10588 - Exegesis of Medieval Historical Sources (1)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will get to know the different trends of contemporary historiography concerning the study of the Middle Ages, and will get the competence to develop a critical analysis and an exegesis of written and material sources. The student will also get a general presentation of the historiographic production during the Middle Ages, and will learn how to express orally and critically the knowledge of the subject he will get during the course, using the specific terminology of this discipline.

Course contents

Part I: Middle Ages in the contemporary historiography and culture; written sources; material (archaeological and artistic) sources; criticism and exegesis.

Part II: Sources for historical landscapes history.

1st semester course, 1st cycle

Lessons timetable and centre:

Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, 9-11, Aula D, Via Centotrecento 18

Start of course: September  29, 2009

Readings/Bibliography

6 CFU COURSE

Attending students

Part I:

- P.Delogu, Introduzione alla storia medievale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003 = chapter 1, 4

- F.Senatore, Medioevo: istruzioni per l'uso, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2008 = pp.19-50

Part II:

- P.Galetti, Uomini e case nel Medioevo tra Occidente e Oriente, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008

Not-attending students

In addition to the bibliography must also be studied:

- P.Delogu, Introduzione alla storia medievale cit. = chapter 8 (archaeological sources); chapter 6 ( law sources)

-S.Tramontana, Capire il Medioevo, Roma, Carocci, 2005 = pp.109-136

- P.Burke, Testimoni oculari. Il significato storico delle immagini, Roma, Carocci, 2002.

5 CFU COURSE

The bibliography (for both attending and not-attending students) is the same of 6 cfu course. It is not necessary to study F. Senatore, Medioevo: istruzioni per l'uso cit.

 

Teaching methods

The course is based on frontal lessons in which will be given a general presentation of some more specific historiographic themes and will be proposed deeper investigation of some specific carachteristic of different typologies of written and material sources. In addition to that will be proposed a seminar focused on the individuation of different sources which can be useful to research, analyze and comment a particular historiographic problem.

Assessment methods

ORAL EXAM

The minimum standard of learning required to the student is to be able to use all the different typologies of sources trought the individuation of their particular carachteristics and of their informative potential concerning to the historiographical themes that will be proposed during the course.

 

Teaching tools

Overhead projector, video and slides projector, audiovisual aids, compendium of photocopied sources, powerpoint.

Office hours

See the website of Paola Galetti