2016/2017

2017/2018

DM270

M-STO/02 (MODERN HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Studi internazionali

2°

1st semester (02/10/2017 - 16/12/2017)

6

40 lesson hours

Italian Early modern Europe

ORAL TEST

RODA MARICA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

No special prerequisites are needed

Obiettivi


The aim of this course is :

a) to give students a broad understanding of the main trends of early modern European history

b) to emphasize the strong connections between past and present.

c) to develop a critical attitude in studying history

d) to Improve the use of disciplinary vocabulary


Risultati di apprendimento


At the end the student will have consolidated the factual knowledge of the early modern age in Europe and will be able to critically discuss its basic articulations

The course explores ‘early modern’ European history, from 1450 to 1848.
The course examines the period paying particular attention to main political, social,
economic, intellectual, and religious transformations, such as the growth of the
modern state, Reformation and its political consequences, secularization, political,
cultural and economic revolutions, it also introduces to the main interpretations
(eg. Modernity/postmodernity, change/continuity, periodization etc).

Students will find the scheduled lectures, the required readings and the optional assignments on Kiro (http://elearning2.unipv.it/scipol/course/index.php?categoryid=2)
They must register on Kiro before the beginning of the lessons

Lectures are mostly interactives. In each class we will discuss weekly readings on textbook or other materials (e.g. newspaper articles).

Attendance and informed participation in class is highly recommended

F. Benigno, L’età moderna, qualsiasi edizione


or

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Early modern Europe 1450-1789, Cambridge 2014 (copy in Department Library)

Oral exam.

Foreign students can agree with the teacher a written exam.

Attending student status is defined by the quality of active participation
And not by the amount of lessons learned.

The list of attending students will be published on Kiro at the end of the lessons.