Kristen Brustad, Chair
WMB 6.102, 306 Inner Campus Drive F9400, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-3881
Spring 2007
MES 321K • ISLAM SPAIN/ N AFRICA TO 1492
| Unique | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 41900 |
TTh |
11:00 AM-12:30 PM |
PAR 203 |
SPELLBERG, D |
Course Description
An introduction to the impact of Islam on Spain and North Africa, with emphasis on social, economic, and cultural development. The interplay of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic cultures as well as Western views of Islam in the medieval period will also be treated.
Grading Policy
Mid-term and final, 70% One short paper, 30%
Texts
Abdallah Laroui, The History of the Maghrib, Trans. R. Manheim Thomas F. Glick, Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages The Song of Roland, Trans D. L. Sayers
