Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Medieval Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: CHRISTIANS & JEWS IN THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC WORLD ***** Examination of Christian and Jewish communities in the Islamic world from the rise of Islam to the Ottoman Empire. Includes the legal status of dhimmis (protected peoples), social and economic life, communal organization, interplay of religious laws, and political authority in these communities, as well as discussion of their modern historiography, a comparative study of Jewish communities in Christendom and Islam, and discussion of Muslim communities living under Christian rule in the Middle Ages. ***** Also offered as HIST 385.