HISTORY OF TRADE AND NAVIGATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES

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Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in ARCHAEOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

Mediaeval History

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Sufficient knowledge of the main lines of medieval history

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HISTORY OF TRADE AND NAVIGATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES

ARCHAEOLOGY

AF code:

40002711

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Interim and final oral examinations. Oral examination. During the interview, the critical and methodological skills developed by the student on the topics dealt with during the course will be verified. The student's ability to relate sources and bibliography, his ability to synthesize, his critical and expository mastery of themes and concepts and the appropriateness of specific language will be considered excellent. The knowledge of mnemonic nature of the matter, the exposure articulated with a correct expressive language, but not always appropriate, will lead to a fair judgment. Training gaps in preparation, minimal knowledge and not always appropriate language will lead to a sufficient assessment; inappropriate language and an inability to orient oneself in the course topics and in the indicated bibliography will lead to a negative judgment.
For students attending MODULE 2 who have participated individually or in working groups in the activities seminars with discussions and exhibitions in the classroom on specific topics, the grade will be calculated taking into account the papers and/or presentations.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course aims to provide critical tools for the knowledge of the evolution of navigation and trade history in the Middle Ages, with particular reference to the analysis of the trade and nautical revolution, the production and movement of goods, the organization of markets and trade tools.
At the end of the course the student will have acquired critical skills on the different documentary and material testimonies on which the historical reconstruction is based, will be able to apply the acquired contents and set up an autonomous research. It will also be able to communicate with the specific language in heterogeneous contexts the contents learned.

Contents

MODULE 1. In the light of recent historiography, starting from the late ancient and early medieval ages, the course will deal with the evolution of navigation and commerce up to the new balances of the late Middle Ages. In particular, it will deal with the specific issues of the nautical revolution and the commercial revolution, the development of Mediterranean exchange networks between the 13th and 15th centuries, the construction of port systems and the organisation of markets.

MODULE 2. The second module will deal with the culture of the sea and the technical aspects of navigation in the late Middle Ages. Starting from the technical and scientific knowledge of sailors, we will examine the culture of the people of the sea, the technical aspects of navigation, ships and routes between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries.

Recommended Bibliography

Module 1.
1. M. Tangheroni, Commercio e navigazione nel Medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza 1996 (disponibile in biblioteca)
oppure:
2.1 A. Augenti, Città e porti dall''antichità al Medioevo, Carocci Roma 2010
e
2.2 T. Mannoni, La rivoluzione commerciale nel Medioevo, Genova, Il Portolano 2009

Module 2.

1.5. U. Tucci, La trasmissione del mestiere del marinaio a Venezia nel Medioevo, in La trasmissione dei saperi nel Medioevo (secoli XII-XV), Pistoia, Centro italiano di studi di storia e d'arte, 2005, pp. 111-126

1.6. P. F. Simbula, La percezione del tempo nell’esperienza dei marinai e dei naviganti, in «Studium Medievale. Revista de Cultura visual - Cultura escrita», n° 2 (2009), pp. 157-182 (il pdf sarà reso disponibile durante il corso)

1.7. 1.3. P. F. Simbula, Andar per mare nel Medioevo: marinai, mercanti, guerrieri e pellegrini sulle rotte del Mediterraneo, in Andar per mare, a cura di Paola Massa, Genova, De Ferrari 2009, pp. 9-42 (il pdf sarà reso disponibile durante il corso)

1.8. B. Dini, I viaggi dei mercanti e il commercio internazionale nel Medioevo, in Viaggiare nel Medio Evo, a cura di Sergio Gensini, Roma 2000, pp. 195-225
http://www.archivi.beniculturali.it/index.php/news-home/biblioteca-digit.... 195-225

Lecture notes with the reference essays and materials used during the lessons will be an integral part of the examination texts. The materials will be made available during the course.
Texts for non-frequenting students.

MODULE 1. In addition to the texts indicated, the reading of a volume of your choice between:

1. M. TANGHERONI, Commercio e navigazione nel Medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza1996
or
2.1 A. AUGENTI, Città e porti dall'antichità al Medioevo, Carocci Roma 2010
or
2.2 T. MANNONI, La rivoluzione commerciale nel Medioevo, Genova, Il Portolano 2009

A book to choose from:

3.1 M. BALARD, Ch. PICARD, La Méditerranée au Moyen Age. Les hommes et la mer, Parigi, Hachette 2015

3.2. E. Basso, Strutture insediative ed espansione commerciale. La rete portuale genovese nel bacino del Mediterraneo, Cherasco, CISIM 2011

3.3. G. JEHEL, Il Mediterraneo medievale dal 350 al 1450, Besa Editrice, Nardò 2004.

MODULE 2. In addition to the texts indicated, the reading of an essay of your choice between:

U. TUCCI, Navi e navigazioni all'epoca delle crociate, in Genova, Venezia, il Levante nei secoli XII-XIV, 2001, pp. 273-294

U. TUCCI, L'orientamento in mare: carte e portolani nel Medioevo, in Aspetti ed attualità del potere marittimo in mediterraneo nei secoli XII-XVI, a cura di Paolo Alberini, Roma 1999, pp. 153-157

A.CONTERIO, "L'arte del navegar". Cultura, formazione professionale ed esperienze dell'uomo di mare veneziano nel XV secolo, in L'uomo e il mare nella civiltà occidentale da Ulisse a Cristoforo Colombo. Atti del convegno, Genova, 1-4 giugno 1992, Atti della Società Ligure di Storia Patria / NS / 32, 2, Genova (1993), pp. 187-226

Or in the essays published in:
The Sea in History - The Medieval World, edited by Michel Balard, Martlesham, Boydell Press 2017
Or in:
Storia di Venezia. Dalle origini alla caduta della Serenissima, vol. 12, Il mare, a cura di A. Tenenti- U. Tucci, Roma Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani , 1991

All the essays are available available in the library.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

There will be: lectures on the general aspects of the history of medieval navigation and commerce; in-depth seminars on specific topics of the course and on the sources, held by the teacher and specialists in the field. In the second module there are seminar activities with the active participation of students, for which the materials will be provided by the teacher.
Educational activities will be carried out in Italian; study materials may be provided in English, French and Spanish.

Contacts/More Information

Educational activities will be carried out in Italian; study materials may be provided in English, French and Spanish. Frequency is not mandatory but is recommended. For any clarification the teacher will be available after each lesson.

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