10588 - Exegesis of Medieval Historical Sources (1)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will be familiar with the different trends in contemporary historiography concerning study of the Middle Ages, and will have achieved a capacity for critical analysis and interpretation of written and material sources. They will also have a general overview of medieval historiographic output, and will have learnt how to employ the terminology of the subject advisedly in talking about texts and data. They will be organized and independent in their work, possess a spirit of self-criticism and an ability to learn from mixing with other people.

Course contents

Part I: Middle Ages in the contemporary historiography and culture; the historicals sources (written, material [archaeological and artistic], ethnographic); the critical analysis and exegesis.

Part II: Critical approach to various typologies of sources.

1st semester course, 1st cycle

 

THE METHODS OF EXECUTION OF THE LESSONS WILL FOLLOW THE INDICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT.

 

Readings/Bibliography

For attending students:

-P. Delogu, Introduzione alla storia medievale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003 (or new impression) = chapters 1, 4, 8.

- Fonti medievali. Un'antologia, a cura di T- Di Carpegna Falconieri, A.Feniello, Ch.Grasso, Roma, Carocci, 2017 (pp.66-67;73-75; 77-79; 82-83; 128-129; 163-164; 176-178; 183-185).

- P.Burke, Testimoni oculari. Il significato storico delle immagini, Roma, Carocci, 2002 (or new impression) = chapters 2, 5, 9

For not-attending students:

- A. Augenti, Prima lezione di archeologia medievale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2020.

Teaching methods

The course is based on lessons in which will be given a general presentation of some more specific historiographic themes and will be proposed in-dept analysis of some specific carachteristic of different typologies of written and material sources.

Assessment methods

The assessment method is only trough a final exam, which will consist in an oral exam. This exam will aim to verify that the student has acquired the expected knowledge.The minimum standard of learning required to the student is to be able to use all the different typologies of sources trought the individuation of their particular carachteristics and of their informative potential concerning to the historiographical themes that will be proposed during the course.

Evaluation: An evaluation with grades of excellence is envisaged taking into consideration:
- the mastery both of the contents proposed during the lessons and of the bibliography indicated;
- the ability to synthesize and to analyze the themes and the concepts;
- the achievement of an organic vision and of a critical use of the themes and problems;
- good expressive competence and specific language.
A discreet assessment is envisaged taking into consideration:
- a mnemonic knowledge of the contents;
- the ability to synthesize and to analyze the themes and the concepts articulated in a correct, but not always appropriate language.
A sufficient assessment is envisaged taking into consideration:
- Formative gaps and / or inappropriate language, even if in a context of minimal knowledge of the examination contents.
A negative rating is foreseen taking into consideration:
- formative gaps; inappropriate language; lack of correlation within the proposed issues and the recommended bibliography.

In the event that the teaching also results as a module of C.I. ("Metodologia e fonti della storia medievale"), in
this last case the overall final vote will be calculated on the average of the results achieved on individual modules.

Teaching tools

Overhead projector, video and slides projector, audiovisual aids, compendium of photocopied sources, PowerPoint, materials on web.

Office hours

See the website of Paola Galetti