MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
MARCO LINO LEONARDI
Expected Learning Outcomes
Medieval History teaching
aims to convey the basic knowledge of the historic period that formed the Euro-Mediterranean
area from the Fifth to the Sixteenth Century. It will be demonstrated during
the course of lessons as every single historic event, for example, the imperial
coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Night of year 800 AD, can be understood,
if we reconstruct the history of events, of the culture, and of the
social-economic structures in the Medieval period.
Course Structure
The teaching is divided into
two parts that are closely related. The general course aims to the knowledge of
the peculiar characteristics of the cultural, economics, philosophical,
religious and social foundations from the Edict of Tolerance (313) to the
action of Martin Luther (1483-1546) inside the variegated world of the medieval
society (centuries IV-XVI). The monographic course investigates the
utilization, the culture, the reception of Protestantism in Late Medieval Europe
(XVI centuries). Particular importance will be given to the description of the
clashes to control of conscience, cultural production and their solution.
Required Prerequisites
No prerequisites required.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory.
Detailed Course Content
Description of historic events that have
characterized the Middle Ages. (centuries V-XVI). The course pays particular
attention to the use, changing of mentality and diffusion of Luther’s Thought
and action in Late Medieval Europe (XVI centuries).
Textbook Information
General course (5 CFU). Textbook:
- Oscar Halecki, Il Millennio d’Europa,
D’Ettoris Editori, Cosenza 2023, ISBN 9788893280853, pp. 1-500.
Monographic Study (1 CFU). Textbook:
- Ermanno Pavesi, La rivoluzionaria
teologia di Lutero. Agli albori della Riforma Protestante, D’Ettoris
Editori, Cosenza 2022, ISBN 9788893281256, pp. 120.
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.
