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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:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Foreign language B1 (CB Test): English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
3
E
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 course to be chosen among the following
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Foreign language B1 (CB Test): English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
3
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 course to be chosen among the following
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Other activitites
6
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

Second half of Semester 2  dal Apr 23, 2018 al Jun 9, 2018.

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

Learning outcomes

The goal of the advanced course of Medieval History is to guide the student to critical analysis of historical sources and to develop his ability to analyze a historical problem in its complexity. The theme chosen is as follows: "Forms of government in the Italian city of the fourteenth and fifteenth century: the lordship".

Program

The program will include the following topics:
- The interpretation of the Lordship in Italian twentieth-century historiography
- The crisis of municipal institutions and the birth of Lordship (two lessons)
- Continuity of municipal institutions (two lessons)
- Lords or tyrants?
- Legitimacy of the power
- The ecclesiastical policy of the Lords
- The documentation of the Lords (two lessons)
- The Lord and his Wife
- Urban politics of townships
- The economic policy of Lords
- Forms of propaganda
- From communal army to mercenaries
- From the lordship to the regional state.

The course will be partly carried out through traditional lectures, partly through workshops and in-depth lessons distributed on the computer platform.
Non-attending students will have to agree with the teacher a number of additional readings personally. Some of these readings will be taken from the volume "Town Halls in Municipalities in Italy, by J.C. Maire Vigueur, Rome 2013, others will be indicated to each non-attending student.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Andrea Zorzi Le signorie cittadine in Italia (Edizione 1) Bruno Mondadori Campus 2010 9788861592239 Gli studenti frequentanti devono altresì dimostrare la conoscenza di una dispensa fotocopiata di saggi, che sarà predisposta dal docente. Gli studenti non frequentanti devono concordare con il docente, una ulteriore lettura.

Examination Methods

Oral examination. The student should be able to critically expose his opinion abour ome of the problems of the political, social, cultural and economic history of the Lordships in fourteenth century Italy. The evaluation will take into account written texts produced by students during the course.

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