LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will have a grasp of the problems connected with the development of political, economic and cultural relations in the Mediterranean; they will study maritime societies in Middle Ages. Students will get acquainted with sources, research methods and updates in historiography related to specific topics.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

For students taking the 6 CFU course

At the end of the teaching students should gain:

• knowledge of development of Byzantine history and of institution of the Empire;
• skills in  showing  a source related to Byzantine history;
• ability in showing outcomes of  their  own researches to classmates.

For students taking the 9 CFU course

At the end of the teaching the students should gain:

• knowledge of  the development of Byzantine history and of institution history of the Empire;
• skills in  showing  a source related to Byzantine history;
• competence  in describing a specific situation related to the history of the Mediterranean;
• ability in investigating  journals for Byzantine history or Mediterranean history;
• ability in showing  outcomes of their own research to the classmates.

PREREQUISITES

Positive curriculum and strong interest for history.

TEACHING METHODS

For students taking the 6- CFU course: classes for total 36 hours  about the main subjects of Byzantine history and  seminars about specific topics.

For students taking the 9-CFU course: classes for total 54 hours about the main subject of Byzantine history, seminar about specific topics, discussions about classroom exercises.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

For attending students taking the 6-CFU course

Fundamentals of Byzantine History (see books mentioned in Bibliography 1).

For non attending students taking the 6 CFU course Fundamentals of Byzantine History (see books mentioned in Bibliography 1)  + two passages of Byzantine sources  to be requested to the teacher.

For attending students taking the 9-CFU course

Fundamentals of Byzantine History  (see books mentioned in Bibliography 1) + the outcomes of investigations  assigned during classes.

For non attending students taking the 9-CFU course: fundamentals of Byzantine History (see books mentioned in Bibliography 1) + passages of two Byzantine sources to be requested to the teacher + reading one book  about Mediterranean topics (see books mentioned in Bibliography 2).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography 

1) One book at choise between: 

G. Ostrogorsky, Storia dell’impero bizantino, Einaudi, Torino, 1968 (or following  editions).

A. Cameron, I Bizantini, Il Mulino, Bologna 2008.

Bibliography for students taking the 9- CFU course

2) One book at choise among:

S.P. Karpov, La navigazione veneziana nel mar Nero, XIII-XV sec., Edizioni del Grasole,  Ravenna 2000.

A. Carile – S. Cosentino, Storia della marineria bizantina, Lo Scarabeo,  Bologna 2004 (only first or second part ).

D. Abulafia, I regni del Mediterraneo occidentale dal 1200 al 1500, La lotta per il dominio, Laterza,  Bari 2006 (pages: 1-189, the third part excluded).

P. F. Simbula, I porti del Mediterraneo in età medievale, Bruno Mondadori, Varese 2009.

G. Jehel, Il Mediterraneo medievale dal 350 al 1450, Controluce (Nardò), 2015.

Ch. Picard, Il mare dei califfi, Carocci,  Roma 2017.

G. Vespignani, La memoria negata. L'Europa e Bisanzio, Spoleto 2017.