2017/2018

2017/2018

DM270

M-STO/01 (MEDIAEVAL HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HISTORY OF EUROPE

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

(26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

RANDO DANIELA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

General knowledge of medieval history

- ability to employ the most important methods of historical criticque
- knowledge of the political context of Europe in the 12th-15th century
- knowledge of the bibliographical tools necessary for doing research on problems of political and ecclesiastical history
- comprehension of the contributions of international research (especially written in English) to the topic of the seminar

Did man vote during the Middle Ages? Consensus, representation and election between Church and laity

The Seminar discusses the different ways through which, in the late Middle Ages, the lay and ecclesiastical communities chose the urban rectors and officials, the university rectors, the abbots / abbesses, the bishops.
By examining the adopted procedures, it will focus on issues of political and ecclesiological reflection - sovereignty, repraesentatio, language and forms of consensus - related to the ever-present problems of the associated life.

- Lectures;
- Powerpoint presentation of images and maps (available on KIRO)
- reading sessions;
- oral presentations on topics selected by the students;
- papers on topics selected by the students.

* Required readings for students attending the course:
1) Notes from the lectures;
2) Orazio Condorelli, Principio elettivo, consenso, rappresentanza: itinerari canonistici su elezioni episcopali, provvisioni papali e dottrine sulla potestà sacra da Graziano al tempo della crisi conciliare (secoli XII – XV), Roma 2003;
3) short paper.

* Required readings for students not attending the course:
1) Lorenzo Tanzini, A consiglio: la vita politica nell'Italia dei comuni, Bari, Laterza, 2014;
2) Orazio Condorelli, Principio elettivo, consenso, rappresentanza: itinerari canonistici su elezioni episcopali, provvisioni papali e dottrine sulla potestà sacra da Graziano al tempo della crisi conciliare (secoli XII – XV), Roma 2003;
3) David van Reybrouck, Contro le elezioni : perché votare non è più democratico, trad. Di M. Pinamonti, Milano, Feltrinelli 2015

- Oral exam on the contents of the course;
- an oral presentation on a single topic selected by the student;
- a written essay on a single topic selected by the student.