Enrollment year
2009/2010
Academic discipline
L-FIL-LET/07 (BIZANTINE CIVILISATION)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MUSICOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Course
HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (05/10/2009 - 22/01/2010)
Lesson hours
30 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
provide the necessary knowledge of the East Roman world (4th-15th centuries) in order to give students the initial instruments to pursue more advanced studies in the field.
Course contents
An introduction to Byzantine civilization. Time and space: periods and geographical extension of the East Roman world. The State and its structures. The cornerstones of Byzantium: Hellenism, the Roman heritage, Christianity. Specific themes: agrarian history; the State and Church in Byzantium; the army and a millennium of wars.
Teaching methods
reading and analysis of byzantine sources in italian translation; analysis of iconographic and numismatic sources
Reccomended or required readings
Assessment methods
Oral examination
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