Information Literacy 
According to the University of Auckland’s Information Literacy Policy, ‘information literacy’ is the set of intellectual capabilities, knowledge and skills needed to use information and the ability to continue to develop these skills into the future. The study of history is a particularly good environment in which to enhance students’ information literacy capabilities. History 243/356 (‘Body and Blood’) seeks to develop these skills by helping students undertake the following specific tasks:
- Analyse and discuss a range of primary sources
- Engage with and critically evaluate relevant academic literature
- Undertake library research with the aim of organising and writing academic assignments that include coherent arguments and supporting evidence
- Become familiar with information technology as a tool for academic research
Reading Lists
Books in the Short Loan Collection and electronic readings for this course are available by searching Readings & Exams.
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General Texts
- Berman, Constance Hoffman, ed., Medieval Religion: New Approaches (New York, 2005). Library copies
- Bokenkotter, Thomas, A Concise History of the Catholic Church (revised edn, New York, 2004). Library copies
- Cohen, Mark, Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages (Princeton, N.J., 1994). Library copies
- Fletcher, Richard, The Cross and the Crescent: Christianity and Islam from Muhammad to the Reformation (London, 2003). Library copies
- Hamilton, Bernard, The Christian World of the Middle Ages (Stroud, 2003). Library copies
- Hourani, Albert, A History of the Arab Peoples (London, 2002). Library copies
- Logan, F. Donald, A History of the Church in the Middle Ages (London and New York, 2002). Library copies
- O'Shea, Stephen, Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World (New York, 2006). Library copies
- Volz, Carl A., The Medieval Church: From the Dawn of the Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation (Nashville, 1997). Library copies
- Wheatcroft, Andrew, Infidels: A History of the Conflict between Christendom and Islam (New York, 2004). Library copies
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