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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

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Laurea in Lettere - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Further activities
3
F
-

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padvanced
mMasterful

Teaching code

4S02137

Credits

12

Coordinator

Marco Stoffella

Language

Italian

Also offered in courses:

The teaching is organized as follows:

I MODULO PARTE (I)

Credits

6

Period

CuCi IIA

Academic staff

Marco Stoffella

II MODULO PARTE (P)

Credits

6

Period

CuCi IIB

Academic staff

Francesco Bianchi

Learning outcomes

The aim of the advanced course of Medieval History is to guide the student to the critical analysis of historical sources and to develop his / her capacity to analyze a historical problem in its complexity. Overall, the two courses - introductory and advanced - aim to provide students with the necessary skills to orient themselves independently in a problem of medieval history. In the introductory course, therefore, the teacher underlines some aspects that will be then deepened and recalled in the progress course. During the advanced course, a direct analysis of medieval sources and documents is foreseen (translated into Italian).

Program

From the analysis of programs of the two courses that are analytically described in the following sections, it emerges that the introductory part focuses on the general aspects of the medieval society. The knowledge of those general features are necessary in order to understand topics discussed in the second part of this course, where different aspects will be chosen from the many already discussed in the previous part.

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Barbero, Alessandro Carlo Magno. Un padre dell’Europa Laterza 2000
Settia, Angelo A. Castelli medievali Il Mulino 2017
Provero, Luigi Contadini e potere nel Medioevo Carocci 2020 9788819000678
Bordone Renato, Sergi Giuseppe Dieci secoli di medioevo Einaudi 2009
Milani, Giuliano I comuni italiani. Secoli XII-XIV Laterza 2005 9788842072478
Freedman, Paul Il gusto delle spezie nel Medioevo Il Mulino 2009 8815246711
Brown, Peter Il riscatto dell’anima. Aldilà e ricchezza nel primo cristianesimo occidentale Einaudi 2016
Vigueur, J.C. Maire; Faini, Enrico Il sistema politico dei comuni italiani (secoli XII-XIV) Bruno Mondadori 2010 8861592155
Albertoni, Giuseppe; Collavini, Simone M.; Lazzari, Tiziana Introduzione alla storia medievale. Seconda edizione il Mulino 2020 978-88-15-28456-3
Gasparri, Stefano Italia longobarda. Il regno, i Franchi, il papato Laterza 2012
D'Acunto,Nicolangelo La lotta per le investiture. Una rivoluzione medievale (998-1122) Carocci 2020 9788829000708
Melville, Gert Le comunità religiose nel Medioevo. Storia e modelli di vita Morcelliana 2020 9788837232849
Lazzari, Tiziana Le donne nell’alto Medioevo Bruno Mondadori 2010 8861592198
Grillo, Paolo Le guerre del Barbarossa. I comuni contro l’imperatore Laterza 2014 9788858111710
Zorzi, Andrea Le signorie cittadine in Italia (secoli XIII-XV) Bruno Mondadori 2010 9788861592230
Smith, Julia M.H. L’Europa dopo Roma, Una nuova storia culturale 500-1000 Il Mulino 2008
Wickham, Chris L’Europa nel Medioevo Carocci 2020 9788843099719
Giuseppe Sergi L’idea di medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune Donzelli 2005
Zorzi, Andrea Manuale di storia medievale Utet 2016
Vitolo, Giovanni Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un’età di transizione Sansoni 2000
B. ZELLER, C. WEST, F. TINTI, M. STOFFELLA, N. SCHRÖDER, C. van RHIJN, S. PATZOLD, T. KOHL, W. DAVIES, M. CZOCK Neighbours and Strangers. Local societies in early medieval Europe Manchester University Press 2020 9781526139818
Cammarosano, Paolo Nobili e re. L’Italia politica dell’alto medioevo Laterza 1999
Wickham, Chris Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo. L’affermazione dei comuni italiani nel XII secolo Viella 2017
Costambeys Marios, Innes Matthew, MacLean Simon The Carolingian World Cambridge University Press 2011
AA.VV. Città e servizi sociali nell’Italia dei secoli XII-XV Centro italiano di studi di storia e d’arte 1990
Anna Esposito e Andreas Rehberg Gli ordini ospedalieri tra centro e periferia Viella 2007
Isa Lori Sanfilippo e Antonio Rigon (a cura di) I giovani nel medioevo. Ideali e pratiche di vita Istituto storico italiano per il Medio Evo 2014
Giuliana Albini Poveri e povertà nel Medioevo Carocci 2016
Francesco Bianchi e Giovanni Silvano (a cura di) Saggi di storia della salute. Medicina, ospedali e cura fra medioevo ed età contemporanea FrancoAngeli 2020
Marina Gazzini (a cura di) Studi confraternali. Orientamenti, problemi, testimonianze Firenze University Press - Reti Medievali 2009

Examination Methods

Both exams will take place orally. Students will be asked to clearly be able to introduce and discuss three main features that the lectures will chose. They will also need to demonstrate that they are aware of the historical sources useful for the knowledge of these problems or events. The evaluation is assigned in thirtieths. The exam has similar characteristics for attending and non-attending students.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL READING, ACCORDING TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LECTURER

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE