Print syllabusHistory and Culture of Muslim Spain and North Africa, 1031-1492
General data
| Course ID: | 3104-WH16JSMWIL/L-OG |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.3
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| Course title: | History and Culture of Muslim Spain and North Africa, 1031-1492 |
| Name in Polish: | Dzieje i kultura Hiszpanii muzułmańskiej i Afryki Północnej, 1031-1492 |
| Organizational unit: | Institute of History |
| Course groups: |
General university courses General university courses in the humanities |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | Polish |
| Type of course: | elective courses |
| Mode: | Classroom |
| Short description: |
The course is to introduce the students to the history of the western part of the classical Islamic world - from the fall of the Umayyad caliphate of Cordoba in 1031 until the fall of Granada in 1492, marking the end of Muslim states in the Iberian Peninsula. An emphasis will be put upon social and cultural questions, not on political history in the strict sense. It is the lecturer's intention to enable the students to understand the uniqueness of al-Andalus and North Africa in the classical Islamic world. |
| Full description: |
The main problems discussed during classes (this is not a precise schedule, but just an outline): I. The civil war in al-Andalus (1009-1031) and the end of the Cordoban Umayyads II. The taifa period – political crisis and cultural flourishment III. The advance of the Reconquista in the second half of the 11th century - the Christian states in the Iberian Peninsula IV. The Almoravids and the end of the taifa states - the Arab-Berber relations V. North African Islam and its peculiarities VI. The Almohads in North Africa VII. The Almohads in al-Andalus - Ibn Mardanish and the onset of the Reconquista VIII. Las Navas de Tolosa and the gradual dismantling of the Almohad empire IX. The beginnings of the post-Almohad world in Africa X. The Nasrids and the twilight of al-Andalus |
| Bibliography: |
The main bibliography includes mainly syntheses of the field: 1. D. Wasserstein, The Rise and Fall of the Party Kings, Princeton 1985 2. J. Bosch Vila, Los Almorávides, Granada 1998 (reprinted 3rd edition) 3. A. Huici Miranda, Historia política del imperio almohade. Granada 1999 (reprinted edition) 4. R. Arié, L'Espagne musulmane au temps des Nasrides (1232-1492), Paris 1990 Furthermore, the lecturer proposes further reading depending on the students’ interests. |
| Learning outcomes: |
Students know the general outline of history of Spain, North Africa and the Mediterranean in full and late Middle Ages. They are also able to indicate peculiar traits of western Islam in comparison with the rest of the world of classical Islam.. Lastly, they are able to indicate cultural and social processes peculiar to the region and determining its identity. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
The main assessment criterion is the test covering the discussed topics and administered during the last class. |
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