MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Course objectives
The course - provides the student with knowledge and understanding of the methodological and critical-problematic aspects of the Discipline as well as application issues; proposes area and sectoral perspectives in which research projects relating to the Discipline are active or can be activated; shows the variability of the fields of interest within which disciplinary skills can be applied (descriptor 1); - develops the student's autonomous ability to relate what has been learned with other SSDs: historical, literary, artistic, cultural, economic, political, historical-religious disciplines, etc. (descriptor 2); - enables the student to use the acquired knowledge and the specific learned language in view of the so-called "transversal skills" (autonomy of judgment, communication skills, descriptors 3-5).
Channel 1
UMBERTO LONGO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Desert and city. Spirituality and the Middle Ages.
What is spirituality? It is often associated with the Middle Ages, considered a religious and “spiritual” era.
What forms did the relationship between space, the sacred, and society take in the Middle Ages?
The links between spirituality, nature, and the Middle Ages in the development of the idea of the Middle Ages.
The course aims to investigate what is meant by spirituality in the Middle Ages and to offer a reflection on the crucial relationship between the conception of space, settlement, the tension towards the sacred, religious choices, and social dynamics in the Middle Ages. Starting from the beginnings of Christianization until the High Middle Ages.
The relationship between the idea of the Middle Ages itself, the rediscovery of nature, and the need for spirituality between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries will also be considered.
Prerequisites
general knowledge of medieval history
Books
Il tema della foresta e della caccia nell’agiografia monastica di riforma del secolo XI, in Sacra silva. Bosco e religione tra tarda antichità e medioevo, a cura di Francesco Carta, Raimondo Michetti, Carla Noce, Roma Viella (Sacro/Santo nuova serie, 34), pp. 357-368 isbn 9791254695739
Frequency
Given the seminar nature, attendance is strongly recommended.
Exam mode
The course is seminar in nature and aims to provide understanding of the topics covered through direct knowledge of the sources. An oral test is scheduled.
Also planned are: Lectures by visiting professors, seminars, online distribution of teaching materials.
Lesson mode
Given the seminar nature, attendance is strongly recommended.
UMBERTO LONGO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Desert and city. Spirituality and the Middle Ages.
What is spirituality? It is often associated with the Middle Ages, considered a religious and “spiritual” era.
What forms did the relationship between space, the sacred, and society take in the Middle Ages?
The links between spirituality, nature, and the Middle Ages in the development of the idea of the Middle Ages.
The course aims to investigate what is meant by spirituality in the Middle Ages and to offer a reflection on the crucial relationship between the conception of space, settlement, the tension towards the sacred, religious choices, and social dynamics in the Middle Ages. Starting from the beginnings of Christianization until the High Middle Ages.
The relationship between the idea of the Middle Ages itself, the rediscovery of nature, and the need for spirituality between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries will also be considered.
Prerequisites
general knowledge of medieval history
Books
Il tema della foresta e della caccia nell’agiografia monastica di riforma del secolo XI, in Sacra silva. Bosco e religione tra tarda antichità e medioevo, a cura di Francesco Carta, Raimondo Michetti, Carla Noce, Roma Viella (Sacro/Santo nuova serie, 34), pp. 357-368 isbn 9791254695739
Frequency
Given the seminar nature, attendance is strongly recommended.
Exam mode
The course is seminar in nature and aims to provide understanding of the topics covered through direct knowledge of the sources. An oral test is scheduled.
Also planned are: Lectures by visiting professors, seminars, online distribution of teaching materials.
Lesson mode
Given the seminar nature, attendance is strongly recommended.
- Lesson code1023884
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseCultures and Religions
- CurriculumCulture e religioni della contemporaneità
- Year2nd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDM-STO/01
- CFU6