2018/2019

2018/2019

DM270

M-STO/01 (MEDIAEVAL HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HISTORY OF EUROPE

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

(25/02/2019 - 05/06/2019)

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 research
- knowledge of the bibliographical tools necessary for doing research on problems of cultural history
- comprehension of the contributions of international research to the topic of the lecture

The lecture moves from Jakob's Burckhardt "Civilization of the Renaissance" and from the concept of 'individual' proposed by Burckhardt. It will analyze the notions of subject and subjectivity, portrait, individuality and ’type’ in the sources of the Middle Ages,comparing these medieval notions with the terminology used by contemporary historians.

- 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. Valentin Groebner, Storia dell'identità personale e della sua certificazione. Scheda segnaletica, documento d'identità e controllo nell'Europa moderna, Bellinzona 2008
3. an oral presentation on a single topic selected by the student;
4. a written essay on a single topic selected by the student or, alternatively: Writing medieval history, ed. by Nancy Partner, London 200

* Required readings for students not attending the course:
1. Valentin Groebner, Storia dell'identità personale e della sua certificazione. Scheda segnaletica, documento d'identità e controllo nell'Europa moderna, Bellinzona 2008
2. Daniela Rando, La biografia nella medievistica contemporanea e l'apporto della "storia della cultura", in Rivista storica italiana, 123 (2011) p. 272-290
3. L´individu au Moyen Age. Individuation et individualisation avant la modernité, sous la dir. de B.M. Bedos-Rezak et D. Iogna-Prat, Aubier,
Paris 2005. Or, alternatively:
Writing medieval history, ed. by Nancy Partner, London 2005
Le portrait. La représentation de l'individu, ed. by A. Paravicini Bagliani, J.-M. Spieser, J. Wirth, Firenze 2006;
L'autobiografia nel Medioevo. Atti del XXXIV Convegno Storico Internazionale, Todi, 12 - 15 ottobre 1997, Spoleto 1998 (saggi Berschin, Pissani, Stella, Grégoire, Piazzoni, Fumagalli Beonio Brocchieri, Degl’Innocenti, Andenna)

For students who will not attend the class:
A written essay on a limited topic (in one of the two modules of medieval history) and an oral exam about the entire programme of reading and the historical context of the topic. The main criterion for a successful exam – besides the knowledge of the most important aspects of the content of the programme, including its historical context – is the student's competence in reflecting on the use and the criticism of historical sources.
Students who do not attend the class are requested to contact the professor in time. This applies also and especially for students without credit points in medieval history, who have to complete their knowledge with a handbook or by attending the 'tutorato' in medieval history.