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.

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Laurea in Beni culturali - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
Semestrino 1A From 9/23/19 To 10/31/19
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Lectures "Musiche/Culture/Civiltà" F Vincenzo Borghetti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Musei civici Verona Conferences F Not yet assigned
1° 2° 3° C.T.G. Lectures F Alessandra Zamperini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources F Patrizia Basso (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Ephigraphy of production and distribution F Alfredo Buonopane (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Introduction to the study of decorative arts F Valerio Terraroli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Presente e futuro del pianeta. economia, sostenibilità e politiche F Gian Maria Varanini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° How to write your dissertation F Alessandro Arcangeli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Introductory seminar on art interpretation - BC F Enrico Dal Pozzolo (Coordinator)
Semestrino 1B From 11/11/19 To 1/11/20
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Lectures "Musiche/Culture/Civiltà" F Vincenzo Borghetti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Musei civici Verona Conferences F Not yet assigned
1° 2° 3° Contemporanee / Contemporanei F Valerio Terraroli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° C.T.G. Lectures F Alessandra Zamperini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources F Patrizia Basso (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Ephigraphy of production and distribution F Alfredo Buonopane (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Il museo di Palazzo Maffei: dall’arte antica alla contemporaneità F Valerio Terraroli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Introduction to the study of decorative arts F Valerio Terraroli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Read and interpret the physical phenomena on the IGM cartography F Silvino Salgaro (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Presente e futuro del pianeta. economia, sostenibilità e politiche F Gian Maria Varanini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° How to write your dissertation F Alessandro Arcangeli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Introductory seminar on art interpretation - BC F Enrico Dal Pozzolo (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Un patrimonio urbano da ri-conoscere e ri-valutare: ville e palazzi storici di verona e circondario F Gian Maria Varanini (Coordinator)
Semestrino 2A From 2/17/20 To 3/28/20
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Musei civici Verona Conferences F Not yet assigned
1° 2° 3° Contemporanee / Contemporanei F Valerio Terraroli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° C.T.G. Lectures F Alessandra Zamperini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources (Part II) F Patrizia Basso (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Giornate fai di primavera (1 cfu) F Monica Molteni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Iconography of Female Fashion. The Social Meaning of Clothes through Visual Arts, from the Renaissance to the 17th Century. F Alessandra Zamperini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Il museo di Palazzo Maffei: dall’arte antica alla contemporaneità F Valerio Terraroli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Lab on Methodology of Ethnographic Research F Stefano Maltese (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Basic laboratory of data F Maurizio Boscaini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Educational workshop on bibliotherapy F Marco Dalla Valle (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory of photo F Carlo Vannini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on Noninvasive Analytical Techniques Applied to Paintings F Paola Artoni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° How to write your dissertation F Alessandro Arcangeli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° History, materials, techniques and criticism of decorative arts F Cristina Beltrami (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Cultural Heritage and the Web F Piergiovanna Grossi (Coordinator)
Semestrino 2B From 4/6/20 To 5/30/20
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Musei civici Verona Conferences F Not yet assigned
1° 2° 3° C.T.G. Lectures F Alessandra Zamperini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Graphic and photographic documentation of the archaeological artefacts: from traditional drawings to digital sources (Part II) F Patrizia Basso (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Fai un giro in villa (1 cfu) F Monica Molteni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on classical archaeology F Piergiovanna Grossi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory of medieval archaeology F Elisa Lerco (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Basic laboratory of data F Maurizio Boscaini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Educational workshop on bibliotherapy F Marco Dalla Valle (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on prehistory and protohistory F Anita Casarotto (Coordinator)
List of courses with unassigned period
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Art Verona F Not yet assigned
1° 2° 3° Giovedì' culturali dell'ISSR I ciclo F Tiziana Franco (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Giovedì' culturali dell'ISSR II ciclo F Tiziana Franco (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Univero’ 2019 F Tiziana Franco (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Urbs picta sulla storia dell’arte contemporanea F Not yet assigned
1° 2° 3° Urbs picta to be played - Video, immagine in movimento e videoinstallazione nella “generazione ottanta” F Not yet assigned

Teaching code

4S01294

Coordinator

Marco Stoffella

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/01 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Period

Sem 2B dal Apr 6, 2020 al May 30, 2020.

Learning outcomes

L’insegnamento di Storia medievale si propone di far acquisire ai discenti un patrimonio di conoscenze che saranno particolarmente utili nell’esercizio della loro professione, attraverso un inquadramento generale sulla storia della civiltà medievale (manuale) e la verifica della metodologia storica applicata a un caso concreto particolare.

