THE COURSE HAS AN INSTITUTIONAL NATURE AND AIMS TO OFFER A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAJOR PHASES OF WESTERN HISTORY IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD, EACH OF THE TWO MODULES PUTTING THE ACCORD ON A SPECIFIC SECTOR OF HISTORICAL REALITY, NAMELY: IN THE FIRST MODULE ON THE FORMS OF POLITICAL DOMINATION, IN ORDER TO ILLUSTRATE THEIR DIVERSITY AND THEIR SUCCESSION IN RELATION TO CHANGES IN SOCIETY AND THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PECULIARITIES OF EACH AREA; IN THE SECOND MODULE ON THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF WESTERN HISTORY, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN SOCIETY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL STRUCTURES, TO THE CHANGES AND METHODS OF ACQUISITION AND CIRCULATION OF WRITTEN CULTURE.
teacher profile teaching materials
The concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. Humanism and Renaissance. The XVI century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
Fruizione: 20702476 STORIA DELLA GEOGRAFIA E DELLE ESPLORAZIONI in Storia, territorio e società globale L-42 R (docente da definire)
Programme
Teaching Unit I - 6 credits (36 hours) Exploration and geographical knowledge from ancient to modernThe concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. Humanism and Renaissance. The XVI century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
Core Documentation
Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Al di là di altrove, Volume I. Storia delle esplorazioni geografiche, Milano, Mursia, 2024.Attendance
Attendance is compulsory to sustain the examination as an attendeeType of evaluation
Vengono valutate le congruenti risposte alle domande poste, la capacità critica di restituire i processi studiati, il saper collocare nel tempo e nello spazio gli avvenimenti importanti, i personaggi e le opere fondamentali. Si richiede l’utilizzo corretto della lingua italiana, capacità di linguaggio appropriata al livello universitario e formale correttezza sintattica e grammaticale. The compensatory and dispensatory measures allowed and adopted for examination papers are in accordance with the VADEMECUM to promote the inclusion process of students with disabilities and SLD (see April 2024), which regulates their requests (https://www.uniroma3.it/ateneo/uffici/ufficio-studenti-disabilita-dsa/).