Studying at the University of Verona

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.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

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. 2021/2022

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. 2022/2023

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. 2021/2022
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. 2022/2023
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°
Other activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S02137

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/01 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Period

2 B dal Apr 4, 2022 al Jun 4, 2022.

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Learning outcomes

The advanced course of Medieval History will examine a particular historical topic and its different manifestations over time, by means of the critical analysis of historical sources and in relation to the broader context of medieval society, allowing students to evaluate continuities and discontinuities of long-term phenomena, even in comparison to the contemporary age.

Program

The advance course aims to investigate the techniques and types of urban manufacturing in the late Middle Ages, together with the infrastructures, activities and commercial networks for the supply of handcrafted items at both regional and international level, with particular attention to the cities of Central-Northern Italy, framed within the broader context of Western civilization. The following topics will be explored in a diachronic way:

- Climate, environment and demography in the late Middle Ages
- Geography of raw materials and energy resources
- Manufacturing technology and proto-industrial production
- Craftsmen classes, guilds and workshops
- The economic policies of urban communes, lordships and regional states
- Communication routes and commercial infrastructures
- Local and international exchange networks
- Merchants, commercial enterprises and mercantile practices
- Accounting techniques, financial instruments and commercial records

During the course, different historical sources will be shared, analyzed and discussed with the students. The same sources will be part of the examination program for attending students.

Students can use one of the handbooks recommended for the introductory course for general information. In addition, attending and non-attending students are required to study another handbooks, to be freely chosen between these two options:

1) Paolo Malanima, Uomini, risorse, tecniche nell’economia europea dal X al XIX secolo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2009
2) Carlo M. Cipolla, Storia economica dell’Europa pre-industriale, Roma, il Mulino, 2016 (ma va bene qualunque altra edizione), ad esclusione dei capp. VII e VIII della seconda parte

Five further readings, to be freely chosen among the following twelve ones, are mandatory for non-attending students:

