Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali | MODERN HISTORY

cod. 1212100004

MODERN HISTORY

	1212100004
	DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
	EQF6
	POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
	2020/2021

CURRICULUM ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/02	9	60	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PROCESSES BETWEEN THE FIFTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES WITH A SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO THE CAUSES OF THE MORE SPECIFIC EVENTS OF THE PERIOD CONSIDERED, TO THE PROCESS OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STATE AND TO THE SPANISH HEGEMONY. A SPECIFIC REFLECTION WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ITALY AND THE GENESIS OF "NEAPOLITAN NATION".

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PROCESSES BETWEEN THE FIFTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES WITH A SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO THE CAUSES OF THE MORE SPECIFIC EVENTS OF THE PERIOD CONSIDERED, TO THE PROCESS OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STATE AND TO THE SPANISH HEGEMONY. A SPECIFIC REFLECTION WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ITALY AND THE GENESIS OF "NEAPOLITAN NATION".

	Prerequisites
	GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL PROCESSES FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE CONTEMPORARY AGE

	Contents
	THE COURSE WILL EXAMINE THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STATE, THE SPANISH DOMINANCE IN EUROPE, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE "SPANISH IMPERIAL SYSTEM"THE PROTESTANT REFORM, THE CRISIS OF SEVENTHEENTH CENTURY, THE ILLUMINISM, THE REVOLUTION OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE RISE OF NAPOLEON AND ITS DECLINE

	Teaching Methods
	DURING THE COURSE WILL BE USED DIRECT LESSONS, CONFERENCES, CONCEPTUAL MAPS AND ANALYSIS OF DOCUMENTS

	Verification of learning
	THERE IS A TRIAL RUN TO EVALUATE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED, AND FINAL EXAM. THE JUDGMENT WILL BE BASED ON THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF DEPTH AND ON THE CRITICAL SKILLS ACQUIRED