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
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.
1° Year
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
Medieval History, History of Christianity and Churches
Early Modern History I - LM (Historical Anthropology)
Contemporary History I - LM
To be chosen between
History of Science and Technology - LM
To be chosen between
History of Political Institutions II
History of Political Thought
To be chosen between
To be chosen between
Contemporary Italian Literature II
History of Contemporary Art II - LM
History of Medieval Art I
History of Modern Art II
Italian Philology II (Medieval and Humanistic Philology)
Medieval Latin Literature II
Digital tools for historical research
Further linguistic competence (Historiografical concepts in English, French, German and Spanish-speaking context)
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
Medieval History, History of Christianity and Churches
Early Modern History I - LM (Historical Anthropology)
Contemporary History I - LM
To be chosen between
History of Science and Technology - LM
To be chosen between
History of Political Institutions II
History of Political Thought
To be chosen between
To be chosen between
Contemporary Italian Literature II
History of Contemporary Art II - LM
History of Medieval Art I
History of Modern Art II
Italian Philology II (Medieval and Humanistic Philology)
Medieval Latin Literature II
Digital tools for historical research
Further linguistic competence (Historiografical concepts in English, French, German and Spanish-speaking context)
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
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.
Paleography and Archive Administration (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S001220
Credits
12
Coordinator
Massimiliano Bassetti
Language
Italian
The teaching is organized as follows:
PALEOGRAFIA (M)
Credits
6
Period
First half of Semester 2 , Second half of Semester 2
Academic staff
Massimiliano Bassetti
ARCHIVISTICA (M)
Credits
6
Period
First half of Semester 2 , Second half of Semester 2
Academic staff
Massimiliano Bassetti
Learning outcomes
Introduction to the subjects: what’s diplomatics? What’s a diplomatic document? The basic forms of the document. Reading, exegesis, dating, transcription of the documents. Moreover, the course intends to suggest some standing points and critical reflection tools about structures and specific languages of medieval documentary sources, with particular attention to dynamics that qualify sources production in changing phases of political and institutional systems. The course intends to offer an adequate knowledge of the main historical issues and of the main theoretical and methodological principles in archival science, also in relation with the ICT development.
Program
In the course will be analyzed, by means of texts reading and commentary, the chief typologies of medieval documentary sources, with special attention to relations between documental practice, laws and justice. An adequate knowledge of institutional medieval history and latin is required.
Reference books:
G. Nicolaj, Lezioni di diplomatica generale. I. Istituzioni, Roma 2007
P. Cammarosano, Italia medievale. Struttura e geografia delle fonti scritte, Roma 2000
A. Cappelli, Cronologia, cronografia e calendario perpetuo, Milano [1998]
Main themes of the course are: The archival arrangement: main principles, historical aspects, fonds definition, periodization, relationship between the fonds and the creator of the records. The archival description: main principles, methods, representation models, international standards; finding aids. The ICT role in the field of historical archives.
Reference books:
- M. Guercio, P. Carucci, Manuale di archivistica, Roma, Carocci, 2008
- L. Giuva, S. Vitali, I. Zanni Rosiello, Il potere degli archivi. Usi del passato e difesa dei diritti nella società contemporanea, Milano, B. Mondadori, 2007
Special schedules for not regular attenders have to be drawn with the teacher.
Bibliography
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriano Cappelli | Cronologia, cronografia e calendario perpetuo | Hoepli Editore | 2012 | 9788820351014 | |
| Linda Giuva, Stefano Vitali, Isabella Zanni Rosiello | Il potere degli archivi. Usi del passato e difesa dei diritti nella società contemporanea | Bruno Mondadori | 2008 | 9788842492474 | |
| Paolo Cammarosano | Italia medievale. Struttura e geografia delle fonti scritte | Carocci | 2016 | 9788843083084 | |
| Giovanna Nicolaj | Lezioni di diplomatica generale. I. Istituzioni | Bulzoni Editore | 2007 | 9788878702462 | |
| Maria Guercio, Paola Carucci | Manuale di archivistica | Carocci | 2008 | 9788843045891 |
Examination Methods
The oral examination aims at evaluating the student's knowledge, with special reference to the cases of study discussed during the lectures and to the general aspects of archive keeping (cf. the Companions in the Syllabus).
The oral examination aims at evaluating the student's knowledge, with special reference to the the cases of study discussed during the lectures (above all morphological aspects of public and private charters produced from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, and all the topic of relationship between archives and Authorities); general knowledge of the companions in use will be checked, as well.
