12180 - History of Medieval Historiography (1)

Academic Year 2015/2016

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students will achieve  a general overview of the medieval historical production from Vth to XIVth century. Students also obtain a direct knowledge of the most relevant texts.

Course contents

The basic part of the course will be focused on the medieval historical practice, on the textual typologies, on the political and ideological patterns of the medieval historical production, on the historian's power to create, re-create and invent past history.

Special part of the course will be focused on longobard historical production.

Readings/Bibliography

ATTENDING STUDENTS:

  • B. Smalley, Storici nel Medioevo, Napoli 1979
  • O. Capitani, La storiografia medievale, in La storia. I grandi problemi dal Medioevo all'età contemporanea. Il Medioevo, 1, I, I quadri generali, a c. di N. Tranfaglia-M. Firpo, Torino 1988, pp. 752-792
  •  L'invenzione della tradizione, a c. d. E. J. Hobsbawm-T. Ranger, Torino 2002, pp. 3-17

NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

  • B. Smalley, Storici nel Medioevo, Napoli 1979
  • O. Capitani, La storiografia medievale, in La storia. I grandi probelmi dal Medioevo all'età contemporanea. Il Medioevo, 1 I, I quadri generali, a c. di N. Tranfaglia- M. Firpo, Torino 1988, pp. 752.792
  • L'invenzione della tradizione, a c.di E. J. Hobsbawm.T. Ranger, Torino 2002, pp. 3-17, 45-98, 153-295)
  • R. W. Southern, La tradizione della storiografia medievale, Bologna 2002

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures.

Assessment methods


The final exam will be an oral one, with questions aimed to verify the student's knowledge of the themes discussing during frontal lectures (only for attending students) as well as those treated in the program's texts.
To obtain a positive evaluation students have to show that theyare able to discuss methodological problems and use an appropriate terminology.


Teaching tools

We will use power point slides with images and maps. Various examples of historical sources will be used and discussed.

Office hours

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