OVERVIEW

The course of Elements and Sources of Modern History aims to provide the student of the first year a framework of the themes and problems of the centuries of the ancien régime (XVI-XVIII), as well as a presentation of the working method of the historian and the developments of historiography starting from the progressive professionalization of the discipline.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to introduce the student to the study of modern history: on the one hand by introducing and outlining in a preliminary way the concepts, themes and problems of the centuries of modernity; on the other hand by providing guidance for the understanding of the historian's work and for the knowledge of the tools he used (sources, methodology, historiography).

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The objectives of the course are twofold:

1) to understand the structural aspects of the society of the ancient regime, in its various fields and in its problems, in order to approach the second year of the course with a safer learning of modern history

2) learn to become familiar with the historiographic lexicon and with the tools of the historian's trade, i.e. the secondary primary sources

PREREQUISITES

Manual knowledge of the modern age

TEACHING METHODS

Factual lessons, open to the questions and curiosities of the students, to articulate themes and problems; seminars on sources and historiography, to explain the working methods of the historian and the construction of historiographic knowledge.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Programme for students using 6 cfu education

Introduction to Modern History: themes, problems, sources and historiography.

Program for students using 9 cfu teaching

Introduction to Modern History: themes, problems, sources and historiography
 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

6 cfu

FOR FREQUENT STUDENTS:

G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Carocci, Roma

Notes on the lessons concerning the sources of the modern age

FOR NON-PARTICIPANTS:

G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Carocci, Roma

Prima lezione di metodo storico, a cura di S. Luzzatto, Laterza, Roma-Bari

9 cfu

FOR FREQUENT STUDENTS:

G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Carocci, Roma

Notes on the lessons concerning the sources of the modern age

A book of your choice from the following:

R. Sarti, Vita di casa. Abitare, mangiare, vestire nell'Europa moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari

C.M. Cipolla, Storia economica dell'Europa pre-industriale, Il Mulino, Bologna

W. Reinhard, Storia dello Stato moderno, Il Mulino, Bologna

P. Bianchi, P. Del Negro, Guerre ed eserciti nell'età moderna, Il Mulino, Bologna

O. Niccoli, Storie di ogni giorno in una città del Seicento, Laterza, Roma-Bari

S. Landi, Stampa, censura e opinione pubblica in età moderna, Il Mulino, Bologna

E. Bonora, La Controriforma, Laterza, Roma-Bari

G.J. Ames, L'età delle scoperte geografiche. 1500-1700, Il Mulino, Bologna

FOR NON-PARTICIPANTS:

G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Carocci, Roma

Prima lezione di metodo storico, a cura di S. Luzzatto, Laterza, Roma-Bari

A book of your choice from the following:

R. Sarti, Vita di casa. Abitare, mangiare, vestire nell'Europa moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari

C.M. Cipolla, Storia economica dell'Europa pre-industriale, Il Mulino, Bologna

W. Reinhard, Storia dello Stato moderno, Il Mulino, Bologna

P. Bianchi, P. Del Negro, Guerre ed eserciti nell'età moderna, Il Mulino, Bologna

O. Niccoli, Storie di ogni giorno in una città del Seicento, Laterza, Roma-Bari

S. Landi, Stampa, censura e opinione pubblica in età moderna, Il Mulino, Bologna

E. Bonora, La Controriforma, Laterza, Roma-Bari

G.J. Ames, L'età delle scoperte geografiche. 1500-1700, Il Mulino, Bologna

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO CALCAGNO (President)

EMILIANO BERI

LUCA LO BASSO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

16 September 2019

Class schedule

ELEMENTS AND SOURCES OF MODERN HISTORY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral: one or two questions about the general part (Romagnani), one question about the program related to the sources, one question about the book of your choice. For those attending, the use of arguments and materials from the lessons is considered a note of merit. 

An intermediate (optional) test will be held at the end of the first part of the course programme, the one dedicated to the themes (more or less towards the end of October). After this test, the lessons will resume with the second part dedicated to the sources.

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 will also be verified (for those who attend)

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

there is no other information. The teacher is available during the reception hours and can be contacted at any time via e-mail.