MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Mediaeval History

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SIMBULA Pinuccia Franca

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

none

AF code:

40101395

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral individual profit examination, with questions about the program. During the interview, the knowledge acquired by the student will be verified with particular attention to the ability to place the main events of the medieval millennium in a correct chronological order and to highlight the links between the events and the transformations of medieval society. Students must demonstrate that they are familiar with the historiographic debate, summarizing the main topics dealt with in the course. The student's ability to expose with mastery and appropriateness of specific language the themes and problems faced during the lessons will be considered excellent. The possession of an organic vision of the Middle Ages, a capacity for synthesis, critical mastery and exposition of themes and concepts will be relevant for a high evaluation. 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 evaluation. 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 assessment.
For attending students who have participated individually or in working groups in the seminar activities, the grade will be calculated taking into account the papers and/or presentations.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

At the end of the course the student will have acquired a general knowledge of the fundamental characteristics of the political-institutional, economic and social history of the centuries between V-XV, as well as the trends of historiography. The student will be able to approach critically the main sources and themes, knows the tools of the methodology of historical research and has developed the ability to make independent judgements. In oral communication he will have achieved the ability to read and understand the bibliography on the topics dealt with during the course and he will be able to communicate effectively to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors information related to medieval issues and methodological problems using the specific terminology of the discipline.

Contents

Main lines of the history of the medieval West with particular attention to Italy and the Mediterranean area. The course includes: a general introductory part on the political, institutional, economic, social and cultural aspects of the medieval Millennium diachronically treated; a monographic course dedicated to the cities in the kingdoms of late medieval Italy with insights on those of Sardinia.

Recommended Bibliography

General section
We suggest a manual of medieval university history to choose between:

- F. Cardini. M. Montesano, Storia medievale, Le Monnier, Milano 2019 (second reprint)

- A. Cortonesi, Il medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Roma, Carocci 2008 ( (and subsequent reprints)

- G. Piccinni, I Mille anni del Medioevo, Milano, Mondadori 2007 ( (and subsequent reprints)

- G. Vitolo, Medioevo, I caratteri originali di un'età di transizione, Firenze, Sansoni, 2001 ( (and subsequent reprints)

- A. Zorzi, Manuale di storia medievale, Torino, Utet 2016.

Monographic course:

1. P. Corrao, Città e normativa cittadina nell’Italia meridionale e in Sicilia nel medioevo: un problema storiografico da riformulare, in R. Dondarini, a cura di, La libertà di decidere. Realtà e parvenze di autonomia nella normativa locale del medioevo, Atti del convegno nazionale di studi (Cento, 6-7 maggio 1993), Comune di Cento, Cento 1995, pp. 35-60.

2. P. Terenzi, Istituzioni, poteri e normativa nelle città del Mezzogiorno (secoli XIII-XV), in I settecento anni degli Statuti di Sassari. Dal Comune alla città regia, a cura di A. Mattone, P.F. Simbula, Milano, Franco Angeli 2019, pp. 35-56.

3. P.F. Simbula, A. Soddu, Gli spazi dell’identità cittadina tra signori e Corona nella Sardegna medievale, in Identità cittadine e aggregazioni sociali in Italia, secoli XI-XV, a cura di M. Davide, Trieste, Cerm 2012, pp. 135-171.

4. A.M. Oliva, O. Schena, Potere regio ed autonomie cittadine nei parlamenti sardi, in Autonomía Municipal en el mundo mediterráneo. Historia y perspectivas, a cura di R. Ferrero Micó, Valencia 2002 (Fundación Professor Manuel Broseta, 5), pp. 133-165. (http://www.rmoa.unina.it/1409/1/RM-Oliva-Potere.pdf)

Lecture notes will be made available during the course and will form an integral part of the preparation.

For non-attending students, in addition to the bibliography indicated, the preparation will be integrated in the following texts:

1. G. Vitolo, L'Italia delle altre città. Un'immagine del Mezzogiorno, Napoli, Liguori, 2014 (parte I, capp. I-V).

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures with the help of teaching materials and power points. Organization of seminar activities with specialists in the topics dealt with and with the direct participation of students with individual reports or study groups on specific topics, in order to stimulate awareness in the use of the tools of historical investigation. The necessary materials will be made available 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

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