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History: ‘International’ Collaboration in the Middle Ages: The Lisbon Crusade with Dr Charles West from The University of Sheffield
12th July 2016 @ 13:15 - 14:15
Dr Charles West’s lecture will be about the Lisbon Crusade of 1147, when hundreds of boats gathered in Dartmouth and set off to conquer the city of Lisbon, at the time under Muslim control. It’s about how people in the Middle Ages organised themselves across national boundaries, and how the period wasn’t always as hierarchical as we sometimes think in our obsession with kings and queens.
Learning outcomes include understanding how “ordinary” people could be important in the past, and how the Middle Ages was a period of “international” collaboration based on trade networks.
A blog written by Charles on the topic is available here.
Suitable for: Year 12 students.
Lecturer Profile: Dr Charles West
Preparation/Pre-Reading: None is required although students may wish to consider and discuss some of the issues prior to the event.