00929 - Modern History

Learning outcomes

The fundamentals of political, economic, social, cultural and religious history will be illustrated from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, highlighting the connections between the various aspects and the perennial tension between attempts at hegemony, restoring and maintaining of the balance, which is specific to the history of the European continent in the modern age. The world affairs will be the subject of special in-depth study because, in the long run, their understanding is essential to understanding the movements and the social dynamics of our time.

Course contents

The course will consist of a series of lectures, of an institutional nature, on international relations, religious dynamics (Reformation, Counter-Reformation), economic dynamics (development of production and trade), social and institutional dynamics (the diversity of political regimes in Europe: from Tsarist Russia to the Ottoman Empire, from Spanish polycentrism to English democracy ...).

Particular attention will be given to the history of the Ottoman Empire

Readings/Bibliography

(A)

The study of materials offered during the course, for the general or institutional section, must be complemented by the knowledge of a university handbook among:

- G. Gullino – G. Muto - E. Stumpo, Il mondo moderno. Manuale di storia per l’università, Bologna, Monduzzi, 2011²;

- G. Ricuperati – F. Ieva, Manuale di storia moderna, Novara, Utet, 2012;

- Introduzione alla storia moderna, a cura di M. Bellabarba - V. Lavenia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018.

 

(B)

and a reading from:

- M. Bloch, Apologia della storia o Mestiere di storico, Torino, Einaudi, 2009.

- P. Prodi, La storia moderna, Bologna, il Mulino, 2005.

- F. Benigno, Parole nel tempo: un lessico per pensare la storia, Viella, 2013.

 

(C)

Knowledge of the handbook and reading material will be supplemented by a more in-depth text to be chosen from:

- A. Brilli, Gerusalemme, LA Mecca, Roma. Storie di pellegrinaggi e di pellegrini, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014;

- M. Pellegrini, Guerra santa contro i turchi. La crociata impossibile ci Carlo V, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015;

- W. Behring, Storia culturale del clima, Torino, Bollati Boringheri, 2016;

- J. Stoye, L'assedio di Vienna, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016;

- G. Marcocci, Indios, cinesi, falsari. Le storie del mondo nel Rinascimento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2016;

- S. Bono, Schiavi. Una storia mediterranea (XVI-XIX), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016;

- M. Sahlins, Isole di storia. Società e mito nei mari del Sud, Milano, Raffaello Cortina, 2016;

- G. Mazzacurati, Il rinascimento dei moderni. La crisi culturale del XVI secolo e la negazione delle origini, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016;

- A. Prosperi, Il seme dell'intolleranza. Ebrei, eretici, selvaggi: Granada 1492, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017;

- J. Glete, La guerra sul mare, 1500-1650, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017;

- R. Sarti, Vita di casa. Abitare, mangiare, vestire nell'Europa moderna, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017;

- S. Landi, Lo sguardo di Machiavelli. Una nuova storia intellettuale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017;

- F. Biferali - M. Firpo, Immagini ed eresie nell'Italia del Cinquecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017;

- M. Kneale, Storia di Roma in sette saccheggi, Torino, Bollati Boringheri, 2018;

- M. Cavina, Maometto papa e imperatore, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018;

- P.G. Donini, Il mondo islamico. Breve storia dal Cinquecento a oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2018;

- A. Paravicini Bagliani - M.A. Visceglia, Il Conclave. Continuità e mutamenti dal Medioevo ad oggi, Roma, Viella, 2018;

- G. Cosmacini, La medicina del papi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2018;

- T. Kaufmann, I redenti e i dannati. Una storia della Riforma, Torino, Einaudi, 2018;

- G. Maifreda, Io dirò la verità. Il processo a Giordano Bruno, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2018;

- G. Vigarello, L'abito femminile. Una storia culturale, Torino, Einaudi, 2018;

- Guerre ed eserciti nell'età moderna, a cura di P. Bianchi - P. Del Negro, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018;

- H. Burstin, Rivoluzionari. Antropologia politica della Rivoluzione francese, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2018;

- D.R. Headrick, Il predominio dell'Occidente. Tecnologia, ambiente, imperialismo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018;

- M.A. Visceglia, La Roma dei papi. La corte e la politica internazionale (secoli XV-XVII), Roma, Viella, 2018;

- Papi, curia e città in età moderna, a cura di M. De Nicolò - M. Sanfilippo, Roma, Viella, 2019;

- F. Bethencourt, Razzismi. Dalle crociate al XX secolo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019;

- M. Formica, Roma, Romae. Una capitale in età moderna, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019;

- V. Ferrone, Il mondo dell'Illuminismo. Storia di una rivoluzione culturale, Torino, Einaudi, 2019;

- L. Braida, L'autore assente. L'anonimato nell'editoria italian del Settecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019;

- G. Turi, Guerre civili in Italia, 1796-1799, Roma, Viella, 2019;

- L. Maschili Migliorini, 500 giorni. Napoleone dall'Elba a Sant'Elena, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2019;

- C. Aydin, Il lungo Ottocento. Una storia politica internazionale, Torino, Einaudi, 2019;

(D)

and the volume:

Simona Negruzzo, La «cristiana impresa». L'Europa di fronte all'Impero ottomano alle soglie del XVII secolo, Milano, Cisalpino, 2019.

 

For all students it is also necessary to use a historical atlas (for instance: Atlante storico. Cronologia della storia universale, Milan, Garzanti, 2003).

 

 

FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING:

The preparation includes the points A, B, C and D.

To the point A is provided to the written verification, while for the points B, C and D that oral.

The participation, ascertained in the oral, in three seminars of the cycle: Sources and methodologies of historical research, will replace the in-depth reading of point C.

FOR STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING:

The preparation includes the points A, B, C and D.

To the point A is provided to the written verification, while for the points B, C and D that oral.

Regarding D you will have to agree with the professor's study an additional volume to the one reported in the program.

It is appropriate for students not attending agree on the exam program directly with the teacher during office hours, so choose it in a relevant on the basis of their studies.

Any examination program will be agreed by email.

 

 

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars

Assessment methods

The final exam will consist of a written preliminary test of one hour and a half (open and closed questions with answers), and an oral interview lasting an average of 20-30 minutes.

In the written test will be assigned a number of closed and open questions designed to examine the knowledge of the events and characters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, the ability to place them in a logical and chronological span of arguing critically. The test is passed with the attainment of sufficiency.

During the oral test will be evaluated in-depth knowledge of the issues dealt with in each of the essential texts for the completeness of the program; the ability to recognize, in every text, the sources used and historiographical reconstruction; the expressive mastery and specific language.
The lack of knowledge of one of the texts in the program will cause a negative rating.

Gaps in knowledge of the texts in the program, poor ability to recognize sources and historiographical reconstruction, very inappropriate language will involve an assessment of not more than sufficiency.
Knowledge mostly mechanical and / or mnemonics, capacity of synthesis and analysis limited, proper language, but not always appropriate, provide for a fair rating.
Full knowledge of the texts, good capacity of synthesis and analysis, fully valid and appropriate language will allow a good to excellent.

For the final assessment will take into account the outcome of the written and oral test.

 

Information about the dates of the calls and how to apply the examination will be regularly published on the web page teachers: http://www.unibo.it/docenti/simona.negruzzo.

Teaching tools

Powerpoint presentations

Office hours

See the website of Simona Negruzzo