HAD-421 Jerusalem 1000-1400, Connection and Conquest

3 Credits

This course examines how Jerusalem, Holy City to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, shaped medieval art from 1000-1400. It will emphasize cultural connection through trade, exploring the city as one center in an early global trade network, and through travel, looking at art made by and for religious pilgrims and tourists. It will also address the transformation of the urban landscape through conquest, by European Christians form 1095 (the Crusades) and by Saladin, founder of the Muslim Ayyubid dynasty in 1187. Rather than bringing one city-important to one tradition in one moment-into focus, this course emphasizes the diffusion of medieval Jerusalem-s, across cultures and over time.