Etiqueta: Crusades

  • South & East Asia

    This guide serves as an introductory resource exploring the legacy of Indigenous thought and its resistance to colonialism. It discusses Tenochtitlan’s founding myth, contrasts Indigenous cosmologies with European beliefs, and analyzes the Spanish conquest’s complex causes, including disease, alliances, and the interplay of political and religious motives.

  • The Classical World: Ancient Greece

    This guide serves as an introductory resource exploring the legacy of Indigenous thought and its resistance to colonialism. It discusses Tenochtitlan’s founding myth, contrasts Indigenous cosmologies with European beliefs, and analyzes the Spanish conquest’s complex causes, including disease, alliances, and the interplay of political and religious motives.

  • The Fall of the Native World

    This guide serves as an introductory resource exploring the legacy of Indigenous thought and its resistance to colonialism. It discusses Tenochtitlan’s founding myth, contrasts Indigenous cosmologies with European beliefs, and analyzes the Spanish conquest’s complex causes, including disease, alliances, and the interplay of political and religious motives.

  • The Year 1492

    This guide, presented by Prof. Jorge Majfud, outlines introductory questions for class discussion about the Reconquest, historical empires, and the persecution of Jews. While not central to the course, these topics encourage engagement. Supplementary readings offer alternative perspectives on lesser-known historical facts documented by primary sources.

  • Understanding the Spanish Reconquest: Key Insights

    This guide, presented by Prof. Jorge Majfud, outlines introductory questions for class discussion about the Reconquest, historical empires, and the persecution of Jews. While not central to the course, these topics encourage engagement. Supplementary readings offer alternative perspectives on lesser-known historical facts documented by primary sources.

  • A History of the Crusades

    A History of the Crusades The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades Steven Runciman Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Great Britain, 1987 Runciman comienza su tercer volumen de A History of the Crusades en el momento de la caída del dominio cristiano en Jerusalén. Esta catástrofe afectó a varios reyes y autoridades eclesiásticas en Europa, por…