MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

MM046

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Disciplinary Sector:

Mediaeval History

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DEL FUOCO Maria Grazia

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

162

Objectives

Basic knowledge of medieval history. Themes and matters developed, as well as expertise and abilities, are fundamental parts of the characterizing contents of the degree course.
Direct comparison with sources and historiography allows a better understanding of the processes of formation of historical knowledge

Contents

(A) The medieval millennium: (B) sources (with special reference to the use of Heraldry as a historical source) and historiography

Extended Syllabus

- Terminology and periodization
- The most important collections of Medieval sources
- The Roman-Germanic kingdoms (5th-6th centuries)
- New political frameworks: the Lombard kingdom (6th-8th centuries)
- From the Frankish Kingdom to the Carolingian Empire (6th-9th centuries)
- Historiographic production in the early Middle Ages (56th-10th centuries)
-The Byzantine Mediterranean (7th-8th centuries)
- The 9th-11th centuries
- Church reform and ecclesiastical institutions between the 11th and 12th centuries
- The Papacy, Mendicant Orders and the Crisis of the Church (1215-1378)
- Heraldry and history

Recommended Bibliography

Students can choose one of the following textbooks:
(A) - G. Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un’età di transizione, Firenze, Sansoni
- G. Albertoni, S.M. Collavini, T. Lazzari, Introduzione alla storia medievale, Bologna, il Mulino, Nuova Edizione 2020 (the book is also online https://www.pandoracampus.it/subject/storia )
(B) Luigi Pellegrini, Abruzzo Medievale. Raccolta di studi, Istituto storico italiano per il Medioevo, Roma 2021 (Fonti e studi dell’Italia Mediana, 1)
P. Cammarosano, Italia medievale. Struttura e geografia delle fonti scritte, Roma Carocci Editore, ristampa 200911 (Studi superiori NIS, 109, Storia, poi Università, Storia, 202)
Matteo Ferrari, L'arme segreta. Araldica e storia dell'arte nel Medioevo (secoli XIII-XV), Firenze 2015

If you have doubts about terminology and historical and geographical data, we strongly recommend consulting the following dictionaries:
Enciclopedia del Medioevo, Le Garzantine, Milano: Garzanti, 2007
A. Barbero, C. Frugoni, Dizionario del Medioevo, Roma-Bari: Laterza 1994

Non-attending students will be able to have the support of the teacher for an updated manual study. Compared to the program reserved for attending students, non-attending students will have to study:
S. Gasparri, Voci dai secoli oscuri. Un percorso nelle fonti dell’alto medioevo, Roma, Carocci, 2017

Teaching Methods

The course will be held in the presence in the second semester. Students who are unable to attend lessons in person will be guaranteed the possibility of replacing their attendance of lessons in person with the study of the volume indicated above (in addition to the compulsory ones for all), for which the lecturer guarantees support in studying and preparing for the exam through online meetings (the dates will be communicated in the teaching notices)

For students with disabilities and/or with DSA, it is advisable to contact the competent office
(https://www.unich.it/sites/default/files/carta_dei_servizi_0.pdf).

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Knowledge 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 medieval history;
- will show explaining ability and conscious use of the suitable lexicon;
- will demonstrate knowledge and ability to use the tools for historical research.

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.

The examination methods for students with disabilities and / or with Learning disability must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the competent Office. (https://www.unich.it/sites/default/files/carta_dei_servizi_0.pdf).

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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