Learning outcomes

Formative goals: a) the knowledge of the history of Europe in the mediaeval Millennium; b) competence in the interpretation and in the analysis of the historical settings in which the students live; c) in the meantime students are directed to improve the methods of historical research guided by the teacher, through the study of the specific case: The monasteries of Mathilda of Canossa/Tuscany. In this topic history, art and civilization are connected with an extraordinary woman as Mathilda of Canossa/Tuscany (1046-1115).

Program

These goals are pursued:

a) With the study of the handbook: P. GOLINELLI, Breve storia dell’Europa medievale, Bologna, Pàtron, 2001, explained during lessons.

b) MONOGRAPHIC COURSE:

The monasteries of Mathilda of Canossa/Tuscany,

to prepare with notes from the lessons, the analysis of the medieval sources introduced to the students during lessons, and the book:

P. GOLINELLI, L’ancella di san Pietro. Matilde di Canossa e la Chiesa, Milano, Jaca Book, 2015.

Those who can’t attend to the lessons are required to read also a book to choose in the following list:

1) Storia di San Benedetto Polirone. Le origini, a cura di P. Golinelli, Bologna, Pàtron, 1998.
2) Nonantola nella cultura e nell’arte medievale. Atti della giornata di studio organizzata da Vito Fumagalli e don Francesco Gavioli. Nuova edizione a cura di P. Golinelli e G. Malaguti, Bologna, Pàtron, 2003.
3) V. Fumagalli, Paesaggi della paura, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994.
4) P. Golinelli, Matilde e i Canossa, Milano, Mursia, 2009.

IMPORTANT:

To complete the program, a visit to the monasteries of Nonantola and San Benedetto Po, as well as to the medieval parts of the cities of Modena and Mantua, will be organized.

Examination Methods