Spring 2027

The Crusades: Christianity and Islam

Examines the Crusades from Christian and Islamic perspectives, covering historical, social, and religious contexts and their significance for both groups.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Elizabeth Lapina

One student reported the class was easy and managed midterms with minimal review, noting they did not do the readings.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss crusades, interfaith, and cross-cultural relations during the period of crusades and religious violence.

  • Analyze critically a variety of primary and secondary sources, both orally and in writing.

  • Interpret critically modern representations and uses of the medieval past.

  • Assess significant work in the historiography of the medieval period.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2 UW Guide 3

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Prerequisites

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  • Sophomore standing
HISTORY/MEDIEVAL/RELIGST 309

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DAVID MORGAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ELIZABETH LAPINA is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Elizabeth Lapina

Students described Professor Lapina’s lectures as engaging and passionate, noting that her love of participation made the class feel active and supportive.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.63 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 90.7% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.62 GPA, 83.0% A/AB (n=53 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Elizabeth Lapina

One student reported the class was easy and managed midterms with minimal review, noting they did not do the readings.

Past student reviews · Elizabeth Lapina

Feedback on presentation varied; some found bare-bones slides and limited lecture content unengaging, while others noted they learned more from TAs than the professor.

Topics

  • The Crusades from Christian and Islamic perspectives
  • Historical, social, and religious context and significance of the Crusades
  • Interfaith and cross-cultural relations during periods of religious violence

Skills

  • Critical analysis of primary and secondary sources in oral and written formats.
  • Interpreting modern representations and uses of the medieval past.
  • Assessing significant work in medieval historiography.

Grades

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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