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| Semester | spring semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Johan Rose Kasarda MacKechnie (johan.mackechnie@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Rarely associated with the European Middle Ages in past research, new findings by scholars demonstrate that forms of medieval slavery were more widespread than previously thought. By the middle of the fourteenth century, a slaving zone had emerged that linked the different geographic regions of Western Europe, North Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and the Black Sea together. In this course, students will gain an understanding of the demographic, economic, social, and religious dimensions of late medieval Mediterranean slavery. Students will engage with case studies from various geographical regions, along with general theories, to challenge past stereotypical assumptions and to consider medieval slavery from an inter-disciplinary perspective. |
| Bibliography | Amitai, Reuven, and Christoph Cluse, eds. Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean, c. 1000-1500 CE. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2017. Blumenthal, Debra. Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth Century Valencia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009. Epstein, Steven A. Speaking of Slavery: Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. Fynn-Paul. Slaving Zones: Cultural Identities, Ideologies, and Institutions in the Evolution of Global Slavery. Leiden: Brill, 2018. Rios, Alice. Slavery After Rome, 500-1100. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Rotman, Youval. Byzantine Slavery and the Mediterranean World, trans. Jane Marie Todd. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Basis Mittelalter (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Grundlagen der Islamwissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Middle Eastern Studies) Modul: Grundlagen der Islamwissenschaft (Bachelor's Studies - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Geschichte |