History of Southern Italy
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course aims to offer the intellectual elements of the history of Southern Italy as well as the guidelines and historiographic languages relating to the period under consideration. The course also aims to provide lexical and conceptual tools suitable for both scientific and popular historical communication.
Expected learning outcomes
The course aims to introduce participants to the historical reflection on Southern Italy, opening them to the use of published and unpublished sources and the printed and online bibliographic tools for its study. Through the analysis of concrete examples, students will be introduced to different methodologies of historical investigation and the study of archival documentation. At the end of the course students will be able to critically read primary sources and scientific texts relating to the historical period under consideration, to develop independent reflections on the main historical and historiographical issues of Southern Italy, to analyze the relationship between the past and the present. These skills will be acquired through a direct and continuous meeting with the instructor in the classroom: in particular, through critical reflection on documents and texts proposed for individual analyses and participation in seminar activities. These will be expressed during the course, through presentation and discussion by the students, individually or in groups, regarding documents proposed by the instructor.
Students opting not to attend the lessons will be able to make use of the educational tools provided by the instructor on Ariel, deepen their knowledge of main topics through special readings with the agreement with the instructor, and, of course, contact the instructor either by e-mail and during office hours.
Students opting not to attend the lessons will be able to make use of the educational tools provided by the instructor on Ariel, deepen their knowledge of main topics through special readings with the agreement with the instructor, and, of course, contact the instructor either by e-mail and during office hours.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Title: Kings, cities and barons in Southern Italy (13th-16th centuries) (60 hours, 9 CFU)
Learning Unit 1 (20 hrs, 3 cfu): The historiography on medieval Southern Italy
Didactic Unit 2 (20 hrs, 3 cfu): Politics, society and economy in the medieval Southern Italy
Didactic Unit 3 (20 hrs, 3 cfu): Southern Italy and historical GIS
Learning Unit 1 (20 hrs, 3 cfu): The historiography on medieval Southern Italy
Didactic Unit 2 (20 hrs, 3 cfu): Politics, society and economy in the medieval Southern Italy
Didactic Unit 3 (20 hrs, 3 cfu): Southern Italy and historical GIS
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific prerequisites other than those required for admission to the Master's degree course in Scienze storiche.
Teaching methods
Class attendance is strongly recommended, although not compulsory. The teaching consists of lectures aimed primarily at the acquisition of the knowledge, skills and language of the discipline. The teaching method includes classroom discussion and aims to foster in the student a critical spirit and the ability to apply the knowledge and skills acquired.
The course makes use of teaching material on the ARIEL platform, as well as GIS software for creating historical cartographies.
In addition to lectures, group work will be carried out in the classroom under the supervision of the teacher.
The course makes use of teaching material on the ARIEL platform, as well as GIS software for creating historical cartographies.
In addition to lectures, group work will be carried out in the classroom under the supervision of the teacher.
Teaching Resources
The 9 CFU programme corresponds to the issues covered in the three moduli or sections (A, B, C) into which the course is divided; the 6 CFU programme corresponds only to the first two sections (A, B). National and international or Erasmus incoming students are invited to email the teacher in advance, to agree on the examination programme, possibly in French or English.
Examination arrangements for students with disabilities and/or DSAs must be agreed with the teacher in consultation with the Ufficio Servizi per Studenti con Disabilità e DSA.
Examination programme for ATTENDING students
The examination for 6 CFU students includes the topics explained during the course, in addition to the readings indicated in groups A and B.
The examination for 9 CFU students includes the topics explained during the course, in addition to the readings indicated in groups A, B, C.
Group A
G. Vitolo, Il regno angioino unitamente a M. Del Treppo, Il regno aragonese [both available on the myAriel page of the course]
Group B
Two papers to be chosen from the following list:
R. Delle Donne, La corte napoletana di Alfonso il Magnanimo: il mecenatismo regio [available on the myAriel page of the course];
E. Sakellariou. Demography, Economy, and Trade, in A Companion to the Renaissance in Southern Italy (1350-1600), ed. by B. de Divitiis, Turnhout 2023, pp. 65-93 [downloadable from the University Opac];
F. Senatore, Il regno di Napoli, in Lo Stato del Rinascimento in Italia 1350-1520, a cura di A. Gamberini, I. Lazzarini, Roma 2014, pp. 35-52;
F. Senatore, Parlamento e luogotenenza generale. Il regno di Napoli nella Corona d'Aragona [available on the myAriel page of the course];
F. Titone, Il regno di Sicilia, in Lo Stato del Rinascimento in Italia 1350-1520, a cura di A. Gamberini, I. Lazzarini, Roma 2014, pp. 17-34.
Group C
Cengarle-Somaini, Mappe informatiche e storia [available on the myAriel page of the course].
Examination programme for NON ATTENDING students
Students taking the 6 CFU examination must bring the book in group A and one book of their choice from group B
Students taking the 9 CFU examination must bring the book in group A and two book of their choice from group B
Group A
S. Tramontana, Il Mezzogiorno medievale. Normanni, svevi, angioini, aragonesi nei secoli XI-XV
Group B
P. Corrao, Governare un Regno. Potere, società e istituzioni in Sicilia fra Trecento e Quattrocento (only pages 1-306);
F. Senatore, E. Scarton, Parlamenti generali a Napoli in età aragonese (only pages 1-214);
A. Silvestri, L'amministrazione del regno di Sicilia Cancelleria, apparati finanziari e strumenti di governo nel tardo medioevo, Roma 2018 (only pages 1-300).
