Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : History
Prev 131-105 Modern & Contemporary Ireland Since 1790
Next 131-145 Contemporary American Society & Culture

 131-106 Holy War, Piracy or Commerce?

Note

To be offered Summer Semester 2001. Fieldwork will be held in November/December 2000.

Credit Points

25

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr R Pennell

Prerequisites

Normally 25 points First Year History.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-month intensive field-work programme in Malta and Tunisia, consisting of sixteen 1.5-hour lecture/workshops, sixteen 1-hour tutorials and at least sixteen site visits

Subject Description

This subject is run in two places: Malta and Tunisia. At each site we will trace similar themes in order to provide a comparative framework for the study of corsairing. These themes include: the development of religious and ideological commitments in the context of the confrontation between the Ottoman empire and its European enemies; the change in the economic relationships between raiding and trading at sea; the evolution of naval techniques of warfare. Finally, students should come to understand the relationship between religion and more general questions of culture in two centres that were both multi-cultural and religiously singular.

Assessment

Written work totalling 8000 words.

Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : History
Prev 131-105 Modern & Contemporary Ireland Since 1790
Next 131-145 Contemporary American Society & Culture
 
Status:                   Official 2000
Last Modified:            Thursday November 25 15:10
SGML to HTML Conversion:  Information Technology Services
Authorised by:            Academic Registrar
Email Enquiries:          Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au