12180 - History of Medieval Historiography (1)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to give to students a general vision of medieval historiographical production (V-XIV centuries), regarding the historical facts interpretation, the textual typologies, and the relationships between power and ideology.

Course contents

The basic part of the course will be focused on the medieval historical practice, on the textual typologies and on the religious and ideological patterns of the medieval historical production.

Special part of the course will be focused on the historians of carolingian period.

Readings/Bibliography

ATTENDING STUDENTS

• B. Smalley, Storici nel Medioevo, Napoli 1979
• O. Capitani, La storiografia medievale, in La Storia. I grandi problemi dal medioevo all'età contemporanea, Il medioevo, 1, I, I quadri generali, a c. di N. Tranfaglia-M. Firpo, Torino 1988, pp. 752-92

Readings on carolingian historiography will be listed during the lessons.

NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

• B. Smalley, Storici nel Medioevo, Napoli 1979;
• O. Capitani, La storiografia medievale, in La Storia. I grandi problemi dal medioevo all'età contemporanea, Il Medioevo, 1, I, I quadri generali, a c. di N. Tranfaglia- M. Firpo, Torino 1988, pp. 752-92
• R. W. Southern, La tradizione della storiografia medievale, Bologna 2002
• Dal volume Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo. 1 Il Medioevo latino, I, La produzione del testo. T. I, Roma 1992, a c. di G. Cavallo, C. Leonardi, E. Menestò:
• I. Gualandri, L'eredità tardo-antica, pp. 15-44;
• P. Scardigli, La cultura germanica, pp. 45-81

 

 

 

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures

Assessment methods

The final exam will be an oral one, with questions aimed to verify the student's knowledge of the themes discussed during frontal lessons as well as those treated in the program's texts.

Office hours

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