MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Course objectives

The course provides an overview of what happened during the Middle Ages along with the basic tools to understand the current paths of historiography and critical approach to the contemporary documentation . The aim of course is to put students in a position to understand the development of medieval history and its significance in relation to our present, and to understand different historiographical ideas in the interpretation of historical facts.

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ENRICO VENEZIANI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The course provides an introduction to the main issues of the history of the medieval millennium, with particular attention to the development of political, economic and cultural relations, referring to the sources and the historiographical debate.
Prerequisites
Not available
Books
COMPULSORY TEXTS: Andrea ZORZI, Manuale di storia medievale. Seconda edizione, Milano, Utet, 2021. Francesco SENATORE, Medioevo. Istruzioni per l'uso. Terza edizione Pearson, 2022.
Frequency
Attendance is recommended
Exam mode
Attending students will have to report not only on compulsory texts, but also on all materials read, discussed, analyzed, distributed in class or possibly uploaded on the institutional platform chosen. Non-attending students will only report on the given bibliography.
Lesson mode
Frontal lesson
  • Lesson code1023884
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseStudies in Art History
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDM-STO/01
  • CFU6