Learning objectives
1. To consider the main issues of the XII Century and bibliography
2. To translate and understand the medieval sources
3. To evaluate subjectivity and objectivity of the historical sources
4. To convey the historical contents using an adequate specialized vocabulary
5. To use the sources to reconstruct a historical period
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the main issues of the history of High Middle Ages
Course unit content
Arnaldo da Brescia. History, sources, memory.
Full programme
Additional texts and sources will be given during the lectures.
Bibliography
- Arnaldo da Brescia e il suo tempo, a c. di M. Pegrari, Grafo edizioni, Brescia 1991
-A. Frugoni, Arnaldo da Brescia nelle fonti del secolo XII, Einaudi, Torino 1989
- G.G. Merlo, La storia e la memoria di Arnaldo da Brescia, in "Studi storici", 32 (1991), pp. 943-952
- G.G. Merlo, Eretici ed eresie medievali, il Mulino, Bologna 1989