1) La società medievale, a cura di Silvana Collodo e Giuliano Pinto, Bologna, Monduzzi, 1999, pp. 291-315 (Duccio Balestracci, Corporazioni e confraternite), 347-384 (Patrizia Mainoni, La produzione urbana), 385-417 (Bruno Dini, L’economia degli scambi)
2) Roberto Greci, Nuovi orizzonti di scambio e nuove attività produttive, in Economie urbane ed etica economica nell’Italia medievale, a cura di Roberto Greci, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005, pp. 75-150
3) L’Italia alla fine del Medioevo: i caratteri originali nel quadro europeo, I, a cura di Francesco Salvestrini, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2006, pp. 355-380 (D. Abulafia, L’economia italiana e le economie mediterranee ed atlantiche), 381-431 (Stephan R. Epstein, I caratteri originali. L’economia)
4) Ermanno Orlando, Governo delle acque e navigazione interna. Il Veneto nel basso medioevo, in «Reti Medievali Rivista», 12/2 (2011), pp. 251-293, liberamente disponibile in formato digitale all’URL: http://www.rmoa.unina.it/2088/
5) Attività economiche e sviluppi insediativi nell’Italia dei secoli XI-XV. Omaggio a Giuliano Pinto, a cura di Enrico Lusso, Cherasco, Cisim, 2014, pp. 13-27 (Paolo Pirillo, Valichi appenninici, strade e luoghi di mercato), 29-53 (Thomas Szabó, L’economia dei transiti negli insediamenti alpini), 55-71 (Francesco Panero, Luoghi di mercato e nuovi insediamenti nell’Italia settentrionale), 215-244 (Dario Canzian, Acque, insediamenti e attività umane nella Marca veronese-trevigiana, secoli X-XIV), liberamente disponibile in formato digitale all’URL:
https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiKsa_tgJXxAhULrKQKHf37B74QFnoECAIQAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Faperto.unito.it%2Fretrieve%2Fhandle%2F2318%2F156197%2F166460%2FattivitaeconomichePanero.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0Q56R0Uoejjx75lFX0KaSk
6) Franco Franceschi e Luca Molà, Stati regionali e sviluppo economico, in Lo Stato del Rinascimento in Italia. 1350-1520, a cura di Andrea Gamberini e Isabella Lazzarini, Roma, Viella, 2014, pp. 401-419
7) Franco Franceschi, Il mondo della produzione: artigiani, salariati, corporazioni, in Storia del lavoro in Italia. Il Medioevo. Dalla dipendenza personale al lavoro contrattato, a cura di Franco Franceschi, Roma, Castelvecchi 2017, pp. 374-420, liberamente disponibile in formato digitale all’URL:
https://www.academia.edu/34518994/Il_mondo_della_produzione_artigiani_salariati_Corporazioni_in_Storia_del_lavoro_in_Italia_Il_Medioevo_Dalla_dipendenza_personale_al_lavoro_contrattato_a_cura_di_F_Franceschi_Roma_Castelvecchi_2017_pp_374_420
8) Edoardo Demo, Panni di lana per l’esportazione: i lanifici di Padova, Verona e Vicenza nel tardo medioevo, in Centri di produzione, scambio e distribuzione nell’Italia centro-settentrionale (secoli XIII-XIV), a cura di Bruno Figliuolo, Udine, Forum, 2018, pp. 165-175, liberamente disponibile in formato digitale all’URL:
https://www.academia.edu/38156700/Panni_di_lana_per_lesportazione_i_lanifici_di_Padova_Verona_e_Vicenza_nel_tardo_medioevo
9) Patrizia Mainoni e Nicola Lorenzo Barile, Mercati sub-regionali e flussi di traffico nell’Italia basso medievale, in I centri minori italiani nel tardo medioevo. Cambiamento sociale, crescita economica, processi di ristrutturazione (secoli XIII-XVI), a cura di Federico Lattanzio e Gian Maria Varanini, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2018, pp. 81-112, liberamente disponibile in formato digitale all’URL:
https://www.academia.edu/38184888/Mercati_sub_regionali_e_flussi_di_traffico_nell_Italia_bassomedievale
10) Sergio Tognetti, Attività mercantili e finanziarie nelle città italiane dei secoli XII-XV: spunti e riflessioni sulla base della più recente storiografia, in «Ricerche storiche», 48/2 (2018), pp. 23-43, liberamente disponibile in formato digitale all’URL:
https://www.academia.edu/38185521/Attivit%C3%A0_mercantili_e_finanziarie_nelle_citt%C3%A0_italiane_dei_secoli_XII_XV_spunti_e_riflessioni_sulla_base_della_pi%C3%B9_recente_storiografia_Ricerche_Storiche_XLVIII_3_2018_pp_23_43
11) Bruno Figliuolo, Alle origini del mercato nazionale. Strutture economiche e spazi commerciali nell’Italia medievale, Udine, Forum 2020, limitatamente alle pp. 17-74
12) Francesco Bianchi, Opifici e attività protoindustriali nella pianura veneta in età medievale, in L’architettura protoindustriale del Veneto nell’età di Palladio, a cura di Deborah Howard, Roma, Officina Libraria, 2021, pp. 11-31

Bibliography

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Examination Methods

The assessment consists of an oral exam and will focus on at least three different topics. During the exam will be evaluated the basic knowledge together with the ability to contextualize historical facts, as well as the ability to analyze and discuss the historical sources examined during the course. The quality of the oral presentation will also be taken into account, in terms of clarity, communicative effectiveness and proficient use of the discipline specific vocabulary.
Attending and non-attending students will be assessed in the same way. Attending students will prepare themselves on the course handbook (to be freely chosen between two options suggested by the teacher) together with the course lecture notes and sources uploaded to the Moodle page of the course itself. Non-attending students will prepare themselves on the course handbook together with five further readings (to be freely chosen among eleven options suggested by the teacher).
For any further information or to arrange an appointment, please email me.

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