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ORIE-B110

Histoire du monde arabo-musulman médiéval I

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Jean-Charles DUCENE (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

M. DUCENE:We see the history of the medieval Middle East in two parts.First part: pre-Islamic Arabia, the biography of Muhammad, the birth of the Muslim state and its political structure, the orthodox caliphs, the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties, the history of Muslim Spain and Maghreb until the 11th century. Second part: the Fatimids, the Seljuks, the impact of the Crusades, the Ayyubids, arrival of the Mongols, the Mamluks; in North Africa, we see the Almoravid and Almohads dynasties.M.DYE :First part: The historical context of nascent Islam: the Arabic peninsula and the Middle East in the 7th century AD; Muhammad's life and his spiritual experience; Structure and content of the Qur'ân; The Development of the sunna; Islam's basic tenets (tawhîd, 'adl, sharî'a, 'ibâdât, mu'âmalât...); Islamic religious sciences (fiqh, tafsîr, hadîth, kalâm).Second part: Schisms in islam; Shi'ism; Soufism and Islamic mysticism; Modern and contemporary reformism and fondamentalism

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

History of the Medieval Middle East (M. DUCENE)Introduction to the history of Islam (M. DYE)

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Teaching methods and learning activities

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

M. DUCENE:Cahen, Cl., L'Islam, des origines au début de l'empire ottoman, Paris, 1985. Guichard, P., Al-Andalus, 711-1492: une histoire de l'Andalousie arabe, Paris, 2001. Kennedy, H., When Baghdad ruled the Muslim World, s.l., 2004M. DYE:1. Encyclopédie de l'Islam, 2e édition, Leyde, Brill, 1954-2004, 12 volumes. 2. Dictionnaire historique de l'Islam, par Janine et Dominique Sourdel, PUF, 1996. 3. Mervin, Sabrina, Histoire de l'Islam. Fondements et doctrines, Champs Flammarion, 2001. 4. Goldziher, Ignaz, Le dogme et la loi dans l'Islam. Histoire du développement dogmatique et juridique de la religion musulmane, Geuthner & Editions de l'éclat, 2005. 5. Le Coran, trad. par Régis Blachère, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1999. 6. De Prémare, Alfred-Louis, Aux origines du Coran: questions d'hier, approches d'aujourd'hui, Paris, Téraèdre, 2004. 7. Mérad, Ali, La tradition musulmane, Paris, PUF, 2001. 8. Amir-Moezzi, M. A. et Jambet, C., Qu'est-ce que le shî'isme, Fayard, 2004. 9. Spencer Trimingham, J., The Sufi Orders in Islam, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998. 10. Von Grunebaum, G., L’identité culturelle de l’islam, Paris, Gallimard, 1973

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Essay + oral examination

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