MEDIEVAL HISTORY

1) Knowledge and Understanding of the principal methodologies of historical analysis, with reference to interdisciplinary competences relating to literary and philological analysis and documentary research:

 

students will be enabled to learn the fundamental features of medieval civilisation and will fully understand the reading and interpretation of the texts included in the syllabus.

 

2) Applying Knowledge and Understanding, to be demonstrated through the ability to contextualise archaeological and art-historical monuments and artefacts within their respective periods of production, devising and structuring effective arguments and solving problems within their field of study:

 

students will apply the knowledge acquired during the lessons through an in-itinere assessment and the final examination. During the lessons, students will be enabled to fully understand the fundamental aspects of the medieval period and to apply these competences in the examination.

 

3) Making Judgements, to be achieved through the ability to process the data deemed useful for drawing appropriate conclusions, critically evaluating the principal methodological tools of the humanities:

 

students will study the discipline through texts characterised by clarity of exposition and accessibility. Starting from the texts included in the syllabus, in each lesson the instructor will foster critical thinking and independent judgement in the student.

 

4) Communication Skills, expressed in the ability to communicate orally and in writing, effectively and appropriately, to both specialist and general audiences, using registers suited to each recipient:

 

the lessons and the teaching activity carried out by the instructor will foster the development of students' communication skills, achieved through their active participation in the lessons. The instructor will encourage students' on-topic contributions, thereby promoting their expository abilities.

 

5) Learning Skills, expressed in the ability to access bibliographic sources, both printed and digital, and the principal reference tools, within a professional approach to their work:

 

the adoption of texts carefully selected by the instructor will have the fundamental aim of enhancing learning skills. During the lessons, students will be provided with numerous supporting tools, such as summary outlines and chronological tables, in order to facilitate their learning of the discipline.

 

 

Medieval History teaching aims to convey the basic knowledge of the historic period that formed the Euromediterranean 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 incoronation to Emperor of Charlemagne on the Christmas Night of year 800, can be learned fully if we reconstruct organically the history of events, of the custom, of the mentality, of the religion, of the social-economic structure in the Medieval period.

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 and the spiritual heritage of Medieval Civilization (centuries IV-XVI).

Attendance is not compulsory.

Description of historic events that have characterized the Middle Ages. (centuries V-XVI). The course pays particular attention to the use, contents and spiritual heritage of Medieval Civilization (V-XVI centuries).

General course (4 CFU). Textbook:

Chris Wickham, L’Europa nel Medioevo, Carocci Editore, Roma 2020, ISBN 9788843099719, pp. 1-400.

Monographic Study (2 CFU). Textbook: 

Antonino de Stefano, Civiltà Medievale, Cinabro Edizioni, Roma 2023,  ISBN 9788832031232, pp. 200.

     

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The teachers undertake, within the limits of the financial resources, to ensure as far as possible that a copy of the adopted texts is available in the departmental library or (in the case of hard-to-find texts, articles and essays) to make them available on Studium, in accordance with the applicable copyright laws.