Modern History

A.Y. 2024/2025
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
M-STO/02
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course, is aimed in particular at first-year students and intends to address the problems related to the political, economic and social dynamics of the early-modern age states from the mid-15th century to the revolutionary age and the new order imposed with the Congress of Vienna. During the lessons we will refer to the different historiographic interpretations with a consistent use of the sources from early-modern period of history, for the methodological purpose of promoting a critical reading and understanding of historical events and monographs.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student will have acquired the knowledge of the political-institutional, socio-economic and cultural development of the history of the early-modern period, from the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century. They shall also be able to place the most representative events and figures in their chronological and geographical contexts. The student will be able to use language tools (language properties, correct specific lexicon) to express, in a clear and effective form, concepts of a political, institutional, economic, and religious nature; they will be able to read critically historiographical works and use the main tools, including digital tools, for the research and analysis of sources. These skills will be acquired through a direct and continuous meeting with the instructor in the classroom. The discussion around the proposed sources will be an essential moment of critical reflection and methodological learning. Participation in meetings and seminars organized within the Department of Historical Studies will also be of great importance. 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
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

1st Semester A-L Edition

Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Course title: Princesses. Regents, sovereigns, women of power, and diplomatic agents between Italy and Europe.

Didactic Units 1 and 2: Outlines of Early Modern History
Didactic unit 3: Female Power between history and historiography in Early Modern Europe

Handbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019 and new edition 2024

Knowledge of ONE of the following volumes:

L. Arcangeli e S. Peyronel Rambaldi (a cura di), Donne di potere nel Rinascimento, Viella, Roma 2008

C. Continisio e R. Tamalio (a cura di), Donne Gonzaga a corte. Reti istituzionali, pratiche culturali e affari di governo, Bulzoni, Roma 2018 (5 contributi a scelta)

B. Craveri, Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne, Adelphi, Milano I ed. 2005 (II ed. 2010)

G. Fragnito, Storia di Clelia Farnese. Amori, potere, violenza nella Roma della Controriforma, il Mulino, Bologna 2016

B.A. Raviola, F. Varallo (a cura di), L'Infanta. Caterina d'Austria, duchessa di Savoia (1567-1597), Carocci, Roma 2013 (5 contributi a scelta)

E. Riva (a cura di), La politica charmante. Società di corte e figure femminili nell'età di transizione, numero monografico della rivista « Cheiron », 1/2017

F. A. Yates. Astrea. L'idea di Impero nel Cinquecento, nuova ed. a cura di E. Basaglia, SE, Milano 2024

M.A. Visceglia, Le donne dei papi in età moderna. Un altro sguardo sul nepotismo (1492-1655), Viella, Roma 2023


- Programme for 9 cfu:
Knowledge of the topics taught in lectures (modules 1, 2 and 3)
Textbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019 or new edition 2024

TWO of the following volumes:

L. Arcangeli e S. Peyronel Rambaldi (a cura di), Donne di potere nel Rinascimento, Viella, Roma 2008

C. Continisio e R. Tamalio (a cura di), Donne Gonzaga a corte. Reti istituzionali, pratiche culturali e affari di governo, Bulzoni, Roma 2018 (5 contributi a scelta)

B. Craveri, Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne, Adelphi, Milano I ed. 2005 (II ed. 2010)

G. Fragnito, Storia di Clelia Farnese. Amori, potere, violenza nella Roma della Controriforma, il Mulino, Bologna 2016

B.A. Raviola, F. Varallo (a cura di), L'Infanta. Caterina d'Austria, duchessa di Savoia (1567-1597), Carocci, Roma 2013 (5 contributi a scelta)

E. Riva (a cura di), La politica charmante. Società di corte e figure femminili nell'età di transizione, numero monografico della rivista « Cheiron », 1/2017

F. A. Yates. Astrea. L'idea di Impero nel Cinquecento, nuova ed. a cura di E. Basaglia, SE, Milano 2024

M.A. Visceglia, Le donne dei papi in età moderna. Un altro sguardo sul nepotismo (1492-1655), Viella, Roma 2023