F. Storti, I lancieri del re. Esercito e comunità cittadina nel Mezzogiorno aragonese;
F. Storti, «El buen marinero» Psicologia politica e ideologia monarchica al tempo di Ferdinando I d'Aragona re di Napoli;
G. Vitolo, L'Italia delle altre città. Un'immagine del Mezzogiorno medievale (only pages 1-186);
The following essays: D. Abulafia (The Aragonese kingdom), P. Terenzi (The kingdom of Naples) E. Sakellariou (Demography), F. Senatore (Cities, Towns, and Urban Districts) e F. Delle Donne (Historiography) collected in the volume A Companion to the Renaissance in Southern Italy (1350-1600), ed. by B. de Divitiis, Turnhout 2023, pp. 65-93 [downloadable from the University Opac].
Examination arrangements for students with disabilities and/or DSAs must be agreed with the teacher in consultation with the Ufficio Servizi per Studenti con Disabilità e DSA.
Examination programme for ATTENDING students
The examination for 6 CFU students includes the topics explained during the course, in addition to the readings indicated in groups A and B.
The examination for 9 CFU students includes the topics explained during the course, in addition to the readings indicated in groups A, B, C.
Group A
G. Vitolo, Il regno angioino unitamente a M. Del Treppo, Il regno aragonese [both available on the myAriel page of the course]
Group B
Two papers to be chosen from the following list:
R. Delle Donne, La corte napoletana di Alfonso il Magnanimo: il mecenatismo regio [available on the myAriel page of the course];
E. Sakellariou. Demography, Economy, and Trade, in A Companion to the Renaissance in Southern Italy (1350-1600), ed. by B. de Divitiis, Turnhout 2023, pp. 65-93 [downloadable from the University Opac];
F. Senatore, Il regno di Napoli, in Lo Stato del Rinascimento in Italia 1350-1520, a cura di A. Gamberini, I. Lazzarini, Roma 2014, pp. 35-52;
F. Senatore, Parlamento e luogotenenza generale. Il regno di Napoli nella Corona d'Aragona [available on the myAriel page of the course];
F. Titone, Il regno di Sicilia, in Lo Stato del Rinascimento in Italia 1350-1520, a cura di A. Gamberini, I. Lazzarini, Roma 2014, pp. 17-34.
Group C
Cengarle-Somaini, Mappe informatiche e storia [available on the myAriel page of the course].
Examination programme for NON ATTENDING students
Students taking the 6 CFU examination must bring the book in group A and one book of their choice from group B
Students taking the 9 CFU examination must bring the book in group A and two book of their choice from group B
Group A
S. Tramontana, Il Mezzogiorno medievale. Normanni, svevi, angioini, aragonesi nei secoli XI-XV
Group B
P. Corrao, Governare un Regno. Potere, società e istituzioni in Sicilia fra Trecento e Quattrocento (only pages 1-306);
F. Senatore, E. Scarton, Parlamenti generali a Napoli in età aragonese (only pages 1-214);
A. Silvestri, L'amministrazione del regno di Sicilia Cancelleria, apparati finanziari e strumenti di governo nel tardo medioevo, Roma 2018 (only pages 1-300).
F. Storti, I lancieri del re. Esercito e comunità cittadina nel Mezzogiorno aragonese;
F. Storti, «El buen marinero» Psicologia politica e ideologia monarchica al tempo di Ferdinando I d'Aragona re di Napoli;
G. Vitolo, L'Italia delle altre città. Un'immagine del Mezzogiorno medievale (only pages 1-186);
The following essays: D. Abulafia (The Aragonese kingdom), P. Terenzi (The kingdom of Naples) E. Sakellariou (Demography), F. Senatore (Cities, Towns, and Urban Districts) e F. Delle Donne (Historiography) collected in the volume A Companion to the Renaissance in Southern Italy (1350-1600), ed. by B. de Divitiis, Turnhout 2023, pp. 65-93 [downloadable from the University Opac].
Assessment methods and Criteria
Modality: oral exam.
Type of test: oral interview.
Assessment parameters: ability to organise knowledge discursively; ability to reason critically about the study undertaken.
Type of assessment used: grade in thirtieths.
Number and type of tests contributing to the final assessment: single final oral test.
Examination methods for students with disabilities and/or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the office.
Type of test: oral interview.
Assessment parameters: ability to organise knowledge discursively; ability to reason critically about the study undertaken.
Type of assessment used: grade in thirtieths.
Number and type of tests contributing to the final assessment: single final oral test.
Examination methods for students with disabilities and/or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher, in agreement with the office.
M-STO/01 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Pagnoni Fabrizio
Shifts:
Turno
Professor:
Pagnoni FabrizioEducational website(s)
Professor(s)
Reception:
Monday 09:00 - 10:30 (please send an email in advance)
Settore B - Aula B 23