2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

M-STO/01 (MEDIAEVAL HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HUMANITIES

LETTERE MODERNE

3°

(25/09/2017 - 10/01/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

FRANK THOMAS - 6 ECTS

'Tutorato' for students lacking basic school knowledge

- 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
- first steps toward a critical reading of modern studies on medieval history
- insights in the most important historiographical works about the main topics of medieval history
- to become curious about medieval history

Introduction to Medieval History:
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. It is propaedeutic to the module B; its 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.

- lectures
- common reading of sources presented in Powerpoint or scans (available on the platform KIRO)
- group work

(A) Reading for students who will attend the class:
(1) Notes from the lessons
(2) Andrea Zorzi (with Francesco Mores), Manuale di storia medievale, Torino, UTET, 2016.

(B) Reading for students who will not attend the class:
(1) Andrea Zorzi (with Francesco Mores), Manuale di storia medievale, Torino, UTET, 2016.
(2) Paolo Cammarosano, Guida allo studio della storia medievale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004.

Written test. The test is divided in five questions: two short ones (on the chronological relationship between events or persons; definitions of notions), a discussion of two important medieval problems, events or phenomena and, finally, a comment on a medieval source (written or figurative) or on a map.