Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic discipline
M-STO/01 (MEDIAEVAL HISTORY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Curriculum
Linguistico-filologico-letterario
Period
1st semester (25/09/2017 - 10/01/2018)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
"Tutorato" for students lacking basic school knowledge
Learning outcomes
- to acquire a basic knowledge of medieval history and its sources
- to approach the reading of original sources, textual critique and the linguistic problems raised by medieval texts
- to become curious about medieval history
- to get insight in the most important works on the Middle Ages
Course contents
The course will discuss the principal topics and problems of European history, by studying written and iconographic sources from the 5th to the 15th century. Ist purpose is to give the students an understanding of the tools required for a critical reading of the Middle Ages: general contexts, languages, and tendencies of historiography.
Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Common reading of sources presented in Powerpoint(available on the platform KIRO)
Reccomended or required readings
Reading for students who will attend the class:
1. Notes from the lessons
2. Luigi Provero - Massimo Vallerani, Storia medievale, Firenze Le Monnier 2016.
Reading for students who will not attend the class:
1. Luigi Provero - Massimo Vallerani, Storia medievale, Firenze Le Monnier 2016.
2. P. Cammarosano, Guida allo studio della storia medievale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004.
3) G. Sergi, L'idea di medioevo fra storia e senso comune, Donzelli editore, Roma 2005.
Assessment methods
Written test
Further information
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