According to the Dublin Descriptors, learning
objectives are:
Knowledge and understanding.
The student will have a good mastery of the methods
and scientific contents related to the main processes and phenomena of
Byzantine History; he /she will acquire the basic methodological tools that
allow a critical reading of historical phenomena; he / she will know the
fundamental instruments of historical investigation and the main interpretative
lines of the contemporary scientific debate related to the discipline.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding.
The student will be able to frame the historical and
cultural themes inherent to Byzantine History in a more general context of
historical development; he/she will be able to critically read, explain and
contextualize, in the light of the most modern methodological and
historiographic acquisitions, the historical sources.
Making judgements.
The course will allow students to acquire:
- awareness of the basic methodological processes of
historical research;
- awareness of the social and cultural relevance of
the historical-cultural heritage.
Communication skills.
The student will be able:
- to communicate in oral and written form on the main
themes of the discipline, using the most appropriate argumentative methods and
using the disciplinary terminology of Byzantine History;
- to rework autonomously and communicate in an
appropriate way the main issues related to Byzantine History and its heritage
in Western culture.
Learning skills.
The
student will then have acquired the ability to use the main tools for finding
information in the discipline, in particular the bibliographical updating
tools. He/she will be able to deal autonomously with the study of specific
themes of Byzantine History with methodological rigour, showing autonomous
capacities of analysis and synthesis.
Module A (6 Credits)
The first part (Part A) of the program
consists of the study of these books:
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G. Ravegnani, Introduzione alla storia bizantina,
Bologna, Il Mulino 2006, pp. 1-186.
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J. Herrin, Bisanzio. Storia dell'impero che unì due mondi,
Milano, Rizzoli, 2021, pp. 1-414.
Module B (3 Credits)
On Byzantine Expansion of X c.:
Nikephoros Phokas and John Tzimiskes
(Part B):
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G. Strano, Giovanni Zimisce. Diplomazia e grandezza militare
nella Bisanzio del X secolo, Perugia 2026, pp. 1-150.
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Jean-Claude Cheynet (a cura di), Il mondo bizantino, II,
L'Impero bizantino (641-1204).
Edizione
italiana a cura di Silvia Ronchey e Tommaso Braccini, Torino 2008, pp. 165-189;
429-511.
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).
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.
