History 3A
DeAnza College
Christopher R. Jackson
Primary source analysis paper #4: Encounters in the Levant
Why did Christian Europeans travel to the Middle East for the Crusades? How did the Orthodox Christians and Muslims react to the Crusaders? What were the effects of the Crusades on Christian ideas about personal behavior? Muslim ideas about personal behavior? What was the legacy of the Crusades? How has the image of Crusades affected current world politics?
Use your textbook and the following readings to write an essay analyzing the causes and effects of the Crusades.
On the origins and conduct of the Crusades:
Fulcher of Chartres, The First Crusade (1100s CE) (Link)
Stephen of Blois on the Palestine Campaigns (12th century) (Link)
A German View on the Course of the Second Crusade
Extracts from the Kitab al-Jihad of 'Ali ibn Tahir Al-Sulami (d. 1106)
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/prh3/447/texts/Sulami.html
On the Byzantine reaction to the Crusaders:
Ann Comnena, The Alexiad (Link)
On Christian ideas about personal behavior:
Song of Roland (Link)
On Muslim ideas about personal behavior:
The Sea of Precious Virtues (Link)
Typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides (this is usually the default for most word processing programs), approximately 600-800 words. Note: before sending the assignment, you must rename the file in the following format: LastnameFirstname-papernumber.doc. Example: JacksonChristopher-paper1.doc. Put your name and the assignment name in the subject line of the e-mail. If the file is not properly named, it will not be accepted.Please do not “borrow” material from the web without providing proper citations and enclosing direct quotations in quotation marks. Otherwise, it will be considered plagiarism, and the penalties will be severe.
Due by e-mail attachment.
crjackson81@gmail.com