Lettere | MODERN HISTORY

cod. 0312600066

MODERN HISTORY

	0312600066
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES

	ARTS
	2013/2014

CURRICULUM LETTERE CLASSICHE

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/02	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE IS AIMED PRIMARILY AT PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH GENERAL AND ES-SENTIAL COORDINATES FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE INTERPRETATION OF WORLD-HISTORICAL AGE MODERN PHENOMENA. IN THIS SENSE, THE CRITICAL, PERSONAL AND SELECTIVE STUDY OF A VALID MODERN HISTORY MANUAL FOR SCHOOLS IS INDISPEN-SABLE. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO LARGE STRUCTURAL AND LONG PERIODS PHENOMENA, TO POLITICAL-IDEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS CORRENTS, TO INSTITUTIONAL CARACTERS OF STATES AND OF POLITICAL REGIMES, TO POWER POLITICS, TO EPOCH-MAKING CHANGES DERIVING FROM INDUSTRY REVOLUTION AND FRENCH REVOLUTION. STUDENTS HAVE ALSO TO DELVE INTO THE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF FEUDALITY AND CHURCH IN THE TWO SICILIES IN THE MODERN AGE.

THE COURSE IS AIMED PRIMARILY AT PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH GENERAL AND ES-SENTIAL COORDINATES FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE INTERPRETATION OF WORLD-HISTORICAL AGE MODERN PHENOMENA. IN THIS SENSE, THE CRITICAL, PERSONAL AND SELECTIVE STUDY OF A VALID MODERN HISTORY MANUAL FOR SCHOOLS IS INDISPEN-SABLE. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO LARGE STRUCTURAL AND LONG PERIODS PHENOMENA, TO POLITICAL-IDEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS CORRENTS, TO INSTITUTIONAL CARACTERS OF STATES AND OF POLITICAL REGIMES, TO POWER POLITICS, TO EPOCH-MAKING CHANGES DERIVING FROM INDUSTRY REVOLUTION AND FRENCH REVOLUTION. STUDENTS HAVE ALSO TO DELVE INTO THE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF FEUDALITY AND CHURCH IN THE TWO SICILIES IN THE MODERN AGE.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY AND PROCESSES OF THE FORMATION OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.

	Contents
	THE COURSE IS AIMED PRIMARILY AT PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH GENERAL AND ESSENTIAL COORDINATES FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE INTERPRETATION OF WORLD-HISTORICAL AGE MODERN PHENOMENA. IN THIS SENSE, THE CRITICAL, PERSONAL AND SELECTIVE STUDY OF A VALID MODERN HISTORY MANUAL FOR SCHOOLS IS INDISPENSABLE. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO LARGE STRUCTURAL AND LONG PERIODS PHENOMENA, TO POLITICAL-IDEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS CORRENTS, TO INSTITUTIONAL CARACTERS OF STATES AND OF POLITICAL REGIMES, TO POWER POLITICS, TO EPOCH-MAKING CHANGES DERIVING FROM INDUSTRY REVOLUTION AND FRENCH REVOLUTION. STUDENTS HAVE ALSO TO DELVE INTO THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL EVENTS IN SOUTHERN ITALY IN THE CRUCIAL PHASE OF THE FRENCH DECADE 1806-1815.

Contents

THE COURSE IS AIMED PRIMARILY AT PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH GENERAL AND ESSENTIAL COORDINATES FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE INTERPRETATION OF WORLD-HISTORICAL AGE MODERN PHENOMENA. IN THIS SENSE, THE CRITICAL, PERSONAL AND SELECTIVE STUDY OF A VALID MODERN HISTORY MANUAL FOR SCHOOLS IS INDISPENSABLE. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO LARGE STRUCTURAL AND LONG PERIODS PHENOMENA, TO POLITICAL-IDEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS CORRENTS, TO INSTITUTIONAL CARACTERS OF STATES AND OF POLITICAL REGIMES, TO POWER POLITICS, TO EPOCH-MAKING CHANGES DERIVING FROM INDUSTRY REVOLUTION AND FRENCH REVOLUTION. STUDENTS HAVE ALSO TO DELVE INTO THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL EVENTS IN SOUTHERN ITALY IN THE CRUCIAL PHASE OF THE FRENCH DECADE 1806-1815.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND CLASSROOM DEEPENINGS

	Verification of learning
	ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING CAPACITY OF HISTORICAL PHENOMENA; INCREASE IN THE CAPACITY OF CRITICAL APPROACH, OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING; HISTORIOGRAPHIC GUIDANCE; DEVELOPMENT OF JUDGMENT AND INTERPRETATION; VERIFICATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF LEARNING ABILITY.

