Teaching code

4S001216

Teacher

Mariaclara Rossi

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

• Forms of Religious Life in the Christian West of the course Master's degree in Philosophy
• Hystory of Christianity and of the Churches [Sede VR] of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/07 - HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY AND OF CHURCHES

Period

1 A dal Sep 27, 2021 al Nov 6, 2021.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide the methodological and cultural foundations for a study of the history of Christianity within the wider context of the history of the Western world. It sets out to develop the skills needed to:
- read and interpret sources and use the tools of historical-religious scholarship;
- critique sources in relation to the issues faced by historical-religious scholarship;
- navigate specialised bibliography, in addition to the manual;
- develop independently a research project in the field of the history of Christianity and religious life.
- read and transcribe an archive source.

Program

Church and Women in the Christian West (Ancient and Middle Ages).
The course aims to investigate bibliography and sources (some example of documentary, literary, hagiographic sources) concerning the relationship, sometimes very problematic, between Christian religion and women from the origin of Christianity to Late Middle Ages. Together with the evolution and historical development of that relationship some thematic itineraries, exemplifying the attendance / exclusion of women from the life of the Church, will be presented.

Bibliografia (da concordare con la docente):
-A. Valerio, Donne Chiesa. Una storia di genere, Roma 2016.
-E. Prinzivalli, Percorsi accidentati e indomiti: la vita religiosa femminile nel cristianesimo dal I al XVIII secolo, in La vita religiosa nella storia del cristianesimo. Un itinerario dalle origini all’età contemporanea, a cura di Emmanuel Albano, Basilica di San Nicola Editore, Modugno (Bari) 2016, pp. 143-205.
-A. Bartolomei Romagnoli, Santità e mistica femminile nel medioevo, Spoleto 2013.
-Vita religiosa al femminile (secoli XIII-XIV), Viella, Centro Italiano di studi di storia e d’arte di Pistoia 2019.
-J. Dalarun, La donna vista dai chierici, in Storia delle donne, a cura di G. Duby e M. Pierrot: Il medioevo, a cura di C. Klapisch-Zuber, Roma-Bari 1990, pp. 24-55.


Teaching methods:
For students attending the course the main teaching methods will be the traditional lecture, interspersed with seminar type discussions where students will have an opportunity to raise particular questions and issues. In this course there will also be a mid-course evaluation consisting of a paper/presentation to be given by the student on the topics developed in the lectures. During the lectures a collection of sources will be distributed and examined which will constitute part of the programme. Other bibliographic references useful for an exploration of the topic will be provided over the course of the lectures.
Activities supporting the teaching: seminars, meetings and conferences on the topics of Christianity recommended or organized by the teacher.

Bibliography

Examination Methods

Examination methods:
Oral interviews. The oral exam will be an interview covering the topics that were dealt with during the lectures and expanded on in the study manuals. The interview will aim to determine:
-the students’ knowledge of the topic,
-their ability to use a specialised language,
-their ability to make connections between various arguments and to argue points in an appropriate manner,
-their ability to read and contextualize an archive source.