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HIST 522 001 (CRN: 16884)
SLAVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Long Title: FORMS OF UNFREEDOM IN MEDIEVAL IBERIA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
Department: History
Instructor: Irish, Maya
Meeting: 2:00PM - 4:30PM W (26-AUG-2024 - 6-DEC-2024)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 5
Enrollment data as of: 4-OCT-2024 4:13AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Graduate reading seminar focuses on the forms of unfreedom in the Middle Ages, 500-1500 CE, with a focus on Islamic and Christian Mediterranean, especially Iberia. Topics will include transition from slavery to serfdom, persistence of domestic slavery, religion as the ideological basis of slavery, sexual exploitation of enslaved women, piracy and human trafficking, and the similarities/differences between the medieval and modern forms of unfreedom.