MEDIEVAL HISTORY

CODE	65085
ACADEMIC YEAR	2025/2026
CREDITS	9 cfu anno 1 CONSERVAZIONE DEI BENI CULTURALI 11954 (L-1) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 2 CONSERVAZIONE DEI BENI CULTURALI 8453 (L-1) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 3 CONSERVAZIONE DEI BENI CULTURALI 8453 (L-1) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 3 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR	M-STO/01
LANGUAGE	Italian
TEACHING LOCATION	GENOVA
SEMESTER	1° Semester

OVERVIEW

For students attending the 9CFU examination, the course is divided in two parts of overall 60 hours. The first part is dedicated to an explanation of the medieval millennium (5th-15th centuries), also with reference to the handbook; the second part aims to explain to the student the main historiographical and methodological tendencies, in addition to deepening the relationship with the sources.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Aim of the course is to build a conceptual apparatus in order to understand the original past of European civilization in the light of the most up-to-date trends in historiography, to provide a critical reconstruction of the main problems of the medieval era (fifth-fifteenth centuries) and a chronological elementary framework, useful for the understanding of historiographic models.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

As part of the acquisition of basic knowledge related to the 5th-15th centuries, teaching aims to orient toward

the development of a non-generic vocabulary
the ability to traverse the medieval millennium with appropriate questioning and appropriate knowledge of the chronological framework
the ability to recognize the main problematic nodes
the ability to connect the acquired notions with coeval developments in different contexts-political, social and economic, but also literary, historical-artistic, historical-architectural-of human action.

At the end of the teaching the student will be able to explain with appropriate language the main processes, dynamics, facts or key figures (either by role or relevance), with awareness of their incidence in the above-mentioned contexts.

In the 6 cfu exam, the student must demonstrate that he/she has acquired the basic knowledge and the required skills and can deal with one of the proposed in-depth examinations. For the 9 cfu exam, deeper and more detailed knowledge, critical awareness, and further study of a chosen topic are expected.

PREREQUISITES

No specific prerequisites are required.

TEACHING METHODS

Traditional, face-to-face lecture, accompanied by slides available on AulaWeb, to facilitate understanding of what is being presented.

An essentiel presentation of each text proposed will be provided. In addition, a grid of questions is provided during the lesson that should guide the student in the reading of the exam texts (also available on AulaWeb).

Attendance, although not compulsory, is recommended. Students who attend at least half of the lectures in attendance are considered to be attending.

Two guided tours will be organised concerning the themes presented during the course.

Students with disabilities and students with DSA are reminded that in order to request adaptations for examinations they must first enter their certification on the University website at servizionline.unige.it in the ‘Students’ section. The documentation will be checked by the University's Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and DSA Sector (https://rubrica.unige.it/strutture/struttura/100111).
Subsequently, at least 10 days before the date of the exam, an e-mail must be sent to the lecturer, indicating both the School's Contact Person for the inclusion of students with disabilities and with DSA (Prof. Elisabetta Colagrossi: elisabetta.colagrossi@unige.it) and the Sector indicated above. In the e-mail it is necessary to specify: the name of the lesson; the date of the roll call; the student's surname, first name and matriculation number; the compensatory and dispensatory measures considered functional; and required. The contact person will confirm to the teacher that the applicant has the right to request adaptations during the exam and that these adaptations must be agreed upon with the teacher, who will respond by communicating whether it is possible to use the requested adaptations (in particular, concept maps, which must be much more concise than the maps used for study)

For further information on the request for services and adaptations, please consult the document: https://unige.it/sites/unige.it/files/2024-05/Linee%20guida%20per%20la%20richiesta%20di%20servizi%2C%20di%20strumenti%20compensativi%20e_o%20di%20misure%20dispensative%20e%20di%20ausili%20specifici%20Maggio%20202

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Program for students both attending and not attending the course for 6 CFU

Outlines of medieval history, interpretative categories, historiographic updates. Orientation in reading a history book.

Program for students both attending and not attending the course for 9 CFU

Outlines of medieval history, interpretative categories, historiographic updates. Orientation in reading history books, historiographic deepenings.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

FRANCESCA PUCCI DONATI

Ricevimento: Receivment by appointment via e-mail request to the teacher.

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 22, 2025

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Attending students

Assessing knowledge of the program can be verified in two different ways (the choice of the examination method is up to the student):

1) by two written assesment tests (first and second intermediate test), that will take place during the course to verify knowledge of the handbook. Then, it will follow an oral exam concerning the selected texts in addition to the program carried out in class. The dates of the written tests will be communicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. The oral exam has to be reserved by the student on Aulaweb in one of the appeals following the written tests. The written mark will be the average of the results of the two intermediate written tests (that will be published on Aulaweb). The final mark will be the average of the outcomes of the written tests and of the oral examination; .

2) by an oral test only, that can be taken all at once or divided in two parts (first part: handbook; second part: selected texts and the program carried out in class). In the case that the oral exam is divided in two parts, the final mark will be the average of the results of the first and of the second part.

Non attending students

Assessing knowledge of the program can be verified by an oral test only, that can be taken all at once or divided in two parts (first part: handbook; second part: selected texts). In the case that the oral exam is divided in two parts, the final mark will be the average of the results of the first and the second part.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

As a whole, the examination will include a consideration of the ownership of the language adopted and a check of the knowledge acquired both on the content of the lectures and the textbook. Attention will be paid to how the student shows awareness of historical processes and ability to problematically connote centuries, characters and events.
The final grade will be given in thirtieths.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Office hours for students: during the course after lesson and by appointment; during the rest of the year, by appointment.