00929 - Modern History

Learning outcomes

The course aims to educate in knowledge and in understanding of the history of the Christian Churches and their ecclesiological structures as indispensable elements for the analysis of modern and contemporary society especially in relation to its artistic heritage. Through thematic and through the analysis of concrete examples, at the end of the course, the student has the tools to critically analyze the influence of Christianity in the religious, social, political and, above all, artistic and cultural heritage.

Course contents

After a few lessons on the general overview of the subject and on methodology, aimed at providing the tools and the necessary institutional knowledge, the course includes an analysis of the core issues of religious history and of the Churches in the XVI-XXI, paying particular attention to the perception, production, use and protection of cultural, monumental and artistic heritage that the different ecclesial realities testify both in Europe and in the lands subject of missionary activity. Among the topics explored:

1) the material and spiritual conquest of the New World;

2) the impact that the Councils of Trent (1545-1563) and the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) had on contemporary political and cultural production and artistic;

3) the events that involved “La compagnia di Gesù” in the XVIII - expulsion and suppression of the Order-and the impact of the presence of Jesuits expelled in the Papal States.

Readings/Bibliography

History of Churches in Modern and Contemporary Age (12 CFU)

 

A) Manuals

A manual of your choice:

- P.G.Wallace, La lunga età della Riforma, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006.

- R.Po-chia Hsia, La Controriforma. Il mondo del rinnovamento cattolico, 1540 – 1770, Il Mulino, Bologna 2001.

- G.Martina, Storia della Chiesa da Lutero ai nostri giorni, Morcelliana, Brescia 1983, vol. I, L'età della Riforma, pp.55-262; vol II, L'età dell'assolutismo, pp.13-92 e pp.155-302.

- G.L.Podestà- G.Vian, Storia del Cristianesimo, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010.

 

B) Studies *

Two essays that  students must choose:

- G.Filoramo-D.Menozzi, Storia del Cristianesimo. L'età moderna, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2001.

- G.Filoramo-D.Menozzi, Storia del Cristianesimo. L'età contemporanea, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2001.

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NB. Students attending the course can replace what is required at point “B) Studies” with texts that will be presented during the course of study or indicated in the Bibliography. The choice of these essays and books must be agreed with the teacher during class time and / or during office hours.

 

C) Non-attending students will have to supplement their training with a reading of your choice:

- P.Prodi, Il paradigma tridentino. Un'epoca della storia della Chiesa, Morcelliana, Brescia, 2010.

- A.Prosperi, Il Concilio di Trento: una introduzione storica, Einaudi, Torino, 2001.

 

Bibliography depth:

O.Niccoli, Vedere con gli occhi del cuore. Alle origini del potere delle immagini, Editori Laterza 2011.

A. Prosperi, Tribunali della coscienza. Inquisitori, confessori, missionari. Einaudi, Torino 1996.

A.Prosperi, Il Concilio di Trento: una introduzione storica, Einaudi, Torino 2001.

P.Prodi, Il paradigma tridentino. Un'epoca della storia della Chiesa, Morcelliana, Brescia 2010.

E.Bonora, La giustizia intollerante. Inquisizione e tribunali confessionali in Europa (secoli IV-XVIII), Carocci, Roma 2006.

G.L.Podestà- G.Vian, Storia del Cristianesimo, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010.

R. Rusconi, L'ordine dei peccati. La confessione tra Medioevo e età moderna, Il Mulino, Bologna 2002.

H.Rawlings, L'inquisizione spagnola, Il Mulino, Bologna 2008.

A.A. Cassi, Ultramar. L'invenzione europea del Nuovo Mondo, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari 2007.

L.Guarnirei Calò Carducci, Idolatria e identità creola in Perù, Le cronache andine tra Cinquecento e Seicento, Viella, Roma 2007.

L'istruzione in Italia tra Sette e Ottocento, a cura di A.Bianchi, vol. I, La Scuola, Brescia 2007.

M.Gotor, Chiesa e santità nell'Italia moderna, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari 2004.

S.Pavone, I Gesuiti dalle origini alla soppressione, Ed. Laterza, Bari, 2004

F.-G.Lanzi, Come riconoscere i santi e i patroni nell'arte e nelle immagini popolari, Jaca Book, Milano 2003.

D.Menozzi, La Chiesa e le immagini. I testi fondamentali sulle arti figurative dalle origini ai nostri giorni, San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo, 1995.

La presenza in Italia dei gesuiti iberici espulsi, a cura di U.Baldini- G.P.Brizzi, Clueb, Bologna 2010.

G.Garzia-E.Marchetti-G.L.Tusini, Rifiuti e società. Arte, storia e regole giuridiche, Aracne, Roma 2012.

E.Marchetti-G.L.Tusini, Vita culturale e idee sull'arte negli anni del Vaticano II, con un saggio di F.Finocchiaro, Aracne, Roma 2010.

E.Marchetti-R.Pini, Orsola e le sue compagne. Aspetti del culto tra Bologna e Ravenna secoli XIII-XVIII, Du.Press, Bologna 2009.

E. Marchetti, Ravenna attraverso le sue confraternite, Du.Press, Bologna 2012.

I. Fernández Arrillaga-E. Marchetti, La Bolonia que habitaron los gesuita hispánicos (1768-1773), Du.Press, Bologna 2012.

Teaching methods

During the course, in addition to lectures, the teacher will use the analysis of texts, which will be provided to students, the projections of the images and other audio-visual materials; guided tours and multidisciplinary meetings on issues related to the program.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral interview to be incurred at the end of the lessons. For students who attended the lectures, the exam will cover the modules A and B mentioned in the program and the subjects presented and discussed in class, while for non-attending students, the exam will be based on the modules A, B and C mentioned in the program. For the determination of the final grade will take into account the interventions of the student during the lectures and student participation in seminars and conferences organized or recommended by the teacher and related to the modern scene. In order to pass the exam, the student should demonstrate an understanding of the main topics covered during the course, placing them chronologically and critically in the panorama of modern and contemporary age. In order to achieve a high evaluation, the student should demonstrate the ability to make appropriate use of specific terminology, the student should be able to move between the different themes with the support of the sources and should make proper connections. If the student proves to be unable to navigate between the main topics and to place the most relevant phenomena and historical events in space and time he will not pass the exam. Attending students will agree with the teacher the theme and the readings that seek to further (as shown in point B of the Program).

Teaching tools

The lecture will be supported and supplemented by reading and commentary sources provided in photocopy during the lesson and by the vision of audiovisual material. There will also be guided tours of archives and exhibitions, carried out in collaboration with other classes, which will provide a multidisciplinary framework of the above lessons.

Office hours

See the website of Elisabetta Marchetti