The History of Medieval Societies course aims to analyse 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-style lectures, extensive use will be made of original language sources.
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Through participatory analysis of documents and historiography, the course aims to analyse the specific features of politics and society in the 10th century on the Italian peninsula.
Paolo Cammarosano, Nobili e re. L'Italia politica dell'alto Medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1998, chapters 10-15
Chris Wickham, L'eredità di Roma. Storia d'Europa dal 400 al 1000 d. C., Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014, chapters 18 e 21.
Selected sources, analyzed during the lessons.
Non-attending students will replace the study of selected sources analyzed during the lessons with Italia e Bisanzio alle soglie dell'anno mille: Liutprando di Cremona, ed. Massimo Oldoni, Pierangelo Ariatta, Novara, Europia, 1998.
Part II (students taking a 12 cfu examination will study the texts of Part I and Part II)
V. Loré, Sulle istituzioni nel Mezzogiorno longobardo. Proposta di un modello, in "Storica", 29 (2004), pp. 27-55.
V. Loré , Beni principeschi e partecipazione al potere nel Mezzogiorno longobardo, in Italia, 888-962: una svolta?, ed. M. Valenti, C. Wickham, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013, pp. 15-40.
A. Di Muro, Le contee longobarde e l'origine delle signorie territoriali nel Mezzogiorno, in "Archivio Storico per le province napoletane", 128 (2010), pp. 1-70.
V. Loré, L'aristocrazia salernitana nell'XI secolo, in Salerno nel XII secolo. Istituzioni, società, cultura, a cura di P. Delogu, P. Peduto, Salerno, 2004, pp. 81-102.
Selected sources, analyzed during the lessons.
All students having to take a 12-credit examination, attending or not, are required to agree with the professor on some other readings, taken from the reference bibliography or other texts.
Mutuazione: 20710916 STORIA DELLE SOCIETA' MEDIEVALI in Storia e società LM-84 R LORE' VITO
Programme
The Iron Century. North and South in the History of Italy after the Carolingian Empire (late 9th century to early 11th century).Through participatory analysis of documents and historiography, the course aims to analyse the specific features of politics and society in the 10th century on the Italian peninsula.
Core Documentation
Part I (students taking a 6 cfu exam will only study Part I texts)Paolo Cammarosano, Nobili e re. L'Italia politica dell'alto Medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1998, chapters 10-15
Chris Wickham, L'eredità di Roma. Storia d'Europa dal 400 al 1000 d. C., Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014, chapters 18 e 21.
Selected sources, analyzed during the lessons.
Non-attending students will replace the study of selected sources analyzed during the lessons with Italia e Bisanzio alle soglie dell'anno mille: Liutprando di Cremona, ed. Massimo Oldoni, Pierangelo Ariatta, Novara, Europia, 1998.
Part II (students taking a 12 cfu examination will study the texts of Part I and Part II)
V. Loré, Sulle istituzioni nel Mezzogiorno longobardo. Proposta di un modello, in "Storica", 29 (2004), pp. 27-55.
V. Loré , Beni principeschi e partecipazione al potere nel Mezzogiorno longobardo, in Italia, 888-962: una svolta?, ed. M. Valenti, C. Wickham, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013, pp. 15-40.
A. Di Muro, Le contee longobarde e l'origine delle signorie territoriali nel Mezzogiorno, in "Archivio Storico per le province napoletane", 128 (2010), pp. 1-70.
V. Loré, L'aristocrazia salernitana nell'XI secolo, in Salerno nel XII secolo. Istituzioni, società, cultura, a cura di P. Delogu, P. Peduto, Salerno, 2004, pp. 81-102.
Selected sources, analyzed during the lessons.
All students having to take a 12-credit examination, attending or not, are required to agree with the professor on some other readings, taken from the reference bibliography or other texts.
Attendance
Attendance is free, but the exam can only be taken as an attending only by following the lectures assiduously, so as to be able to contextualise the documents in the dossier.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.