1) Knowledge and understanding
The course explores the historical transformations of
Sicily from late antiquity to the Middle Ages, placing them within the broader
Euro-Mediterranean context and examining the interactions among political,
cultural, economic, and territorial dimensions.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding
The acquired knowledge will enable students to
interpret the medieval history of Sicily through a comparative approach,
highlighting the combined role of social, institutional, and cultural factors
in shaping the island’s historical structures and its relations with the
imperial and monarchical systems of power.
3) Making judgements
The study of written sources and material evidence
will support the development of independent interpretative skills and a
critical approach to historical information.
4) Communication skills
Active participation in class discussions will be
encouraged, allowing students to engage with the topics covered and, when
appropriate, to use supplementary learning materials provided by the
instructor.
5) Learning skills
Classroom interaction and the analysis of additional
scholarly contributions will help strengthen independent study skills and
prepare students for the final assessment.
The course aims to provide a synthesis of the main historical processes
that characterized Sicily throughout the long medieval period, examining its
political, social, economic, and religious transformations from the early
medieval period to the fifteenth century. Particular attention will be devoted
to forms of political organization, patterns of urban and rural settlement,
Mediterranean connections, and changes in productive and fiscal structures.
Further attention will also be devoted to the development of the
island’s different political and institutional traditions during the Islamic,
Norman, Swabian, Angevin, and Aragonese periods, with particular reference to
processes of monarchical consolidation, ecclesiastical policies, migration
dynamics, social transformations, and the progressive integration of Sicily
into the economic and cultural networks of the medieval Mediterranean.
- P. Delogu, Il
Medioevo, Il Mulino, Bologna 2005 (123 pp.)
- A. Vanoli, La
Sicilia musulmana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012. (220 pp.)
- F. Maurici, La
Sicilia di Federico II, in Storia
della Sicilia, I. Dalle origini
al Seicento, a cura di F. Benigno e G. Giarrizzo, Roma-Bari, Editori
Laterza, 2003, pp. 94-107.
- F. Maurici, Per
una storia dell’insediamento nella Sicilia federiciana, in Federico e la Sicilia. Dalla terra alla corona,
I, Archeologia e architettura, a
cura di C.A. Di Stefano, A. Cadei, Palermo, Ediprint, 1995, pp. 3-25
- H. Bresc e F. Maurici, I castelli demaniali in Sicilia, [A stampa in
Castelli e fortezze nelle città italiane e nei centri minori italiani (secoli
XIII-XV), a cura di F. Panero e G. Pinto, Cherasco, Centro
Internazionale di Ricerca sui Beni Culturali, 2009, pp. 271-317 © dell’autore -
Distribuito in formato digitale da “Reti Medievali”, www.retimedievali.it].
- F.P. Tocco, Il
Regno di Sicilia tra angioini e aragonesi, Monduzzi editore, Bologna
2008, pp. 7-76.
- P. Corrao, Uomini
d’affari stranieri nelle città siciliane del tardo medioevo, in
«Revista d’historia medieval», 11, 2000, pp. 139-162.
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.
