CODE 65333 ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 STORIA DELL'ARTE E VALORIZZAZ. PATRIMONIO ARTISTICO 8467 (LM-89) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE STORICHE 9917 (LM-84) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-STO/01 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course aims to provide the tools for a knowledge of the main political-institutional, economic-social and cultural phenomena that characterised the areas of medieval Europe facing the Mediterranean, in relation to the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. The lectures will mainly stimulate the development of a knowledge of the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. These aspects will be compared with the knowledge acquired in the three-year course on Western Europe, in order to promote a broad, global vision of the history of the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages. The last part of the course will focus specifically on the economic history of the Mediterranean, the different development and interactions between three economic areas: Latin, Byzantine, and Islamic. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Students will expand their knowledge in Medieval History (achieved in the three-year degree) and will have a grasp of the problems connected with the development of political, economic and cultural relations in the Mediterranean. They will also study maritime societies in the Middle Ages. Students will get acquainted with sources, research methods and updates in historiography related to specific topics. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students are expected to : have acquired specific knowledge of the main events and long-term phenomena that characterised the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages, in order to understand the link between great civilisations be familiar with the methodological tools of the discipline, the basic outlines of specific historiography and the sources proposed during the lessons write a report on a historiographical essay assigned for reading. PREREQUISITES None TEACHING METHODS 40 hours of lectures on the main topics of the history of the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages and seminars on specific themes, also with the use of teaching materials (mainly sources, mostly translated into Italian) provided by the lecturer. Lectures will be held in-person. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Outlines of Mediterranean History in the Middle Ages; orientation to research and reading of sources RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS: 1) All the following texts: M. Gallina, Bisanzio. Storia di un impero (secoli IV-XIII), Roma, Carocci editore, 2016 M. Tangheroni, Il Mediterraneo bassomedievale, in Storia Medievale, Donzelli, 1998, pp. 463-492 S. Collavini, L’espansione dell’Occidente nel Mediterraneo, in Storia d'Europa e del Mediterraneo, dir. A. Barbero, IV. Il. Medioevo (secoli V-XV), a c. S. Carocci, 2006, pp. 449 2) one option (on the student's choice) between the following: the four following brief essays : S. Gasparri, MERCANTI E SOLDATI, COMACCHIO, CREMONA E IL COMMERCIO SUL PO, cap. 5 del volume di S. Gasparri, Voci dai secoli oscuri, Roma, 2017; A. Molinari, Riflessioni sulle economie dei secoli X e XI, in Italy and Early Medieval Europe, a cura di R. Balzaretti, J. Barrow, P. Skinner, Oxford, 2018, pp. 155-170; G. Petralia, Le navi e i cavalli: per una rilettura del Mediterraneo pienomedievale, in «Quaderni storici», 103, 2000, pp. 201-222; Ch. Wickham, Prima della crescita: quale società?, in La crescita economica dell’Occidente medievale. Un tema storico non ancora esaurito, a cura di F. Franceschi, Pistoia 2017, pp. 93-109 L. Capezzone, Medioevo arabo. Una storia dell’Islam medievale (VII-XV secolo), Milano, Mondadori Università, 2016 (only pp. 1-64, 92-145, 196-208) A. Cortonesi, L. Palermo, La prima espansione economica europea. Secoli XI-XV, Carocci, 2019 (only 6 chapters on the student's choice) C. Mango, La civiltà bizantina, Laterza, 2014 (only the first part, pp. 17-216) BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR NON ATTENDING STUDENTS: 1) All the following texts: M. Gallina, Bisanzio. Storia di un impero (secoli IV-XIII), Roma, Carocci editore, 2016 M. Tangheroni, Il Mediterraneo bassomedievale, in Storia Medievale, Donzelli, 1998, pp. 463-492 S. Collavini, L’espansione dell’Occidente nel Mediterraneo, in Storia d'Europa e del Mediterraneo, dir. A. Barbero, IV. Il. Medioevo (secoli V-XV), a c. S. Carocci, 2006, pp. 449 2) TWO options (on the student's choice) between the following: the four following brief essays : S. Gasparri, MERCANTI E SOLDATI, COMACCHIO, CREMONA E IL COMMERCIO SUL PO, cap. 5 del volume di S. Gasparri, Voci dai secoli oscuri, Roma, 2017; A. Molinari, Riflessioni sulle economie dei secoli X e XI, in Italy and Early Medieval Europe, a cura di R. Balzaretti, J. Barrow, P. Skinner, Oxford, 2018, pp. 155-170; G. Petralia, Le navi e i cavalli: per una rilettura del Mediterraneo pienomedievale, in «Quaderni storici», 103, 2000, pp. 201-222; Ch. Wickham, Prima della crescita: quale società?, in La crescita economica dell’Occidente medievale. Un tema storico non ancora esaurito, a cura di F. Franceschi, Pistoia 2017, pp. 93-109 L. Capezzone, Medioevo arabo. Una storia dell’Islam medievale (VII-XV secolo), Milano, Mondadori Università, 2016 (only pp. 1-64, 92-145, 196-208) A. Cortonesi, L. Palermo, La prima espansione economica europea. Secoli XI-XV, Carocci, 2019 (only 6 chapters on the student's choice) C. Mango, La civiltà bizantina, Laterza, 2014 (only the first part, pp. 17-216) TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARIA ELENA CORTESE Ricevimento: During the course on Mondays after the lesson. At other times on Tuesday by appointment by writing to the teacher: mariaelena.cortese@unige.it. it is also possible to arrange an appointment on Teams by writing to the teacher: mariaelena.cortese@unige.it. Exam Board MARIA ELENA CORTESE (President) PAOLA GUGLIELMOTTI SANDRA MACCHIAVELLO (Substitute) PAOLA GUGLIELMOTTI (President) SANDRA MACCHIAVELLO LESSONS LESSONS START 19 February 2024 Class schedule HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES (LM) EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam. Register on line for your final exam. ASSESSMENT METHODS The final examination will consist of an oral interview, which will cover the topics covered in class, including the topics addressed in seminars and exercises, and the textbooks indicated in the Bibliography. In order to pass the exam, the student will have to demonstrate that he/she understands the main topics covered in the course, that he/she can identify the main socio-economic, cultural and institutional processes of the Middle Ages, and that he/she can critically use, with reference to them, the sources available on the website and the bibliographical material indicated by the lecturer. Assessment will also take into account autonomy of judgment and the ability to express oneself using the specialized vocabulary related to the discipline Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 16/01/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 16/01/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 13/02/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 14/02/2024 08:30 GENOVA Orale 07/05/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 08/05/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 28/05/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 28/05/2024 15:00 GENOVA Orale 25/06/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 28/06/2024 08:30 GENOVA Orale 09/07/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 15/07/2024 15:00 GENOVA Orale 10/09/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale 11/09/2024 08:30 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Non-attending students will have to contact the teacher. Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals Quality education Gender equality Reduce inequality