The course “History of Medieval societies” aims to analyze the fundamental themes of the social and economic history of the Middle Ages, through the study and comparison of case studies of particular interest. During the seminar-type lessons, extensive use will be made of the sources in the original language.
Curriculum
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The course aims to analyze, with direct use of sources and historiography, the relationships between princely powers and society in the Lombard Southern Italy, from the principality of Arechi (774) to the eleventh century: princes and aristocracy, economic bases of princely power, relations between city and territory.
Programme
Lombard Southern Italy. Power and Society, in the Ninth-Eleventh Centuries (part one, 6 cfu).The course aims to analyze, with direct use of sources and historiography, the relationships between princely powers and society in the Lombard Southern Italy, from the principality of Arechi (774) to the eleventh century: princes and aristocracy, economic bases of princely power, relations between city and territory.
Core Documentation
G. Zornetta, Italia meridionale longobarda. Competizione, conflitto e potere politico a Benevento (secoli VIII-IX), Rome, Viella, 2020, , capitoli 2, 3, 4; V. Loré, Uno spazio instabile. Capua e i suoi conti nella seconda meta del IX secolo, in Les élites et leurs espaces. Mobilité, rayonnement, domination (du VIe au XIe siècle), eds. P. Depreux, F. Bougard, R. Le Jan, Turnhout, Brepols, 2007, pp. 341-360; Idem, Genesi e forme di uno spazio politico: Capua nell’alto Medioevo, in Felix Terra. Capua e la Terra di Lavoro in età longobarda, Atti del convegno internazionale (Capua-Caserta, 4-7 giugno 2015), ed. F. Marazzi, Cerro al Volturno, Volturnia, 2017, pp. 53-64; V. Loré, La chiesa del principe. S. Massimo di Salerno nel quadro del Mezzogiorno longobardo, in Ricerca come incontro. Archeologi, paleografi e storici per Paolo Delogu, a cura di G. Barone, A. Esposito, C. Frova, Rome, Viella, 2013, pp. 103-124; selected sources, analyzed during the lessons. Non-attending students will replace the study of the dossier with Erchemperto, Piccola storia dei Longobardi di Benevento, ed. L. A. Berto, Napoli, Liguori, 2013.Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons, face-to-face or remotely according to the provisions covid-19, with participatory analysis of historiographic documents and texts.Type of evaluation
Oral test. Exam Questions will judge the Knowledge of Course main Themes and asses the Competences in matter of Contextualization of Sources and Historiography. teacher profile teaching materials
The course aims to analyze, with direct use of sources and historiography, the relationships between princely powers and society in the Lombard Southern Italy, from the principality of Arechi (774) to the eleventh century: princes and aristocracy, economic bases of princely power, relations between city and territory.
Programme
Lombard Southern Italy. Power and Society, in the Ninth-Eleventh Centuries (part one, 6 cfu).The course aims to analyze, with direct use of sources and historiography, the relationships between princely powers and society in the Lombard Southern Italy, from the principality of Arechi (774) to the eleventh century: princes and aristocracy, economic bases of princely power, relations between city and territory.
Core Documentation
G. Zornetta, Italia meridionale longobarda. Competizione, conflitto e potere politico a Benevento (secoli VIII-IX), Rome, Viella, 2020, , capitoli 2, 3, 4; V. Loré, Uno spazio instabile. Capua e i suoi conti nella seconda meta del IX secolo, in Les élites et leurs espaces. Mobilité, rayonnement, domination (du VIe au XIe siècle), eds. P. Depreux, F. Bougard, R. Le Jan, Turnhout, Brepols, 2007, pp. 341-360; Idem, Genesi e forme di uno spazio politico: Capua nell’alto Medioevo, in Felix Terra. Capua e la Terra di Lavoro in età longobarda, Atti del convegno internazionale (Capua-Caserta, 4-7 giugno 2015), ed. F. Marazzi, Cerro al Volturno, Volturnia, 2017, pp. 53-64; V. Loré, La chiesa del principe. S. Massimo di Salerno nel quadro del Mezzogiorno longobardo, in Ricerca come incontro. Archeologi, paleografi e storici per Paolo Delogu, a cura di G. Barone, A. Esposito, C. Frova, Rome, Viella, 2013, pp. 103-124; selected sources, analyzed during the lessons. Non-attending students will replace the study of the dossier with Erchemperto, Piccola storia dei Longobardi di Benevento, ed. L. A. Berto, Napoli, Liguori, 2013.Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons, face-to-face or remotely according to the provisions covid-19, with participatory analysis of historiographic documents and texts.Type of evaluation
Oral test. Exam Questions will judge the Knowledge of Course main Themes and asses the Competences in matter of Contextualization of Sources and Historiography.