93258 - Medieval Antiquities and Institutions

Academic Year 2021/2022

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will possess the basic critical know-how to analyse sources and texts relating to public and private institutions in the Middle Ages, and the macro-themes specific to Latin-speaking Europe. They will have become familiar with the main collections of edited sources in print and on the web. They will have taken a case confined to a specific place and time, studied its historiographic implications and learnt to discuss it in the appropriate terminology. They will be able to explain and interpret historical, social and institutional phenomena by comparisons and linkages. They will have a critical approach to texts and data and apply theoretical models of interpretation to social and institutional processes.

Course contents

The course is organized in two parts,  (30 hours + 30 hours).

Attention: students who have in their study plan 6cfu - cod. 27179 (First cycle degree in Humanitis OR  enrolled for the academic year 2021/22 in the III year of the First cycle degree in History) must follow the second part of the course.



Part I (first 30 hours, starting from 20 September 2021): Medieval institutions: the first part will provide a diachronic overview of the institutional organization of medieval European Latin societies, focusing mainly on political institutions and those with a public value.



Part II (last 30 hours, starting from 8 November 2021): The Italian Comuni: the second part will focuses on the historiographic theme of Italian communi, in particular from a political and institutional perspective. The evolution of the historiographical question will be summarized. It will then be investigated the institutional phases and the general political issues, with exemplifications taken from the events of the main Italian communi.

Readings/Bibliography

ATTENDING STUDENTS (who attends AT LEAST 24 lessons (12 cfu) or 12 lessons (6cfu)):

In addition to the notes and material used during the lessons, attending students will prepare the exam on:

Part I:

1. L. Tanzini – F.P. Tocco, Un Medioevo mediterraneo. Mille anni tra Oriente e Occidente, Carocci, Roma, 2020

Part II:

1. G. Milani, I comuni italiani, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2005

 

NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS:

Part I:

1. L. Tanzini – F.P. Tocco, Un Medioevo mediterraneo. Mille anni tra Oriente e Occidente, Carocci, Roma, 2020

Part II:

1. G. Milani, I comuni italiani, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2005

and

2. L. Tanzini, A consiglio. La vita politica nell'Italia dei comuni, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2014

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons: presentation of the themes and insights of some particular aspects, contextualized in the late medieval period. During the lesson some sources, in Italian translation, will be used and commented.

Assessment methods

The exam is oral. The assessment will be done through a few questions designed to ascertain the knowledge gained in the lessons and topics contained in the books in the program; the property of language and exposure; the ability to make links between the various topics.

The achievement of a comprehensive and critical knowledge of the studied themes and an articulated exhibition capacity will be assessed with a rating of excellence.

Knowledge only mnemonic of topics, with synthesis and exposure in a proper language will be evaluated with discrete votes.

Gaps in knowledge and an elementary language during exposure will be evaluated with just enough votes.

Gaps in knowledge, inappropriate language and lack of orientation within the materials indicated in the program will be evaluated negatively.

Teaching tools

virtuale.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Tommaso Duranti

SDGs

Sustainable cities Peace, justice and strong institutions Partnerships for the goals

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.