	Texts
	MODULE I - LARGE PAINTINGS OF MODERN HISTORY. CONTENTS: GREAT GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES AND FIRST COLONIAL EMPIRES, PRICE REVOLUTION; RENAISSANCE AND THE MODERN STATE; REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION, CRISIS OF '600 AND THIRTY YEARS WAR, RISE OF HOLLAND AND ENGLAND , ABSOLUTISM AND THE OLD REGIME, AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND IN-DUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND CRISIS OF THE OLD REGIME. TEXTBOOKS: A GOOD MANUAL UPDATED; IS ADVISABLE A. MUSI, LE VIE DELLA MO¬DERNITÀ, SANSONI, FIRENZE 2000 (PP. 3-24; 27-47; 51-76; 81-104; 107-118; 123-151; 189-214, 219-237; 241-262; 307-325; 367-377; 381-398; 401-411 (FOR A TOTAL OF 245 PAGES.) OR, ALTERNATIVELY, L'ETÀ MODERNA. DALLA SCOPERTA DELL'AMERICA ALLA RESTAURAZIONE, LATERZA 2007, PP. 3-312 MODULE II. FEUDALITY AND CHURCH IN THE TWO SICILIES IN THE MODERN AGE. TEXTBOOKS: A) F. BARRA, DAL CASTELLO AL PALAZZO, IL TEREBINTO, 2013; B) F. BARRA, CHIESA E SOCIETÀ NEL MEZZOGIORNO D’ITALIA, AVELLINO 2002 (ARE TO BE STUDIED PP. 5-118, 163-220, 361-368); C) P.F. GIOVINO, UNA FAMI-GLIA PATRIZIA RAGUSEA NEL REGNO DI NAPOLI. GLI ZAMAGNA (COMING SOON).

Texts

MODULE I - LARGE PAINTINGS OF MODERN HISTORY.
CONTENTS: GREAT GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES AND FIRST COLONIAL EMPIRES, PRICE REVOLUTION; RENAISSANCE AND THE MODERN STATE; REFORMATION AND CATHOLIC REFORMATION, CRISIS OF '600 AND THIRTY YEARS WAR, RISE OF HOLLAND AND ENGLAND , ABSOLUTISM AND THE OLD REGIME, AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND IN-DUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND CRISIS OF THE OLD REGIME.
TEXTBOOKS: A GOOD MANUAL UPDATED; IS ADVISABLE A. MUSI, LE VIE DELLA MO¬DERNITÀ, SANSONI, FIRENZE 2000 (PP. 3-24; 27-47; 51-76; 81-104; 107-118; 123-151; 189-214, 219-237; 241-262; 307-325; 367-377; 381-398; 401-411 (FOR A TOTAL OF 245 PAGES.) OR, ALTERNATIVELY, L'ETÀ MODERNA. DALLA SCOPERTA DELL'AMERICA ALLA RESTAURAZIONE, LATERZA 2007, PP. 3-312

MODULE II. FEUDALITY AND CHURCH IN THE TWO SICILIES IN THE MODERN AGE.
TEXTBOOKS: A) F. BARRA, DAL CASTELLO AL PALAZZO, IL TEREBINTO, 2013; B) F. BARRA, CHIESA E SOCIETÀ NEL MEZZOGIORNO D’ITALIA, AVELLINO 2002 (ARE TO BE STUDIED PP. 5-118, 163-220, 361-368); C) P.F. GIOVINO, UNA FAMI-GLIA PATRIZIA RAGUSEA NEL REGNO DI NAPOLI. GLI ZAMAGNA (COMING SOON).