- Docente: Paolo Pirillo
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-STO/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in History and Oriental Studies (cod. 8845)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will have the ability to evaluate the historiographic orientations as regards the subject matter of the course, and they will be able to read and interpret hand written as well as published documents, they will learn to contextualize general issues by working on specific research cases. Students will be aware of the importance and historicization of concepts linked with both society and family, and will be able to interpret the lexicon as well as its analytical categories.
Course contents
Text in translation
Readings/Bibliography
C. Klapisch Zuber, La famiglia e le donne a Firenze nel Rinascimento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1988
C. Klapisch Zuber, "Parenti, amici, vicini". Il territorio urbano di una famiglia mercantile nel XV secolo, in "Quaderni storici", n. 33 (1976), pp. 953-982
Teaching methods
Language of instruction: italian
Assessment methods
This exam is an oral exam through which the critical and methodological abilities acquired by the student during the course will be evaluated; the student will be invited to discuss the issues addressed during the course. The following abilities will be evaluated positively: a student's ability to familiarize him/herself with bibliographical material and sources with the aim of selecting information from the literature that can be used to illustrate aspects and areas of culture pertaining to the discipline. The ability to reach a critical and systematic vision of the discipline and the ability to demonstrate the possession of a descriptive command and of appropriate field-specific language will be rewarded with a mark of excellence.
Office hours
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