66782 - History of Medieval Europe (LM)

Learning outcomes

STORIA dell'EUROPA NEL MEDIOEVO ( Prof. Paolo PIRILLO) At the end of the course, students will know the essential characteristics of the political-institutional and socio-economic history of mediaeval Europe, with the help of various testimonies . Students will gain skills methodology in organizing autonomous research.

Feminist Historiography - Storiografia femminista/ Women's movements worldwide. By the end of the module students will acquire a knowledge of the main issues of women’s history and gender relations from a comparative perspective with a strong international dimension. Students will also acquire a knowledge of the main trends of feminist historiography; be able to critically analyse sources and apply the main methodologies for the study of women’s and gender history; know how to approach independently both research and comparative analysis on different types of documents.

Course contents

At the bottom of this text the program for the course: Feminist Historiography - Storiografia femminista/ Women's movements worldwide - I movimenti delle donne nel mondo

 
Travel and Travelers in the Middle Ages (Prof. Paolo Pirillo) This course is proposed in the second semester

Medieval society was characterized by a great mobility: someone traveled for commercials raisons, others were in search of fortune, work, for surviving or debts, because they had troubles with the law, or political problems or for religious sensibility (pilgrimage). This has produced a conspicuous literature of traveling and pilgrim’s diaries wich provide rich historical evidences on culture and religious meaning of medieval society.

Feminist Historiography - Storiografia femminista/ Women's movements worldwide - I movimenti delle donne nel mondo. This course is proposed in the first semester

The module deals with the history of women and gender relations in contemporary times. Through lectures and critical reading of original sources, the course aims to develop the emancipation process and construction of female citizenship on both a social and then political level. Still in keeping with a comparative perspective, the module will address women's emancipation movements in and outside Europe; the theme of women’s education and women in the workplace; periods of discord and unity; the struggle to acquire the main political and social rights; the question of memory.

Readings/Bibliography

At the bottom of this text the bibliography for the course: Feminist Historiography - Storiografia femminista/ Women's movements worldwide - I movimenti delle donne nel mondo

STORIA dell'EUROPA NEL MEDIOEVO ( Prof. Paolo PIRILLO) This course is proposed in the second semester

Reference text: Maria Serena Mazzi, In viaggio nel Medioevo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016 and three essays essays contained in the following book: Viaggiare nel Medioevo, a cura di S. Gensini, Pisa, Pacini editore, 2000

FEMINIST HISTORIOGRAPHY-STORIOGRAFIA FEMMINISTA / WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS WORLWIDE / I MOVIMENTI DELLE DONNE NEL MONDO This course is proposed in the first semester

Gisela Bock, Le donne nella storia europea: dal Medioevo ai nostri giorni, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2006.

Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot, Storia delle donne in Occidente, Roma-Bari, Laterza. Un volume a scelta tra quelli della collana.

Elda Guerra, Storia e cultura politica delle donne, Bologna, Archetipolibri, 2008.

Claudia Pancino, Storia sociale: metodi esempi strumenti, Venezia, Marzilio, 2003.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Seminars and critical analysis of documents

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.

A mechanical and/or mnemonic knowledge of the language, a superficial ability to synthesize and analyse information, and/or a language that is correct but not always appropriate will lead to  a moderate mark; knowledge gaps and/or inappropriate language – albeit in a context of minimal knowledge of the material required for the exam – will not lead to a pass mark.

Knowledge gaps, inappropriate language and a lack of familiarity with the bibliographical material provided during the course  will not receive a pass mark.

Office hours

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