The course aims to provide students with the main methodological tools to analyze and interpret society and economy during the medieval period. Its objective is twofold: on one hand, it intends to provide students with a complex series of conceptual and categorical tools from which it is possible to "think" a social and economic structure; on the other hand, it intends to bring students closer to medieval sources their problems, allowing them to acquire an adequate methodology to reconstruct individuals, groups, practices and circuits as well as to identify the processes of change starting from a specific documentary corpus.
Curriculum
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The course aims to provide studens with an updated and exhaustive picture of the urban Italian societies during the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with particular attention to the regions and cities where the municipal political phenomenon was most evident. Based on and interacting with the most updated historiography – and starting from the so-called «Annales school» – the lessons will focus first on the configuration and types of sources available for this period, and the following aspects will be analyzed then: the economic growth of the West and the European political frameworks between eleventh and twelfth century; the emergence and developments of city communes; urban societies and social actors, (laymen and clergy); the urban economies within a wider Euro-Mediterranean economic framework; written culture and intellectuals. The lessons will alternate between frontal explanations and direct exercises on the sources or on specific bibliography.
- François Menant, "L’Italia dei comuni (1100-1350)", transl. by E. Igor Mineo, Roma, Viella, 2011 (ed. or. Paris 2005)
- not attending students should add: Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, Enrico Faini, "Il sistema politico dei comuni italiani (secoli XII-XIV)", Milano-Torino, Bruno Mondadori Campus, 2010
Further bibliography (exercitations):
- Paolo Cammarosano, "Italia medievale. Struttura e geografia delle fonti scritte", Roma, Carocci, 2011 (prima ed. 1991)
- Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, "Cavalieri e cittadini. Guerra, conflitti e società nell’Italia comunale", Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 (ed. or. Paris 2003)
- Chris Wickham, "Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo. L’affermazione dei comuni italiani nel XII secolo", transl. by Luigi Provero, Roma, Viella, 2017 (ed. or. Princeton 2015)
- "Origine dei comuni. Discutere «Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo» di Chris Wickham", ed. Sandro Carocci, «Storica» 70 (2018), pp. 91-149
Programme
Italian urban societies between the eleventh and fourteenth centuriesThe course aims to provide studens with an updated and exhaustive picture of the urban Italian societies during the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with particular attention to the regions and cities where the municipal political phenomenon was most evident. Based on and interacting with the most updated historiography – and starting from the so-called «Annales school» – the lessons will focus first on the configuration and types of sources available for this period, and the following aspects will be analyzed then: the economic growth of the West and the European political frameworks between eleventh and twelfth century; the emergence and developments of city communes; urban societies and social actors, (laymen and clergy); the urban economies within a wider Euro-Mediterranean economic framework; written culture and intellectuals. The lessons will alternate between frontal explanations and direct exercises on the sources or on specific bibliography.
Core Documentation
Textbooks:- François Menant, "L’Italia dei comuni (1100-1350)", transl. by E. Igor Mineo, Roma, Viella, 2011 (ed. or. Paris 2005)
- not attending students should add: Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, Enrico Faini, "Il sistema politico dei comuni italiani (secoli XII-XIV)", Milano-Torino, Bruno Mondadori Campus, 2010
Further bibliography (exercitations):
- Paolo Cammarosano, "Italia medievale. Struttura e geografia delle fonti scritte", Roma, Carocci, 2011 (prima ed. 1991)
- Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, "Cavalieri e cittadini. Guerra, conflitti e società nell’Italia comunale", Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 (ed. or. Paris 2003)
- Chris Wickham, "Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo. L’affermazione dei comuni italiani nel XII secolo", transl. by Luigi Provero, Roma, Viella, 2017 (ed. or. Princeton 2015)
- "Origine dei comuni. Discutere «Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo» di Chris Wickham", ed. Sandro Carocci, «Storica» 70 (2018), pp. 91-149
Type of delivery of the course
Lessons will alternate between frontal explanations and direct exercises on the sources or on specific bibliography. The sources will always be presented both in their original language and in Italian or english translation. Lesson will be held on tuesday and thursday from 15.00 to 17.00 (aula 16). They will start on 9th march 2021.Type of evaluation
oral exam teacher profile teaching materials
The course aims to provide studens with an updated and exhaustive picture of the urban Italian societies during the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with particular attention to the regions and cities where the municipal political phenomenon was most evident. Based on and interacting with the most updated historiography – and starting from the so-called «Annales school» – the lessons will focus first on the configuration and types of sources available for this period, and the following aspects will be analyzed then: the economic growth of the West and the European political frameworks between eleventh and twelfth century; the emergence and developments of city communes; urban societies and social actors, (laymen and clergy); the urban economies within a wider Euro-Mediterranean economic framework; written culture and intellectuals. The lessons will alternate between frontal explanations and direct exercises on the sources or on specific bibliography.
