MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

LT0054

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

Mediaeval History

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DEL FUOCO Maria Grazia

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

Good knowledge of European and Italian medieval history and of the history of religious orders in the Middle Age is mandatory

Objectives

By the end of the module, the students
1. - will have acquired a knowledge of the fundamental types of documentaries,
2. - will be able to identify and critically use written sources relating to the period and theme studied for the purpose of carrying out autonomous researches (Ability to apply knowledge and understanding);
3. - will be able to properly evaluate and judge the sources analysed during classes;
4. - will have acquired the ability to present critically and with an appropriate lexicon the results of their research (Communication skills)

Contents

The settlement strategies of the Friars Minor in the March of Ancona and in the Pinnensis Province (13th century): the sources
The Franciscan settlement of Macerata in the thirteenth century

Extended Syllabus

Abruzzo and Marche in the XIII century
The Mendicant Orders
Settlement strategies of Mendicant Orders in Abruzzo and Marche
Differences and concordances
Mendicant settlements and bishop's seats

Recommended Bibliography

Luigi Pellegrini, Abruzzo Medievale. Raccolta di Studi. Roma, Istituto storico italiano per il medioevo, 2021 (Fonti e studi dell’Italia mediana, 1)
I Francescani nelle Marche, secoli XIII-XVI, Milano, 2000, pp. 12-24 (articles: Luigi Pellegrini, Maria Grazia Del Fuoco, Roberto Lambertini, Alessandro Tomei, Lorenzo Bartolini Salimbeni)
Maria Grazia Del Fuoco, L’insediamento dei Frati Minori a Macerata nel Duecento, in Donne e Uomini nel Francescanesimo delle Marche, Atti del Convegno Macerata 5-6 luglio 2022, in corso di stampa
Fonti medievali. Un’antologia, a cura di T. Carpegna Falconieri, A. Feniello e Ch. Grasso, Carocci editore, Roma 2017

Compared to the program reserved for attending students, non-attending students must choose an additional text from the following titles:
Luigi Pellegrini, ”Che sono queste novità?" Le religiones novae nell'Italia meridionale (secoli XIII-XIV), Napoli, Liguori, 2005 (seconda edizione riveduta e ampliata)

Teaching Methods

Lessons will be held as seminars. Frontal lectures, reading and analysis of primary sources, discussion of texts, will characterize classroom activities. Students are expected to attend regularly classes, where they should actively participate to the general discussion.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Knowledges and abilities will be verified through a question&answer oral exam. The competence will be judged appropriate (with a vote based on a 30 points scale) if the student:
- will show to have clearly learnt the fundamental frames of the reference period
- will show explaining ability and conscious use of the suitable lexicon;
will demonstrate knowledge and ability to use the tools for historical research.
will demonstrate knowledge and ability to use the tools for historical research relating to religious orders in the Middle Ages
The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honors (cum laude):
1-17 fail
18-21 sufficient
22-24 fair
25-27 good
28-29 very good
30-30 with honors (cum laude) excellent.

Contacts/More Information

Although not mandatory, students are warmly invited to attend the classes.
You may also be interested in:
Medieval philology
History of bizantine
Latin palaeography
International or incoming Erasmus students are invited to promptly contact the teacher in charge of the course to agree on the exam program, possibly in English.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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