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131-106 Holy War, Piracy or Commerce? | |
Note | To be offered Semester 1 2001. Fieldwork will be held in November/December 2000. Special entry conditions apply. Itinerary and travel arrangements available from Australians Studying Abroad. Prospective students must register with ASA prior to approval of enrolments http://www.asatravinfo.com.au. |
Credit Points | 25 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr R Pennell |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year history, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-month intensive field work program in Malta and Tunisia, consisting of sixteen 1.5-hour lecture/workshops, sixteen 1-hour tutorials and at least 16 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; and 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 multicultural and religiously singular. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 8000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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