Program

After a short introduction, during which general concepts like Middle Ages, historical sources, and typologies of sources will be discussed, the course will synthetically analyse the following topics:

- Late Antiquity and the diffusion of Christianity (the growth of new religious communities that became a fundamental element in the Roman Empire and at the same time a tool of government)
- Western Europe in the early Middle Ages and his regna (the end of the Western Roman Empire, migrations, the birth of new political kingdoms based on ethnic distinctions)
- the Byzantine and Islamic Mediterranean (the progressive rupture of the unity of the Mediterranean See under the Arabic expansion and the role of Byzantium)
- Carolingian Europe (Lombard Italy, the Frankish expansion, Charlemagne and the roots of contemporary Europe)
- the seigniorial order (post-Carolingian Europe, the “feudal society”, the control over work and security in the cities and in the countryside)
- Church reforms (the ideological and political conflicts related to the growth of papal prestige and of the Communal autonomy)
- Empire and Papacy in the Late Middle Ages (conflicts related to different concepts and practice of power between political and spiritual authority)
- political institutions of the Late Middle Ages (political experimentations in order to give equilibrium to representation and participation within society)
- society and culture in the Middle Ages (the various aspects related to knowledge, its access and its administration)
- Religious experiences in the Middle Ages (principal religious movements that led to reforms and to very different experiences) - the economies of the Middle Ages (the organisation of work and commerce, with a long lasting perspective)

In the last section of the course the outstanding figure of Charlemagne will be shortly taken into exam, starting with the analysis of the book in the program. The Veronese context will also be analysed through the study of some original sources that will be introduced, commented and translated by the lecturer. These last lectures will also be followed by two didactical excursions to which students are asked to take part. The taking part to these activities will be positively evaluated during the final exam.
Students attending the lectures will receive at the beginning of the course a complete calendar of the didactical activities, with date and subjects of every single lecture. During the academic year the lecturer will receive students during the office hours, published on the web page and in the announcements place; students are recommended to fix via e-mail an appointment with the lecturer.

All students, attending the lectures or not, will be asked to study the introductory book: G. Sergi, L’idea di medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune, Rome, Donzelli, 2005.

All students must learn the Medieval History thorigh a manual, to be chosen among the following titles: G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un’età di transizione, Milan, Sansoni, 2000; T. Lazzari, G. Albertoni, Introduzione alla storia medievale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015; A. Zorzi, Manuale di storia medievale, Novara, Utet, 2016. Students with good school knowledge can choose the more complex: R. Bordone, G. Sergi, Dieci secoli di medioevo, Torino, Einaudi, 2009.
The program is completed by the study of: A. Barbero, Carlo Magno. Un padre dell’Europa, Bari, Laterza, 2000.
Students attending lectures, and the one inscribed to the course, will receive didactical material related to the lectures on the e-learning platform; these materials are considered part of the exam program.

Students not attending lectures can receive help by the lecturer in order to define the program and to study the manual. All students not attending lectures will be asked to choose an additional book among the following titles: P. Brown, Il riscatto dell’anima. Aldilà e ricchezza nel primo cristianesimo occidentale, Torino, Einaudi, 2015; T. Lazzari, Le donne nell’alto Medioevo, Milano-Torino, Bruno Mondadori, 2010; S. Gasparri, Voci dai secoli oscuri. Un percorso nelle fonti dell’alto medioevo, Roma, Carocci, 2017; M. Costambeys, M. Innes, S. Maclean, The Carolingian World, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011; A.A. Settia, Castelli medievali, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017; J.M.H. Smith, L’Europa dopo Roma. Una nuova storia culturale 500-1000, Bologna, il Mulino, 2008; C. Wickham, Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo. L’affermazione dei comuni italiani nel XII secolo, Roma, Viella, 2017; G. Milani, I comuni italiani. Secoli XII-XIV, Bari, Laterza, 2005; P. Grillo, Le guerre del Barbarossa. I comuni contro l’imperatore, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014; J.C. Maire Vigueur, E. Faini, Il sistema politico dei comuni italiani (secoli XII-XIV), Milano-Torino, B. Mondadori, 2010; A. Zorzi, Le signorie cittadine in Italia (secoli XIII-XV), Milano-Torino, B. Mondadori, 2010; P. Freedman, Il gusto delle spezie nel Medioevo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009. The choice of the additional text can be made autonomously; differently it can be discussed with the lecturer during office hours or per e-mail.

Didactical methods:
frontal lectures on main subjects will be followed by discussions with students; on some subjects texts and sources will be read and analysed, followed by a discussion on their content.

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
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
Lazzari Tiziana, Albertoni Giuseppe Introduzione alla storia medievale Il Mulino 2015
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
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
Chris Wickham Sonnambuli verso un nuovo mondo. L’affermazione dei comuni italiani nel XII secolo Viella 2017 9788867286546
Costambeys Marios, Innes Matthew, MacLean Simon The Carolingian World Cambridge University Press 2011
Gasparri, Stefano Voci dai secoli oscuri. Un percorso nelle fonti dell’alto medioevo Carocci 2017

Examination Methods

Evaluation criteria:
the oral exam consists in questions on subjects that are to be found in books and manuals in the program, as well as in the didactical material. The exam will last the necessary amount of time in order to determine an adequate knowledge of contents, as well as the ability of express them appropriately, the ability to create links between different subjects, the ability of analysis and of reasoning. The active participation to lectures and to further analysis will be positively evaluated. An in-itinere exam could be agreed with the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to facilitate the final exam. The finale evaluation is counted in thirtieth, and will be expressed on the entire program.

Erasmus students are asked to write or to visit the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to choose the best didactic activities and the final exam methodology.

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