Learning objectives
The course is designed to:
• provide a structured introduction to the study of modern European history
• develop awareness and understanding of historical processes, such as continuity and change, comparative perspectives and the investigation of historical problems
• provide the methodology required to interpret historical evidences
• equip students to evaluate and interpret historical evidences critically
• promote interest in the concept and discipline of history and its specialisms
• enable students to develop the analytical and communication skills needed to present historical argument orally
Course unit content
This course offers a broad survey of modern European history. First part: is designed to introduce students to key issues and scholarly debates in the political, religious, social and cultural history as they played out on a local and on a global scale: the Renaissance, the epochal expansion of Europe into the new world, the break-up of Latin Christianity into the competing religious communities, the construction of the modern state, the formation of overseas empires and the coming of capitalism, the Scientific Revolution, the French Revolution
Second part: focuses on non-literary uses of Italian scribal culture. It will be investigated as a coherent system, alongside print and oral culture. Special attention will be paid to the social context, to the circulation of political information and to the concept of "public sphere".
Bibliography
Modulo A - FREQUENTANTI e NON FREQUENTANTI (6 cfu)
1)C. Capra, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Milano, Le Monnier, da utilizzare obbligatoriamente insieme con un atlante storico
2) Antonio Castillo Gómez, Leggere nella Spagna moderna. Erudizione, Religiosità e Svago, Bologna, Pàtron Editore, 2013
Modulo A+B – FREQUENTANTI (12cfu) e NON FREQUENTANTI (12cfu)
1)C. Capra, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Milano, Le Monnier, da utilizzare obbligatoriamente insieme con un atlante storico
2) Antonio Castillo Gómez, Leggere nella Spagna moderna. Erudizione, Religiosità e Svago, Bologna, Pàtron Editore, 2013
3) Ottavia Niccoli, Profeti e popolo nell'Italia del Rinascimento, Roma-Bari, Laterza
4) Sandro Landi, Stampa, censura e opinione pubblica in età moderna, Bologna, il Mulino
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons and critical analysis of sources
