BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION

Enrollment year

2015/2016

Academic year

2016/2017

Regulations

DM270

Academic discipline

L-FIL-LET/07 (BIZANTINE CIVILISATION)

Department

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

Course

CLASSICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES

Curriculum

STORICO-ORIENTALISTICO

Year of study

2°

Period

1st semester (26/09/2016 - 11/01/2017)

ECTS

Lesson hours

36 lesson hours

Language

Italian

Activity type

ORAL TEST

Teacher

BRECCIA GASTONE (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Prerequisites

None

Learning outcomes

Basic knowledge of the main characters of Byzantine history and civilization

Course contents

The main features of Byzantine civilization. The bulwark of Europe: the wars of the Byzantine empire

Teaching methods

Lectures

Reccomended or required readings

W. Treadgold, "Storia di Bisanzio", Bologna 2005; G. Breccia, "Lo scudo di Cristo", Roma-Bari 2016

Assessment methods

Oral examinations

Further information

Byzantine sources in Italian translation will be made available by the teacher

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