Lettere | BYZANTINE HISTORY

cod. 0312600052

BYZANTINE HISTORY

	0312600052
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF6
	ARTS
	2017/2018

CURRICULUM LETTERE CLASSICHE

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2015
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/07	6	30	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE BYZANTINE HISTORY AND STATE (330-1453), TOGETHER WITH A SHORT INTRODUCTION ON THE BYZANTINE SOCIETY AND ECONOMY. A SEMINAR WILL FOCUS ON SOME EPISODES OF THE BYZANTINE HISTORY BY READING SELECTED SOURCES IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION.

	Prerequisites
	NONE. IT IS SUGGESTED A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROMAN AND MEDIAEVAL HISTORY.

	Contents
	HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE (330-1453). SEMINAR: BYZANTINE IMPERIAL DYNASTIES: THE KOMNENOI AND THE TURBULENT SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE OF JOHN II IN THE NARRATION OF NIKETAS CHONIATES (HISTORIA I, I, 1-5 MAISANO = PP. 4-8 VAN DIETEN) IN COMPARISON WITH THE ALEXIAD OF ANNA KOMNENE (XV, 11, 17-21, PP. 501-504 REINSCH-KAMBYLIS).

	Teaching Methods
	ORAL EXPOSITION. SLIDES PROJECTION (HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS ETC.), HAND-OUT PROVIDED.

	Verification of learning
	FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION (FULL MARKS: 30/30 WITH HONOURS). FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE COURSE: READING OF HISTORICAL SOURCES AND COMMENTARY. GENERAL EXAMINATION ABOUT BYZANTINE HISTORY (330-1453). FOR STUDENTS WHO WON'T BE ATTENDING THE COURSE: GENERAL EXAMINATION ABOUT BYZANTINE HISTORY (330-1453) AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS TO BE STUDIED FOR THE PROGRAMME.

	Texts
	FOR THE GENERAL PART: 1) W. TREADGOLD, STORIA DI BISANZIO, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY G. GARBISA, ITALIAN EDITION BY G. RAVEGNANI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 2005 (THE WHOLE BOOK). FOR THE SEMINAR: 2) NICETA CONIATA, GRANDEZZA E CATASTROFE DI BISANZIO (NARRAZIONE CRONOLOGICA), VOL. I (BOOKS I-VIII), PREFACE OF A.P. KAZHDAN, CRITICAL TEXT AND COMMENTARY BY R. MAISANO, TRANSL. BY A. PONTANI, MONDADORI, MILANO 1994 (FONDAZIONE LORENZO VALLA – SCRITTORI GRECI E LATINI), I, I, 1-5, PP. 14-23 (AVAILABLE IN PHOTOCOPIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE COURSE). 3) ANNAE COMNENAE ALEXIAS, RECENSUERUNT D.R. REINSCH – A. KAMBYLIS, PARS PRIOR ET PARS ALTERA, BEROLINI ET NOVI EBORACI 2001 (CORPUS FONTIUM HISTORIAE BYZANTINAE, XL/1-2), VOL. I, XV, 11, 17-21, PP. 501-504 (DURING THE COURSE, PHOTOCOPIES OF THE CHOSEN PASSAGES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, TRANSLATED INTO ITALIAN BY THE TEACHER). STUDENTS, WHO WILL NOT ATTEND THE COURSE, WILL REPLACE THE SEMINAR WITH THE FOLLOWING TEXT: 2) CH. DIEHL, FIGURE BIZANTINE, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY M.S. RUFFOLO, TORINO 2007 (THE WHOLE BOOK).

FOR THE GENERAL PART:
1) W. TREADGOLD, STORIA DI BISANZIO, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY G. GARBISA, ITALIAN EDITION BY G. RAVEGNANI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 2005 (THE WHOLE BOOK).

FOR THE SEMINAR:
2) NICETA CONIATA, GRANDEZZA E CATASTROFE DI BISANZIO (NARRAZIONE CRONOLOGICA), VOL. I (BOOKS I-VIII), PREFACE OF A.P. KAZHDAN, CRITICAL TEXT AND COMMENTARY BY R. MAISANO, TRANSL. BY A. PONTANI, MONDADORI, MILANO 1994 (FONDAZIONE LORENZO VALLA – SCRITTORI GRECI E LATINI), I, I, 1-5, PP. 14-23 (AVAILABLE IN PHOTOCOPIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE COURSE).
3) ANNAE COMNENAE ALEXIAS, RECENSUERUNT D.R. REINSCH – A. KAMBYLIS, PARS PRIOR ET PARS ALTERA, BEROLINI ET NOVI EBORACI 2001 (CORPUS FONTIUM HISTORIAE BYZANTINAE, XL/1-2), VOL. I, XV, 11, 17-21, PP. 501-504 (DURING THE COURSE, PHOTOCOPIES OF THE CHOSEN PASSAGES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, TRANSLATED INTO ITALIAN BY THE TEACHER).

STUDENTS, WHO WILL NOT ATTEND THE COURSE, WILL REPLACE THE SEMINAR WITH THE FOLLOWING TEXT:
2) CH. DIEHL, FIGURE BIZANTINE, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY M.S. RUFFOLO, TORINO 2007 (THE WHOLE BOOK).

	More Information
	IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THE ATTENDANCE AT THE COURSE IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE ORAL EXAMINATION. HAND-OUT WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE LESSONS. THE COURSE WILL BE HELD IN THE FIRST ACADEMIC SEMESTER.

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