The course takes overall 54 hours, whose the very first devoted to a short review of the main themes of medieval history, and then pursues partially considering students interests taking part actively at the seminar, with strong attention to the structure of the sources for the study of the town and to the development of historiography.
The course, developped as a seminar with active taking part by the students, aims both to give basic skills about town in the Middle Ages and their system of relations and to work on sources, instruments and methods oh the research, paying attention to the historiographic developments.
Within the general aims, the purpose is that students learn to implement comparisons among different urban and city situations under different points of view, also acknowledging the quality of historiographic contributions.
The course consists of a seminar, with teaching materials provided by the teacher and planned interventions by the students.
Bibliography for students attending the 6 CFU course
Reference texts: G. Tabacco, La città vescovile nell’alto Medioevo; R. Bordone, La città comunale; G. Chittolini, La città europea tra Medioevo e Rinascimento, in Modelli di città. Strutture e funzioni politiche, a cura di P. Rossi, Einaudi 1987 (also in http://www.rmoa.unina.it/); P. Guglielmotti, Genova, Fondazione Cisam, 2013; direction of other texts and documents will be given during the seminar.
Bibliography for students attending the 9 CFU course
Reference texts: G. Tabacco, La città vescovile nell’alto Medioevo; R. Bordone, La città comunale; G. Chittolini, La città europea tra Medioevo e Rinascimento, in Modelli di città. Strutture e funzioni politiche, a cura di P. Rossi, Einaudi 1987 (also in http://www.rmoa.unina.it/); P. Guglielmotti, Genova, Fondazione Cisam, 2013; direction of other texts, documents, suggestions for filing and construction of a bibliography will be given during the seminar.
Ricevimento: During the course before and after lesson time and by appointment; during the rest of the year by appointment on Tuesday and Wednesday (h.10-13)
PAOLA GUGLIELMOTTI (President)
SANDRA MACCHIAVELLO
SANDRA ORIGONE
ANTONELLA ROVERE
HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL TOWNS