- François Menant, "L’Italia dei comuni (1100-1350)", transl. by E. Igor Mineo, Roma, Viella, 2011 (ed. or. Paris 2005)
- not attending students should add: Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, Enrico Faini, "Il sistema politico dei comuni italiani (secoli XII-XIV)", Milano-Torino, Bruno Mondadori Campus, 2010
Further bibliography (exercitations):
- Paolo Cammarosano, "Italia medievale. Struttura e geografia delle fonti scritte", Roma, Carocci, 2011 (prima ed. 1991)
- Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, "Cavalieri e cittadini. Guerra, conflitti e società nell’Italia comunale", Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 (ed. or. Paris 2003)
- Chris Wickham, "Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo. L’affermazione dei comuni italiani nel XII secolo", transl. by Luigi Provero, Roma, Viella, 2017 (ed. or. Princeton 2015)
- "Origine dei comuni. Discutere «Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo» di Chris Wickham", ed. Sandro Carocci, «Storica» 70 (2018), pp. 91-149
Programme
Italian urban societies between the eleventh and fourteenth centuriesThe course aims to provide studens with an updated and exhaustive picture of the urban Italian societies during the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with particular attention to the regions and cities where the municipal political phenomenon was most evident. Based on and interacting with the most updated historiography – and starting from the so-called «Annales school» – the lessons will focus first on the configuration and types of sources available for this period, and the following aspects will be analyzed then: the economic growth of the West and the European political frameworks between eleventh and twelfth century; the emergence and developments of city communes; urban societies and social actors, (laymen and clergy); the urban economies within a wider Euro-Mediterranean economic framework; written culture and intellectuals. The lessons will alternate between frontal explanations and direct exercises on the sources or on specific bibliography.
Core Documentation
Textbooks:- François Menant, "L’Italia dei comuni (1100-1350)", transl. by E. Igor Mineo, Roma, Viella, 2011 (ed. or. Paris 2005)
- not attending students should add: Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, Enrico Faini, "Il sistema politico dei comuni italiani (secoli XII-XIV)", Milano-Torino, Bruno Mondadori Campus, 2010
Further bibliography (exercitations):
- Paolo Cammarosano, "Italia medievale. Struttura e geografia delle fonti scritte", Roma, Carocci, 2011 (prima ed. 1991)
- Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur, "Cavalieri e cittadini. Guerra, conflitti e società nell’Italia comunale", Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 (ed. or. Paris 2003)
- Chris Wickham, "Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo. L’affermazione dei comuni italiani nel XII secolo", transl. by Luigi Provero, Roma, Viella, 2017 (ed. or. Princeton 2015)
- "Origine dei comuni. Discutere «Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo» di Chris Wickham", ed. Sandro Carocci, «Storica» 70 (2018), pp. 91-149
Type of delivery of the course
Lessons will alternate between frontal explanations and direct exercises on the sources or on specific bibliography. The sources will always be presented both in their original language and in Italian or english translation. Lesson will be held on tuesday and thursday from 15.00 to 17.00 (aula 16). They will start on 9th march 2021.Type of evaluation
oral exam