• Syllabus

2: Muslims and Jews in medieval Europe (1095–1492)

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Sub sections and their related questions

Reasons for hostility to Muslims: the Crusades; fear of Muslim power; Christian doctrine and teaching

• 17N.3op4.HL.TZ0.03:

  “Christian doctrine and teaching were the most important reasons for hostility to Muslims in medieval Europe.” Discuss.

• 19M.3op4.HL.TZ0.3: Discuss the reasons for the fear of Muslim power in medieval Europe.
• 20N.3op4.HL.TZ0.3: “The main reason for hostility to Muslims was fear of their power.” To what extent do you agree...
• 21N.3op4.HL.TZ0.3: To what extent did Christian doctrine and teaching contribute to the growth of anti-Muslim...

Reasons for Christian opposition to the Muslim states in Spain: religious motivation; economic ambition

• 17M.3op4.HL.TZ0.3: Discuss the reasons for Christian opposition to the Muslim states in Spain.
• 18N.3op4.HL.TZ0.3:

  “Economic ambition was the most significant reason for Christian opposition to the Muslim states in Spain.” Discuss.

Continuous conflict between the Christian-ruled and Muslim-ruled states in Spain: results: warfare on the borders between Christian and Muslim states, for example, the Mediterranean and the Balkans; loss of economic activity and loss of cultural and intellectual diversity; growth of anti-Muslim feelings

• 19N.3op4.HL.TZ0.3: “The loss of economic activity was the most significant result of the conflict between the...
• 21M.3op4.HL.TZ0.3: “The conflict between Christians and Muslims led to the loss of cultural and intellectual...
• 22M.3op4.HL.TZ0.3: “The conflict between Christian-ruled states and Muslim-ruled states had limited impact on...

The role and contribution of Jews in medieval Europe: finance; trade; participation in royal bureaucracy and scholarship

• 17M.3op4.HL.TZ0.4:

  Discuss the role and contribution of Jews in medieval Europe.

• 19N.3op4.HL.TZ0.4: Discuss the contribution of Jews to trade, royal bureaucracy and scholarship in medieval Europe.
• 22M.3op4.HL.TZ0.4:

  Examine the role and contribution of Jews to royal bureaucracies in medieval Europe.

The reasons for persecution of Jews: religious hysteria during the Crusades; official and/or popular anti-Semitism and scapegoating; belief in Jewish culpability for the Black Death

• 17N.3op4.HL.TZ0.04:

  Evaluate the reasons why Jews were often blamed for the Black Death.

• 18N.3op4.HL.TZ0.4: “Religious hysteria during the Crusades was the most significant reason for the persecution of...
• 19M.3op4.HL.TZ0.4: Discuss the effects of the persecution of the Jews in medieval Europe.
• 21M.3op4.HL.TZ0.4: Evaluate the role of the Black Death in the persecution of Jews in medieval Europe.

Impact of persecution of Jews: massacres; expulsion; segregation from society

• 18M.3op4.HL.TZ0.4: “The main consequence of persecution was, for the Jews, their segregation from society.” Discuss...
• 20N.3op4.HL.TZ0.4: “The persecution of the Jews had a negative impact on medieval European society.” Discuss.
• 21N.3op4.HL.TZ0.4: Evaluate the impact of the persecution of Jews on intellectual and cultural life.

Impact of Jewish persecution on society: loss of skill and ability in economic, intellectual and cultural life

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