Learning objectives
The purpose of the course is to gain knowledge of the main issues and problems of the early modern age, and of the history of assistance to poverty and disease, in particular to the madness, and the ways through which the latter has been represented in art and culture European early modern age.
Prerequisites
Basic cognitive requirements
Course unit content
Main issues and problems of the early modern age; history of assistance to poverty and disease, in particular to the madness, and the ways through which the latter has been represented in art and culture European early modern age.
Full programme
After an excursus on the main issues and problems of the early modern age, the course will focus on the history of assistance to poverty and disease, in particular to the madness, and the ways through which the latter has been represented in art and culture European early modern age.
Bibliography
Carlo Capra, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Milano, Mondadori, 2011; Marc Bloch, L’apologia della storia o mestiere di storico, Torino, Einaudi, 2010; Lisa Roscioni, Il governo della follia. Ospedali, medici e pazzi nell’età moderna, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2011; is required also the use of a historical atlas.
Teaching methods
Lectures with reading and commenting on texts and sources; assisted lessons
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Other information
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