HISTORY OF MILITARY INSTITUTIONS

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DELLE ISTITUZIONI MILITARI SP
Course code
FM0467 (AF:448562 AR:253427)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
M-STO/02
Period
1st Semester
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The course aims at presenting the various historical dimension of warfare.The emphasis is more on the institutional and social aspects than on the purely technical ones, in order to understand the close interrelations between military institutions and society.
Students are expected to understand both the specifics of military history and its importance to understand the more general dynamics of society and the state
No prerequisite is requested.
Naval battle.
On February 9, 1695 Venetian and Ottoman vessels fought near the Spalmadori Islands. The Venetians were defeated and the military leaders were tried. The course examines the military and logistical apparatus that was mobilized by the Venetian government for the First Morean War (1684-9169), focuses on the naval clash drawing on archival documentation, and finally analyzes the debate that developed over the shortcomings of the Venetian fleet. The course requires the active participation of students.
Jan Glete, Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650. Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe, Londo, Routledge, 2000
Students are expected to actively participate in class, deliver both a presentation and a written paper.
Frontal lectures and active participation of students
Italian
Students are requested to attend classes, for they will partly have a workshop-style character. Attending students must to make a presentation in class and write a paper. Non attending students must to read a text assigned by the teacher and to present two papers.
Evaluation criteria:
Attending 20%
Presentation 40%
Paper 40%
written and oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 17/06/2023