Teaching code

4S003323

Teacher

Mariaclara Rossi

Coordinator

Mariaclara Rossi

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

• Medieval History, History of Christianity and Churches [Sede VR] - STORIA DEL CRISTIANESIMO E DELLE CHIESE of the course Master’s degree in Historical Studies (interuniversity)
• Hystory of Christianity and of the Churches [Sede VR] of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/07 - HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY AND OF CHURCHES

Period

Sem. IB dal Nov 14, 2016 al Jan 21, 2017.

Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

Educational goals: develop the abilities to analyse sources and historiography by identifying the intricacy of historical problems; examine methodologies and tools of the historical-religious research applying solid paths of investigation.

Prerequisites: basic knowledge of Latin language; basic knowledge of history of Christianity, ecclesiastic institutions and religious life from the origins to 15th century, epistemological bases of the discipline.

Program

Syllabus: Church and Women in the Christian West (Ancient and Middle Ages).
The course aims to investigate bibliography and sources (some example of documentary, literary, hagiographic sources) concerning the relationship, sometimes very problematic, between Christian religion and women from the origin of Christianity to Late Middle Ages. Together with the evolution and historical development of that relationship some thematic itineraries, exemplifying the attendance / exclusion of women from the life of the Church, will be presented.

Reference books for all students:

A. Valerio, Donne Chiesa. Una storia di genere, Roma 2016.

R. Guarnieri, Donne e Chiesa tra mistiche e istituzioni (secoli XIII-XV), Roma 2004.

One reading among the following:

B. Selene Zorzi, “Al di là del genio femminile”. Donne e genere nella teologia cristiana, Roma 2015 (reference book for NOT attending students).

-J. Dalarun, La donna vista dai chierici, in Storia delle donne, a cura di G. Duby e M. Pierrot: Il medioevo, a cura di C. Klapisch-Zuber, Roma-Bari 1990, pp. 24-55.

-J. Dalarun, Francesco: un passaggio. Donna e donne negli scritti e nelle leggende di Francesco d’Assisi, Prefazione di G. Miccoli, Roma 1994.

-P. L’Hermite-Leclercq, L’Église et les femmes dans l’Occident Chrétien des origines à la fin du Moyen Age, Brepols 1997 (chapters to be agreed with the professor).

-Donne cristiane e sacerdozio. Dalle origini all’età contemporanea, cura di D. Corsi, Roma 2004 (chapters to be agreed with the professor).

-C. Lee, La tradizione misogina, in Lo spazio letterario del medioevo; 2. Medioevo volgare, IV L’attualizzazione del testo, Roma 2004, pp. 509-544.

-Le donne nella chiesa e in Italia, a cura di L. Mezzadri, M. Tagliaferri, Cinisello Balsamo 2007 (chapters to be agreed with the professor).

-Donne e bibbia nel medioevo (secoli XII-XV), a cura di K.E. Børresen, A. Valerio, Trapani 2011 (chapters to be agreed with the professor).

-Le donne nello sguardo degli autori cristiani. L’uso dei testi biblici nella costruzione dei modelli femminili e la riflessione teologica dal I al VII secolo, a cura di K.E. Børresen, E. Prinzivalli, Trapani 2013 (chapters to be agreed with the professor).

-D. Lett, Uomini e donne nel medioevo. Storia del genere, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014. Ed. originale Parigi 2013.

Examination Methods

Teaching methods: lectures in a seminar-type context of reading and analysis of sources (a sylloge of sources will be hand out during the course).

Auxiliary teaching activities: seminars, congresses, conferences on the history of Christianity suggested by the Professor.

Evaluation criteria: oral examination.