Learning objectives
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to contextualize and relativize universal problems such as poverty, crime, and migration.
Knowledge and understanding:
students will develop knowledge and comprehension competence in the
field of medieval history thanks to the use of different sources
(manuals, books and scientific articles, lectures, online learning objects
etc.) regarding foundation topics and advanced research in the field of
medieval studies.
Competences acquired in the first cycle will be strengthened and
expanded allowing students to elaborate and apply original ideas.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
students will be able to apply knowledge and comprehension skills useful
for an initial training for teachers, as as well as for other
professional profiles related to the field of school and academic
publishing and to public history. In particular,
students will develop skills needed both to create and support
argumentation and to solve problems in the field of medieval studies.
Comprehension and problem solving skills will be reinforced and applied
to new or unfamiliar topics, belonging to wider or interdisciplinary
contexts related to their field of study.
Making judgements:
students will be able to collect and interpret data to determine
autonomous judgements in in the field of medieval studies,
including cross-cultural and interdisciplinary thinking on cultural and
intercultural, scientific and ethical topics connected to the judgements
expressed.
Students will be able to integrate their knowledge, manage complexity
and make judgements based on limited or incomplete data.
Communication skills:
thanks to the specific focus on communication competences and in
particular on the development and use of mediation skills, students will
be able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to
specialists and non-specialists.
Students can make conclusions clearly and through the support of their
knowledge. They will also be able to explain the reasons for their
conclusions.
Learning skills:
thanks to the general scaffolding of the course which puts processes
related to medieval history learning and teaching in a social context at the
centre, students will develop learning skills useful to continue studying
autonomously and in a self-directed way in lifelong learning education.
Prerequisites
Appropriate knowledge of medieval history. In case the student does not feel secure about his / her previous studies, he / she is invited to add to the texts in program the following manual: Manuale di storia medievale di Andrea Zorzi, Torino: Utet 2016.
Course unit content
The course will develop the theme of social marginality in the Middle Ages. Through the analysis of specific categories of people, such as migrants, criminals, poors, during the course will come to light the material conditions of existence of a great part of the medieval population and the cultural and political answers of the society of time to these phenomena.
Full programme
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Bibliography
G. Albini, Poveri e povertà nel medioevo, Roma: Carocci 2016;
E. Orlando, Migrazioni mediterranee. Migranti, minoranze e matrimoni a Venezia nel basso medioevo, Bologna: Il Mulino 2014;
M. Gazzini, Storie di vita e di malavita. Criminali, poveri e altri miserabili nelle carceri di Milano alla fine del medioevo, [e-book in print on "Reti Medievali" < www.retimedievali.it >]
Texts are the same for attending and non-attending students.
Teaching methods
In classroom: lectures combined with guided practical exercises on sources, edited and unpublished. At home: studying the lessons learned and the recommended texts in the program.
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment of the student’s learning involves a final exam, which will be held during an oral exam, with a scale of 0 to 30, in which the student will have to prove that he/she has acquired the tools of analysis and understanding of a historical phenomenon. Students should also demonstrate that they know how to use the terms of the specialized language of the discipline.
A fail is determined by the lack of an understanding of the minimum
content of the course, the inability to express oneself adequately, by a
lack of autonomous preparation, the inability to solve problems related to
information retrieval and the decoding of complex texts, as well as an
inability to make independent judgments. A pass (18-23/30) is
determined by the student’s possession of the minimum, fundamental
contents of the course, an adequate level of autonomous preparation
and ability to solve problems related to information retrieval and the
decoding of complex texts, as well as an acceptable level of ability in
making independent judgments. Middle-range scores (24-27/30) are
assigned to the student who produces evidence of a more than sufficient
level (24-25/30) or good level (26-27/30) in the evaluation indicators
listed above. Higher scores (from 28/30 to 30/30 cum laude) are awarded
on the basis of the student’s demonstration of a very good or excellent
level in the evaluation indicators listed above.
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