European history

To acquire a basic knowledge of main events of modern history of Europe.

Dublin’s descriptors framework: 1) knowledge and understanding skills such as to reinforce those achieved in the first cycle; ability to elaborate and / or apply original ideas, in a research context.

2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding and ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's field of study;

3) ability to integrate knowledge and to formulate judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily complete;

4) ability to communicate one's knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.

5) ability to carry out research autonomously.

Part A (4 ECTS)

The general european history with particular attention to the most meaningful moments:

The geographical discoveries;

Renaissance and modern State;

The Protestant Reform in Europe of the XVI century;

“Controriforma” and Catholic Reform;

The crisis of the XVII century;

The Enlightenment in Europe

The industrial revolution;

The American revolution;

The French revolution;

The Napoleonic empire.

 

Part B (5 ECTS)

Religion and birth of the modern states

Religious, political and cultural aspects in modern Sicily 

Modulo A

Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, L'età moderna. Una storia globale, Laterza, Roma-Bari,  2022 (pp. 472).

 

Modulo B

Christopher F. Black, Storia dell'Inquisizione in Italia. Tribunali, eretici, censura, Carocci, Roma 2018, (pp. 485)

Carmen Salvo, Monache a Santa Maria dell'Alto. Donne e fede a Messina nei secoli XV e XVI, Società Messinese di Storia Patria, Messina, Messina 1995 (pp. 204).