The class want to train students on the study of religious history in Middle Ages, with the aim to underline his peculiar character as part of historical studies and his role within medieval societies and cultures which helps to form. From the methodological and didactical point of view the lessons are seminars in which students can participate actively and give their original contribution.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Mutuazione: 20710735 Religione, società e culture nel Medioevo in Scienze umane per l'ambiente LM-1 MICHETTI RAIMONDO
Programme
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Core Documentation
1) Felice Accrocca, Francesco d’Assisi e la santa Chiesa romana. La scelta del Vangelo e la codificazione difficile di un ideale, Assisi, Cittadella, 2015Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Type of evaluation
oral exam teacher profile teaching materials
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Mutuazione: 20710735 Religione, società e culture nel Medioevo in Scienze umane per l'ambiente LM-1 MICHETTI RAIMONDO
Programme
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Core Documentation
1) Felice Accrocca, Francesco d’Assisi e la santa Chiesa romana. La scelta del Vangelo e la codificazione difficile di un ideale, Assisi, Cittadella, 2015Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Type of evaluation
oral exam teacher profile teaching materials
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Mutuazione: 20710735 Religione, società e culture nel Medioevo in Scienze umane per l'ambiente LM-1 MICHETTI RAIMONDO
Programme
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Core Documentation
1) Felice Accrocca, Francesco d’Assisi e la santa Chiesa romana. La scelta del Vangelo e la codificazione difficile di un ideale, Assisi, Cittadella, 2015Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Type of evaluation
oral exam teacher profile teaching materials
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Mutuazione: 20710735 Religione, società e culture nel Medioevo in Scienze umane per l'ambiente LM-1 MICHETTI RAIMONDO
Programme
Francis of Assisi and the Roman Church between Catholic orthodoxy and evangelical contestation
The course intends to tackle one of the most delicate knots in the life of Francis of Assisi: what were his historical relations with the Roman Church, within which his action was in any case placed. There are two opposite historiographical traditions: one who understand Francis of Assisi as a revolutionary who wanted to radically transform the Church to bring it back to its evangelical origins, always on the verge of breaking with the ecclesiastical hierarchies, and one who, instead, strongly support his convinced orthodoxy, fully adhering to the ways and vision of the Roman Church, without any intention of renewal and without any dissent, friction or different vision of the Church itself. What really were Francis' intentions, ecclesiological attitudes, and concrete behaviour towards the curia, the bishops, the pope, priests and theologians, and, more generally, towards the ecclesiastical leadership? And what, conversely, are the postures of the representatives of the institutional Church towards Francis himself? During the course, an attempt will be made to answer these questions in the only way possible: through a careful examination of the sources available to us - Francis himself's writings, hagiographies, rules and chronicles - in order to get as close as possible to the historical truth on the two sides of this complex but fascinating relationship.
The lessons will be seminars in which we will dialogue and discuss different ideas.
Core Documentation
1) Felice Accrocca, Francesco d’Assisi e la santa Chiesa romana. La scelta del Vangelo e la codificazione difficile di un ideale, Assisi, Cittadella, 2015Maria Pia Alberzoni, Santa povertà e beata semplicità. Francesco d’Assisi e la Chiesa Romana, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2015
Giovanni Miccoli, Francesco, Donzelli, 2013, pp. 39-118; 119-170
R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-francesco-d-assisi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/
2) G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Sansoni 2000: only for students who have never taken an exam of medieval history
3) All students must develop a subject of medieval history in an essay that must be arranged with the teacher during the class for the attendees, in the teacher’s office for non-attending students.
Type of evaluation
oral exam