MEDIEVAL HISTORY

The course 'Storia Medievale' is part of the core educational activities of the Bachelor's degree programme in History.
In the academic year 2021-2022 there will only one Medieval History course. Non couse will be held in the second semester.

By the end of the course, student should have developed a good knowledge of the medieval centuries in their social, economic and political aspect, together with the major sources for their study and the most relevant historiographical questions.

No one in particular is required.

The Middle Ages from Constantine to Moctezuma.
The persistence and changes that characterised Europe will be analysed, but attention will also be paid to North Africa and the Near East. Together with social, economic and military aspects, individual events, personalities, literary and artistic works will be dealt with in detail.

Students may choose between the following programs:

A.
1. Teaching materials provided in classroom and available online (Moodle platform);
2. A. Zorzi, Manuale di Storia Medievale, II ed., Torino: UTET Università, 2021.

B.
1. A. Zorzi, Manuale di Storia Medievale, II ed., Torino: UTET Università, 2021.
2. G. Sergi, L'idea di medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune, Roma, Donzelli, 1998-2005.
3. One of the following texts:

- Canaccini, F.,1289 La battaglia di Campaldino, Roma, Bari, Laterza 2021
- Di Carpegna Falconieri, T., Medioevo militante. La politica di oggi alle prese con barbari e crociati, Torino, Einaudi, 2011;
- Dolso, M. T., Gli ordini mendicanti. Il secolo delle origini, Roma, Carocci, 2021;
- Gasparri, S., Desiderio, Roma: Salerno, 2019;
- Montanari, M., Alimentazione e cultura nel Medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1988;
- Tramontana, S., Il Mezzogiorno medievale. Normanni, svevi, angioini, aragonesi nei secoli XI–XV, Roma, Carocci, 2018.

The knowledge acquired will be through a written exam with four open questions. Three of these will need to be answered.

written

18-24. Sufficient or fair knowledge of the topics covered and reference texts.
25-27. Good knowledge.
28-30. Excellent knowledge of the exam subject.
A relevant participation in class will positively influence the final evaluation.

The course will be held over 60 hours (12 ECTS) and classes will be focused on archival sources and historical researches in order to learn how to analyse critically history processes and to frame hypotheses and interpretation of facts as proposed by chosen topics.

In the academic year 2021-2022 there will only one Medieval History course. Non couse will be held in the second semester.

The course Medieval History is intended exclusively for students who take the 12 CFU exam and consists of two parts that cannot be separated from each other.