states. Without ignoring Greek and Latin production, we will focus first and foremost on Arabic historiography, to better underline the progressive transformations that led by the end of the 13th century to new social and political reconfigurations.

Each session will introduce a main topic (justice, trade, economy, religious violence, etc.) related to the history of the Middle East, while also framing the regional political and geopolitical context necessary to better grasp the history of this period. Translated texts from Medieval sources will be used as support for the course.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the course, students will have acquired clear benchmarks on the history of the Eastern Mediterranean during the 11th-13th centuries. They will be able to understand and analyse the major historical developments of the Muslim worlds, to deconstruct the clash of civilizations' mindset and better examine questions related to religious violence during the Medieval period. They will also be competent to engage in critical considerations regarding the contemporary uses of the history of the Islamic worlds and that of the Crusades.

 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course will be given ex cathedra, but students are warmly invited to ask questions about the subject and / or express their incomprehension. The last part of each course will be an opportunity for a more open exchange with the instructor regarding the concepts studied.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Masterful presentation with Powerpoint presentations.

Recommended or required readings

The bibliography will be discussed during the first class, to give provide a better orientation in the process of learning. A more specific bibliography will be provided for distinct thematics studied during the course, for students wishing to go further.

The power point of the course will be put on MyULiège at the end of each session.

Required readings

*A. Ducellier, M. Kaplan, B. Martin et F. Micheau, Le Moyen Âge en Orient. Byzance et l'Islam, Hachette Supérieur, Paris, 2003 (rééd. 2014).

Introductive and required reading.

*M. Balard, Croisades et Orient latin XI e-XIV e siècle, Paris, A. Colin, « U », 2eéd., 2003

Introduction, chapter 1 and chapter 7 are required readings (these chapters will be put online on MyULiège).

If unable to read French

C. Hillenbrand, The Crusades. Islamic perspectives, Edinburg, Edinburg, University Press, 1999 (at least chapters 1, 2, 5)

J. Van Steenbergen, A History of the Islamic World 600-1800: Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-modern Islamic West-Asia, Routledge, London, 2020 (at least chapters 5 to 9)

Recommended readings

General handbooks and synthesis on the history of the Medieval Middle East (Muslim Worlds, Byzantium)

Th. Bianquis, P. Guichard, M. Tillier (dir.), Les débuts du monde musulman, VIIe-Xe siècle, Paris, PUF, 2012.

C. Aillet, E. Tixier du Mesnil, E. Vallet (dir.) Gouverner en Islam entre le Xe et le XVe siecle, Paris, Atlande, 2014.

J.-C. Cheynet, Histoire de Byzance, Paris, PUF, « Que sais-je ? », 2004.

J.-C. Cheynnet (dir.), Le monde byzantin. L'Empire byzantin (641-1204), Paris, Nouvelle Clio, 2006.

A. Ducellier, M. Kaplan, B. Martin et F. Micheau, Le Moyen Âge en Orient. Byzance et l'Islam, Hachette Supérieur, Paris, 2003 (rééd. 2014).

A. Ducellier et al., Byzance et le monde orthodoxe, Paris, A. Colin, 1995.

J.-C. Garcin et alii, États, sociétés et cultures du monde musulman médiéval (Xe-XVe siècles). Tome 1, L'évolution politique et sociale, Paris, Nouvelle Clio, 1995.

J.-C. Garcin et alii, États, sociétés et cultures du monde musulman médiéval (Xe-XVe siècles). Tome 2, Sociétés et cultures, Paris, Nouvelle Clio, 1995.

C. Morrisson et A. Laiou, Le monde byzantin. L'empire grec et ses voisins (XIIIe-XVe siècle), Paris, Nouvelle Clio, 2011.

C. Picard, Le monde musulman du XIe au XVe siècle, Paris, Broché, Paris, 2000 (rééd. 2014).

J. Van Steenbergen, A History of the Islamic World 600-1800: Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-modern Islamic West-Asia, Routledge, London, 2020.

General handbooks and synthesis on the Crusades

M. Balard, Croisades et Orient latin XI e-XIV e siècle, Paris, A. Colin, « U », 2eéd., 2003.

M. Balard, Les Latins en Orient (XIe-XVe siècle), Paris, Nouvelle Clio, 2001.

C. Hillenbrand, The Crusades. Islamic perspectives, Edinburg, Edinburg, University Press, 1999.

P. Holt, The Age of the Crusades. The Near East from the Eleventh Century to 1517, London, New York, Routledge, 1986.

C. Tyerman, God's War, A new History of the Crusades, Londres, Penguin, 2007. 

Editions and collections of translated sources 

A.-M. Eddé, F. Micheau, L'Orient au temps des croisades, Paris, Flammarion, 2002.

M. Balard, A. Demurger, P. Guichard,Pays d'Islam et monde latin, Paris, Hachette, 2000.

F. Gabrieli, Chroniques arabes des croisades. Textes recueillis et traduits, Paris, Sindbad, 1977.

D. Regnier-Bohler (éd.), Croisades et pèlerinages. Récits, chroniques et voyages en Terre sainte, Paris, R. Laffont, 1997.

More specialised articles & studies

D. Aigle, « La conception du pouvoir en islam. Miroirs des princes persans et théories sunnites (XIe-XIVe siècles), Perspectives médiévales, 31, 2007, p. 17-44,

Th. Bianquis, « Les pouvoirs de l'espace ismaïlien » dans J.-Cl. Garcin (dir.), Etats, cultures, sociétés et cultures du monde musulman medieval Xe-XVe siecle, Paris, Nouvelle Clio, 1995.

M. Bonner, Le Jihad. Origines, interprétations, combats, Paris, Téraèdre, 2004.

E. Bosworth, « Saldju?ides », Encyclopédie de l'Islam, seconde édition.

M. Canard, « Fatimides », Encyclopédie de l'Islam, seconde édition.

F. Daftary, Les ismaéliens, histoire et destin d'une communauté musulmane, Paris, Fayard, 2003.

A. Demurger, Chevaliers du Christ. Les ordres religieux-militaires au Moyen Âge (XIe-XVIe siècle), Paris, Seuil, 2002. 

S. Denoix, « L'exercice du pouvoir à l'âge des sultanats », Annales Islamologiques, 46, 2012, p. 255-272.

A.-M. Eddé, Saladin, Paris, Flammarion, 2008.

J. Flori, Guerre sainte, Jihad, Croisade, Paris, Seuil, 2002.

Chr. Lange et S. Mecit (éd.), The Seljuqs: politics, power and culture, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

Y. Lev, State and Society in Fatimid Egypt, Brill, Leiden, 1991.

E. Sivan, L'Islam et la croisade : idéologie et propagande dans les réactions musulmanes aux Croisades, Paris, Adrien-Maison-neuve, 1968.

 

 

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Oral examination

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Course director

Prof. Frédéric BAUDEN
Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité
Place du 20-Août, 7 à B-4000 Liège
Tél. 04 366 53 32 - Fax 04 366 56 55
E-mail F.Bauden@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat
Valérie ELIAS
Tél. 04 366 55 44

Course instructor
Zacharie Mochtari de Pierrepont
Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité
Place du 20-Août, 7 à B-4000 Liège
Tél. 04 366 53 32 - Fax 04 366 56 55
E-mail z.depierrepont@gmail.com (preferred contact)

zde.pierrepont@uliege.be

 

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