Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC WORLD

Department: Medieval Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: 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. Cross-list: HIST 437.