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    MEDI402

    Cross-Cultural Encounters and Exchanges

    An interdisciplinary investigation of significant cross-cultural encounters and exchanges in the medieval world, especially between East and West or northern European and Mediterranean cultures. Possible topics include: the Crusades; the Viking expansions; multi-culturalism in Spain or Sicily; relations between eastern and western Christendoms; international trading relations; inter-relations of the medieval world and the Mongol Empire; the transmission of Arabic science and learning.

    Lecture: 3h

    Lab: 0h

    Tutorial: 0h

    Credits: 1.5