Navigating Seas of Faith: Authority and Religious Identity in the Mediterranean

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dept. of History, Western Michigan Univ.

Organizer Name

David D. Terry

Organizer Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Larry J. Simon

Presider Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 1

The Canon and the Mosque: A Case of Christian-Muslim Relations in Twelfth-Century Toledo

Presenter 1 Name

Patrick Harris

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 2

"We don't need no stinkin' pope (except to call crusades)": The Crusader Kingdom and Canon Law in the Twelfth Century

Presenter 2 Name

Phyllis G. Jestice

Presenter 2 Affiliation

College of Charleston

Paper Title 3

United by Fear: Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Merchants Facing a Pirate Attack in 1301

Presenter 3 Name

David D. Terry

Paper Title 4

Ransoming Captives in Late Medieval Sicily

Presenter 4 Name

Jack Goodman

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 213

Description

This session will explore issues of faith, the place of authority, and intercultural interaction in the Mediterranean from the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. Crusading, piracy, slavery, and a mosque converted to a farmhouse will be discussed in papers by new and established scholars.

David D. Terry