Learn about the major historical events of the Early Middle Ages (5th–10th centuries).
Understand the causes and consequences of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Learn about the formation of the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms.
Analyze the role of the Church in medieval society.
Learn about the expansion of Islam and its relations with Christian Europe.
Understand the importance of the Carolingian Empire and feudalism.
Skills
Place events and phenomena in space and time.
Correctly use specific historical terminology (fief, vassalage, monastery, kingdom, etc.).
Analyze historical, iconographic, and cartographic sources.
Identify cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.
Compare different societies and cultures of the period.
Competencies
Interpret the processes of political, economic, and social transformation in early medieval Europe.
Recognize the legacy of the early Middle Ages in European culture and institutions.
Develop critical thinking skills through the analysis of historical sources and facts.
Communicate historical content clearly and rigorously using appropriate disciplinary language.
Understand the causes and consequences of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Learn about the formation of the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms.
Analyze the role of the Church in medieval society.
Learn about the expansion of Islam and its relations with Christian Europe.
Understand the importance of the Carolingian Empire and feudalism.
Skills
Place events and phenomena in space and time.
Correctly use specific historical terminology (fief, vassalage, monastery, kingdom, etc.).
Analyze historical, iconographic, and cartographic sources.
Identify cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.
Compare different societies and cultures of the period.
Competencies
Interpret the processes of political, economic, and social transformation in early medieval Europe.
Recognize the legacy of the early Middle Ages in European culture and institutions.
Develop critical thinking skills through the analysis of historical sources and facts.
Communicate historical content clearly and rigorously using appropriate disciplinary language.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The aim of the course is to examine the structures of the Kingdom of Italy starting from the late Carolingian period, in order to shed new light on the forms of royal power and the relationship between the kings and the society of the kingdom.
Mutuazione: 20730148 Storia dell'alto medioevo in Storia e società LM-84 R LORE' VITO
Programme
The Kingdom of Italy from the mid-9th to the mid-11th century: Aristocratic Society and Power Structures.The aim of the course is to examine the structures of the Kingdom of Italy starting from the late Carolingian period, in order to shed new light on the forms of royal power and the relationship between the kings and the society of the kingdom.
Core Documentation
G. Tabacco, Egemonie sociali e strutture del potere nel medioevo italiano, Torino, Einaudi, 1979 (english edition), chapters III, IV and V; G. Tabacco, Sperimentazioni del potere nell'alto medioevo, Torino, Einaudi, 1993, pp. 95-138; P. Cammarosano, Nobili e re. L'Italia politica dell'alto medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1998, capitoli 9, 13 and pp. 200-202, 210-213, 223-226, 310; G. Sergi, I confini del potere. Marche e signorie fra due regni medievali, Torino, Einaudi, 1995, part I, chapters II, III, VIII; F. Bougard, Lo stato e le élites fra 888 e 962: il regno d'Italia a confronto (brevi considerazioni), in Italia, 888-962: una svolta, ed. by M. Valenti and Ch. Wickham, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013, pp. 77-84; G. Vignodelli, Berta e Adelaide. La politica di consolidamento del potere regio di Ugo di Arles, in "Reti Medievali Rivista", 13-2 (2012), pp. 247-294 (free download: http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/rm/article/view/4794); a collection of Latin source texts, with translations, analyzed during class. Non-attending students must replace thethe collection of Latin source texts with Sergi, I confini del potere, Part I, Chapters IV and VI.Attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended, given the seminar-style nature of the course.Type of evaluation
The evaluation will take place orally during the exam. teacher profile teaching materials
The aim of the course is to examine the structures of the Kingdom of Italy starting from the late Carolingian period, in order to shed new light on the forms of royal power and the relationship between the kings and the society of the kingdom.
Mutuazione: 20730148 Storia dell'alto medioevo in Storia e società LM-84 R LORE' VITO
Programme
The Kingdom of Italy from the mid-9th to the mid-11th century: Aristocratic Society and Power Structures.The aim of the course is to examine the structures of the Kingdom of Italy starting from the late Carolingian period, in order to shed new light on the forms of royal power and the relationship between the kings and the society of the kingdom.
Core Documentation
G. Tabacco, Egemonie sociali e strutture del potere nel medioevo italiano, Torino, Einaudi, 1979 (english edition), chapters III, IV and V; G. Tabacco, Sperimentazioni del potere nell'alto medioevo, Torino, Einaudi, 1993, pp. 95-138; P. Cammarosano, Nobili e re. L'Italia politica dell'alto medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1998, capitoli 9, 13 and pp. 200-202, 210-213, 223-226, 310; G. Sergi, I confini del potere. Marche e signorie fra due regni medievali, Torino, Einaudi, 1995, part I, chapters II, III, VIII; F. Bougard, Lo stato e le élites fra 888 e 962: il regno d'Italia a confronto (brevi considerazioni), in Italia, 888-962: una svolta, ed. by M. Valenti and Ch. Wickham, Turnhout, Brepols, 2013, pp. 77-84; G. Vignodelli, Berta e Adelaide. La politica di consolidamento del potere regio di Ugo di Arles, in "Reti Medievali Rivista", 13-2 (2012), pp. 247-294 (free download: http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/rm/article/view/4794); a collection of Latin source texts, with translations, analyzed during class. Non-attending students must replace thethe collection of Latin source texts with Sergi, I confini del potere, Part I, Chapters IV and VI.Attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended, given the seminar-style nature of the course.Type of evaluation
The evaluation will take place orally during the exam.