Teaching code

4S003242

Teacher

Gian Maria Varanini

Credits

6

Also offered in courses

• Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/01 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 24, 2018 al Nov 10, 2018.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

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Learning outcomes

Within the course of the master's degree program, the course about "Sources for historical research pursues" the objective - shared with the other teachings - to enable the student to critically evaluate a historical testimony, reflecting on the concept of document and analyzing different types of historical sources: written sources of various kinds, oral sources, iconographic sources. The examples proposed in class will refer to both the medieval age and the modern and contemporary age. Practical exercises and lessons in the archives are planned. At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate to be able to autonomously evaluate the potentialities of the different historical testimonies for the reconstruction of the past.

Program

1. The phases for the construction of historical knowledge
2. The concept of a document
3. Archival problems
4. The crisis of sources written in the early Middle Ages; ecclesiastical hegemony on written documentation
5. The cultural rebirth of the twelfth century and the construction of a system of written sources in Italian cities; the long duration of the system until the end of the modern age
6. Legislative sources and history of law
7. Demographic sources
8. Tax sources in the cities of medieval and modern Italy
9. Judicial sources in the cities of medieval and modern Italy
10. Ecclesiastical sources in the cities of medieval and modern Italy: the papacy, the bishop's curias
11. Ecclesiastical sources in the cities of medieval and modern (and contemporary) Italy: pastoral visits, documentation of a disciplinary nature (ecclesiastical tribunals, inquisition)
12. Sources for the history of the state: supplication, appellate magistrates, court life
13. Sources for the history of the state: the birth of diplomacy (medieval, modern and contemporary age)
14. Sources for the history of science: the correspondences of scientists of modern age
15. Sources for oral history
16. Sources for economic history
17-18. Lectures in the state archives, in the civic library, in the archives of the bishop's curia

Examination Methods

For students who have attended the course, the exam will have the characteristics of an interview, aimed at measuring the awareness of the problems of method acquired by the students.
Intermediate tests and reports by the students will be possible.
For students who have not attended the course, the oral examination will be accompanied by the preparation and discussion of a dissertation agreed with the teacher. It is also expected to read some essays, agreed with the teacher, of the volume "Parole nel tempo" by F. Benigno (see Texts scheduled for the exam).

Bibliography

Teaching materials

•   11 ottobre estimi 1   (pdf, it, 646 KB, 12/10/18)
•   11 ottobre estimi 2 Treviso   (msword, it, 39 KB, 12/10/18)
•   11 ottobre estimi 3 Padova   (msword, it, 41 KB, 12/10/18)
•   11 ottobre estimi 4 Clero   (rtf, it, 34 KB, 12/10/18)
•   15 ottobre fonti giudiziarie   (vnd.ms-powerpoint, it, 6609 KB, 18/10/18)
•   15 ottobre fonti giudiziarie articolo Pezzino   (pdf, it, 429 KB, 18/10/18)
•   18 ottobre fonti normative e consuetudini   (vnd.ms-powerpoint, it, 6609 KB, 26/10/18)
•   19-22-25 ott. fonti ecclesiastiche: carta diocesi europee   (jpeg, it, 5728 KB, 26/10/18)
•   19-22-25 ott. fonti ecclesiastiche: cartografia diocesi   (vnd.ms-powerpoint, it, 931 KB, 26/10/18)
•   19-22-25 ott. fonti ecclesiastiche: Costituzioni del Giberti 1542   (pdf, it, 695 KB, 26/10/18)
•   19-22-25 ott. fonti ecclesiastiche: organizzazione di archivio vescovile   (pdf, it, 367 KB, 26/10/18)
•   19-22-25 ott. fonti ecclesiastiche: registri canonici   (pptx, it, 357 KB, 26/10/18)
•   19-22-25 ott. fonti ecclesiastiche: tipologia documentazione vescovile   (vnd.ms-powerpoint, it, 1805 KB, 26/10/18)
•   19-22-25 ott. fonti ecclesiastiche: visite pastorali Valier   (pdf, it, 372 KB, 26/10/18)
•   1 e 4 ottobre Archivi notarili   (msword, it, 77 KB, 08/10/18)
•   1 e 4 ottobre Notariato   (vnd.ms-powerpoint, it, 854 KB, 08/10/18)
•   27 settembre - concetto di documento   (msword, it, 38 KB, 28/09/18)
•   5 e 8 ottobre fonti narrative   (pptx, it, 356 KB, 08/10/18)
•   8 novembre fonti orali   (vnd.ms-powerpoint, it, 149 KB, 17/11/18)
•   8 novembre fonti orali - Saggio di Alesssandro Casellato (dalla rete)   (docx, it, 86 KB, 17/11/18)