Single channel
Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: ENRICO VENEZIANI
Lecturers
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.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes geographical areas and sectorial perspectives in which related projects are activated; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.
Prerequisites
Not available
Programme
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.
Books
COMPULSORY TEXTS:
Andrea ZORZI, Manuale di storia medievale. Seconda edizione, Milano, Utet, 2021.
Lessons mode
Frontal lesson
Frequency
Attendance is recommended
Exam mode
Students will only report on the given bibliography.
Example exam questions
Not available
Arguments
- Introduction
- General concepts: the Middle Ages
- Late Antiquity
- The Roman-Barbarian Kingdoms
- Byzantium
- Islam
- The Carolingian
- The post-carolingian world
- Christianism and Monasticism
- The Reform
- Cistercians, Mendicants, Heresy
- The Revival of the Year 1000
- Crusades and Reconquista
- The Feudal monarchies
- The Communes
- Innocent III and Frederick II
- The 14th-century crisis
- Boniface VIII, the Avignon papacy, the Great Schism
- National states and Hundred Years' War
- Italy in the Late Middle Ages
- Humanism and the Age of Exploration
Sustainability goals
- Academic year2026/2027
- Degree program to which the course belongsStudies in Art History
- Lesson code10628998
- Year and semester1st year - 1st semester
- Activity typeBasic educational activities
- Academic areaDiscipline storiche
- SSDHIST-01/A
- Mandatory presenceNo
- LanguageITA
- CFU6 CFU
- Total duration42 hours
- Hours distribution42 classroom hours