HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
ARIANNA ROTONDO
Expected Learning Outcomes
According to the Dublin descriptors, at the end of the
course students will demonstrate:
1) an
understanding of themes and problems of the discipline on the theoretical (the
principles of medieval religious thought) and historical (masters and schools)
levels.
2) the
necessary tools to deal with issues with methodology proper to the discipline
to argue competently on the topics and problems covered.
3) adequate
stimuli to build autonomy of judgment, critical analytical skills, synthesis of
new ideas, to be used as possible keys to deal with case studies (deepening of
a classic of medieval thought).
4) a
method to be able to formulate research hypotheses, interpret data and
elaborate possible theses; communicate with technical language and competence.
5) pointers
for independently acquiring new and specialized knowledge, using the tools
provided - on the theoretical and methodological level - during the course.
Course Structure
In addition to lectures, the course
includes two seminars on case studies
or specific topics given by specialists and a guided tour of the Benedictine Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament (Catania) and of Diocesan Archives (Catania).
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory.
Detailed Course Content
The course proposes a general study of the fundamental principles, topics
and authors of Medieval Religious Thought (A). An in-depth study will be
devoted to the concept of heresy, taking up its original meaning of choice,
through a historical pathway that goes from the Montanists to Margherita
Porete, from Giovanna d’Arco of Arc to Marta Fiascaris up to the women of the
1869 Anticouncil and the Modernists, women determined to fight, to know, to
preach (B). Some suggested readings of historiographical essays complete this
path (C).
Textbook Information
A (2 ECTS)
Testi:
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G. D’Onofrio, Storia del pensiero
medievale, Città Nuova, Roma 2011, pp. 17- 52; pp. 236-249;
pp. 296-314; pp. 423-498;
pp. 605-644.
B (2 ECTS)
Testi:
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A. Valerio, Eretiche.
Donne che riflettono, osano, resistono, Il Mulino 2022, pp. 168.
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M. Benedetti, Condannate
al silenzio. Le eretiche medievali, Mimesis 2017, p. 54.
C (2 ECTS)
(un testo a scelta):
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C. Frugoni, Vita di un uomo: Francesco
d’Assisi, Einaudi, Torino 2014, pp. 172.
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Abelardo e Eloisa. Lettere, a cura di M. Fumagalli Beonio
Brocchieri, BUR Rizzoli, Milano 1996,
pp. 245
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A. Vauchez,
Caterina da Siena.
Una mistica trasgressiva, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2018, pp. 140
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R. M. Bell, La
santa anoressia. Digiuno e misticismo dal Medioevo a oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari
1998, pp. 281.
Please remember that in
compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal
to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on
sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the
regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore)
provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle
opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
