MEDIEVAL HISTORY

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Academic year
2015/2016
Teacher
ENRICA GUERRA
Credits
6
Didactic period
Secondo Semestre
SSD
M-STO/01

Training objectives

The purpose of this course is to give students a knowledge about the main Medieval European History topics, through the analysis of the main political, social, cultural, economic and religious structures that had characterized the European Society during the 5th-15th centuries, with particular attention to men and women of the Middle Ages.

Prerequisites

None

Course programme

History of the European Medieval Societies, in their people, and cultures, from V to XV century.

Didactic methods

Lectures

Learning assessment procedures

The exam will be oral, questions focus on textbooks and matters covered during the course.

Reference texts

One among these three books:

Cortonesi A., Il medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Roma, Carocci, 2008.

Piccinni G., I mille anni del Medioevo, Milano, Mondadori, 2007.

Vitolo G., Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Milano, Sansoni, 2007.


Also, students that can't attend lessons have to chose one book among those indicated below, if their Medieval History course is 6 credits, or two books if credits are 12:

*Azzara C., Le civiltà del medioevo, Bologna, il Mulino, 2013.

*Cittadinanza e mestieri. Radicamento urbano e integrazione nelle città bassomedievali (secc. XIII-XVI), a cura di Beatrice Del Bo, Roma, Viella, 2014.

*Flori J., La guerra santa. La formazione dell’idea di crociata nell’Occidente cristiano, Bologna, il Mulino, 2009.

*Gasparri S. - La Rocca C., Tempi barbarici. L’Europa occidentale tra antichità e medioevo (300-900), Roma, Carocci, 2012.

*Lazzarini I., L’Italia degli Stati territoriali. Secoli xiii-xv, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003.

*Lewis B., Culture in conflitto. Cristiani, ebrei e musulmani alle origini del mondo moderno, Roma, Donzelli, 2007.

*Marini A., Francesco d'Assisi, il mercante del regno, Roma, Carocci, 2015.

*Lo stato del Rinascimento in Italia. 1350-1520, a cura di Andrea Gamberini e Isabella Lazzarini, Roma, Viella, 2014.

*Todeschini G., La banca e il ghetto. Una storia italiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2016.

*Weinfurter S., Carlo Magno, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015.