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.
Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Scienze filosofiche - Enrollment from 2025/2026The 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.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
History of Religions (m) (2015/2016)
Teaching code
4S02310
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- History of religions - LM of the course Master’s degree in Historical Studies (interuniversity)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-STO/06 - HISTORY OF RELIGIONS
Period
Sem. IA, Sem. IB
Learning outcomes
By a philological and historical-comparative analysis of the original Spanish sources (and documents in Italian translation), our proposal is to describe in critical perspective the political and cultural aim of Christian evangelization and Spanish colonization of Mexico by Holy See and Spanish Monarchy.
About foundation and beginnings of History of religions in italy, see :
www.ubertopestalozza.it
Program
Prerequisites:
N.B. Only those who have followed and completed the undergraduate course can apply to this course.
Course content:
The Religion as Power. The Conquest of America between Christian evangelization and Spanish colonization : the case of Mexico.
Reading list :
P.A. Carozzi (ed.), La religione come potenza. Fonti sulla conquista del Messico, ad usum manuscripti, Verona 2015.
Civiltà e religione degli Aztechi, a cura di L.Pranzetti e A.Lupo, Meridiani Mondadori, Milano 2015.
S. Botta, La religione del Mesico antico, Carocci, Roma 2006.
R. Syme, Colonial Elites : Rome, Spain and Americas, Oxford University Press,1970.
J.H.Elliott, Empires of the Atlantic Worlds, Yale University Press, New Haven 2007.
P.A. Carozzi, Rendere sensibile il divino, Chimera Editore, Milano 2009.
Further reading lists will be given during the course.
Didactic methods:
Seminars with active student participation alternating with lectures.
Examination Methods
Oral test. The participation in the seminars of each individual student will also be taken into consideration.
N.B. Those who do not attend the course will have to provide the teacher with a written essay, referring to the course bibliography
