Programme

The first module of the course aims to illustrate the main historical processes concerning Europe and the Mediterranean in the medieval millennium (500-1500), taking into account the most recent historiographical debates and some of the written sources in question. The focus will be on the main aspects of human action between society, economy, religion, politics, and culture. The main topics of the course are: written and material sources, solids and voids; economy, religion, and culture in Late Antiquity (4th-6th centuries); the emergence of the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms (5th-6th centuries); early medieval empires (8th-9th centuries); the countryside: from the manorial system to incastellamento (7th-12th centuries); cities: urbanism, demography, economy from the inheritance of Rome to the new expansion (7th-12th centuries); the Reform of the Church (11th-12th centuries); political reorganizations, between cities and kingdoms (11th-13th centuries); cultural and religious paths between the early and late Middle Ages (6th-13th centuries); conjuncture and crisis of the 14th century (14th century); the new features of the Renaissance (15th century).

Core Documentation

- One textbook to be chosen from the following three (a, b, c):
a) A. Cortonesi, Medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Roma, Carocci, on of the various editions;
b) M. Montanari, Storia medievale, Laterza, one of the various editions;
c) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni, one of the various editions;

- G. Sergi, L'idea di Medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune, Roma, Donzelli, 1998;

- V. Loré, R. Rao, Medioevo da manuale. Una ricognizione della storia medievale nei manuali scolastici italiani, in RM Rivista, 18/2 (2017), pp. 305-313 only (free download here: http://www.rmoa.unina.it/4710/).

Reference Bibliography

Reference bibliography coincides with the texts adopted.

Attendance

Those who have attended 2/3 of the lectures are considered "attendant students".

Type of evaluation

The examination is conducted orally. Classroom exercises on written sources (translated into Italian) are planned.

Programme

The first module of the course aims to illustrate the main historical processes concerning Europe and the Mediterranean in the medieval millennium (500-1500), taking into account the most recent historiographical debates and some of the written sources in question. The focus will be on the main aspects of human action between society, economy, religion, politics, and culture. The main topics of the course are: written and material sources, solids and voids; economy, religion, and culture in Late Antiquity (4th-6th centuries); the emergence of the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms (5th-6th centuries); early medieval empires (8th-9th centuries); the countryside: from the manorial system to incastellamento (7th-12th centuries); cities: urbanism, demography, economy from the inheritance of Rome to the new expansion (7th-12th centuries); the Reform of the Church (11th-12th centuries); political reorganizations, between cities and kingdoms (11th-13th centuries); cultural and religious paths between the early and late Middle Ages (6th-13th centuries); conjuncture and crisis of the 14th century (14th century); the new features of the Renaissance (15th century).

Core Documentation

- One textbook to be chosen from the following three (a, b, c):
a) A. Cortonesi, Medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Roma, Carocci, on of the various editions;
b) M. Montanari, Storia medievale, Laterza, one of the various editions;
c) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni, one of the various editions;

- G. Sergi, L'idea di Medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune, Roma, Donzelli, 1998;

- V. Loré, R. Rao, Medioevo da manuale. Una ricognizione della storia medievale nei manuali scolastici italiani, in RM Rivista, 18/2 (2017), pp. 305-313 only (free download here: http://www.rmoa.unina.it/4710/).

Reference Bibliography

Reference bibliography coincides with the texts adopted.

Attendance

Those who have attended 2/3 of the lectures are considered "attendant students".

Type of evaluation

The examination is conducted orally. Classroom exercises on written sources (translated into Italian) are planned.

Programme

The first module of the course aims to illustrate the main historical processes concerning Europe and the Mediterranean in the medieval millennium (500-1500), taking into account the most recent historiographical debates and some of the written sources in question. The focus will be on the main aspects of human action between society, economy, religion, politics, and culture. The main topics of the course are: written and material sources, solids and voids; economy, religion, and culture in Late Antiquity (4th-6th centuries); the emergence of the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms (5th-6th centuries); early medieval empires (8th-9th centuries); the countryside: from the manorial system to incastellamento (7th-12th centuries); cities: urbanism, demography, economy from the inheritance of Rome to the new expansion (7th-12th centuries); the Reform of the Church (11th-12th centuries); political reorganizations, between cities and kingdoms (11th-13th centuries); cultural and religious paths between the early and late Middle Ages (6th-13th centuries); conjuncture and crisis of the 14th century (14th century); the new features of the Renaissance (15th century).

Core Documentation

- One textbook to be chosen from the following three (a, b, c):
a) A. Cortonesi, Medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Roma, Carocci, on of the various editions;
b) M. Montanari, Storia medievale, Laterza, one of the various editions;
c) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni, one of the various editions;

- G. Sergi, L'idea di Medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune, Roma, Donzelli, 1998;

- V. Loré, R. Rao, Medioevo da manuale. Una ricognizione della storia medievale nei manuali scolastici italiani, in RM Rivista, 18/2 (2017), pp. 305-313 only (free download here: http://www.rmoa.unina.it/4710/).

Reference Bibliography

Reference bibliography coincides with the texts adopted.

Attendance

Those who have attended 2/3 of the lectures are considered "attendant students".

Type of evaluation

The examination is conducted orally. Classroom exercises on written sources (translated into Italian) are planned.