OVERVIEW

The course aims to deepen the themes and problems of the modern age in relation to the spatial context of the Italian peninsula, where historical events contributed to define a certain political-institutional order and a certain socio-economic framework. The basic knowledge will be the starting point to develop reflections on the pre-unification landscape that will highlight the differences between the different areas, but at the same time stimulate the search for strong systemic interconnections.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to deepen the themes and problems related to the history of the Italian peninsula and its states during the centuries of the ancient regime, through the definition and discussion of different historiographic traditions. The various aspects of a political-institutional, socio-economic and cultural nature will be examined with a diachronic approach and following specific paths for the different state realities. Direct exercises on sources will be proposed in order to stimulate a critical approach and to understand the actual development of historiographic paths in the field, with in-depth analysis related to the theme of health offices and prophylactic controls against plagues.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching has three objectives:

1) to introduce students to the history of the ancient Italian States, against the background of the more general modern history that they have already studied (at different levels) in high schools and in the first university cycle

2) to reflect on the similarity (and on the specificities) that a comparison between the events of the ancient Italian States and those of the other European States of the same centuries can highlight

3) to teach the historiographic traditions of the various state contexts and present the panorama of the sources on which they are based

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PREREQUISITES

Basic knowledge of Italian history between the 15th and 19th centuries

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures aimed at providing an overview of the history of the Italian peninsula in a diachronic key between the late Middle Ages and the end of the ancien régime. Seminars with the use of sources to deepen the thematic aspects and to address the issues of the second module

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

6 cfu

A historical profile of modern Italy between the wars of Italy and the end of the ancient regime.

 9 cfu 

A historical profile of modern Italy between the wars of Italy and the end of the ancient regime.

A long Italian Renaissance until 1650? The Italian greatness theorised by Fernand Braudel

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

6 cfu

G. Greco, M. Rosa, Storia degli antichi Stati italiani, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
M. Verga, Gli antichi Stati italiani, in Storia moderna. Manuali di Storia
Donzelli, Donzelli, Roma, pp. 351-371 (A pdf file of the essay can be found in aulaweb)

9 cfu

G. Greco, M. Rosa, Storia degli antichi Stati italiani, Laterza, Roma-Bari
M. Verga, Gli antichi Stati italiani, in Storia moderna. Manuali di Storia
Donzelli, Donzelli, Roma, pp. 351-371 (A pdf file of the essay can be found in aulaweb)
F. Braudel, L'Italia fuori d'Italia. Due secoli e tre Italie, in Storia d'Italia. Dalla caduta dell'impero romano al secolo XVII, voi. II, t. II, Torino, Einaudi, 1974, pp. 3-173

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO CALCAGNO (President)

EMILIANO BERI

LUCA LO BASSO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

14 February 2019

Class schedule

HYTORY OF THE NEARBY ITALIAN STATES (LM)

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral: one or more questions about the text of the first module (Greco-Rosa), possibly supplemented by the essay by Marcello Verga (in the case of those attending the interview it could also be about the contents of the lessons); to follow one or more questions about the essay by Fernand Braudel (in the case of those attending the interview it could also be about the contents of the lessons)

ASSESSMENT METHODS

During the examination, which will be held orally, the candidates will be proposed for examination one or more specific topics contained in the texts indicated. The examiner will be asked to illustrate these topics with a critical spirit, in a correct and articulated way, and using appropriate language; his ability to establish significant links with other topics dealt with in the same text or dealt with during the lessons (in the case of participants) will also be verified.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

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