Non attending students
6 cfu:
Handbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019 or new edition 2024
PLUS
E. Novi Chavarria, Storia di genere e storia delle donne. Gli orientamenti della ricerca negli ultimi anni, in « Polygraphia », n. 4, 2022 (disponibile online in Open Access)

ONE of these books:
L. Arcangeli e S. Peyronel Rambaldi (a cura di), Donne di potere nel Rinascimento, Viella, Roma 2008

C. Continisio e R. Tamalio (a cura di), Donne Gonzaga a corte. Reti istituzionali, pratiche culturali e affari di governo, Bulzoni, Roma 2018 (5 contributi a scelta)

B. Craveri, Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne, Adelphi, Milano I ed. 2005 (II ed. 2010)

G. Fragnito, Storia di Clelia Farnese. Amori, potere, violenza nella Roma della Controriforma, il Mulino, Bologna 2016

B.A. Raviola, F. Varallo (a cura di), L'Infanta. Caterina d'Austria, duchessa di Savoia (1567-1597), Carocci, Roma 2013 (5 contributi a scelta)

E. Riva (a cura di), La politica charmante. Società di corte e figure femminili nell'età di transizione, numero monografico della rivista « Cheiron », 1/2017

F. A. Yates. Astrea. L'idea di Impero nel Cinquecento, nuova ed. a cura di E. Basaglia, SE, Milano 2024

M.A. Visceglia, Le donne dei papi in età moderna. Un altro sguardo sul nepotismo (1492-1655), Viella, Roma 2023

Non attending students
9 cfu:
Handbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019 or new edition 2024
PLUS
E. Novi Chavarria, Storia di genere e storia delle donne. Gli orientamenti della ricerca negli ultimi anni, in « Polygraphia », n. 4, 2022 (disponibile online in Open Access)

TWO of these books:
L. Arcangeli e S. Peyronel Rambaldi (a cura di), Donne di potere nel Rinascimento, Viella, Roma 2008

C. Continisio e R. Tamalio (a cura di), Donne Gonzaga a corte. Reti istituzionali, pratiche culturali e affari di governo, Bulzoni, Roma 2018 (5 contributi a scelta)

B. Craveri, Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne, Adelphi, Milano I ed. 2005 (II ed. 2010)

G. Fragnito, Storia di Clelia Farnese. Amori, potere, violenza nella Roma della Controriforma, il Mulino, Bologna 2016

B.A. Raviola, F. Varallo (a cura di), L'Infanta. Caterina d'Austria, duchessa di Savoia (1567-1597), Carocci, Roma 2013 (5 contributi a scelta)

E. Riva (a cura di), La politica charmante. Società di corte e figure femminili nell'età di transizione, numero monografico della rivista « Cheiron », 1/2017

F. A. Yates. Astrea. L'idea di Impero nel Cinquecento, nuova ed. a cura di E. Basaglia, SE, Milano 2024

M.A. Visceglia, Le donne dei papi in età moderna. Un altro sguardo sul nepotismo (1492-1655), Viella, Roma 2023
Prerequisites for admission
There are no particular prerequisites, apart from a keen interest in historical macro-phenomena understood in their overall complexity: the course will aim to offer guidelines for understanding the Modern Age as it unfolded between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 19th century, highlighting above all the most radical changes.
Teaching methods
Main themes and problems of modern history

The course aims to stimulate a reflection about the main themes and problems of Early modern age. Attendance to classes is strongly recommended although not compulsory. The teaching is delivered through frontal lectures aimed primarily at the acquisition of knowledge, competence and specific language of the subject. Discussion with the teacher in the classroom is integrant part of the didactic method and aims at promoting a critical attitude and the capacity to apply the acquired competence and knowledge.
The teaching is also based on didactic and multimedia material provided on Ariel.
In addition to frontal lectures, team works and/or individual presentations (i.e.: short written reviews of books) are envisaged.
Teaching Resources
The reference material is listed under Program with the relevant ways to select texts based on whether or not you attend the course.

These are the volumes of monographic cut within which to select study texts IN ADDITION to the textbook:

L. Arcangeli e S. Peyronel Rambaldi (a cura di), Donne di potere nel Rinascimento, Viella, Roma 2008

C. Continisio e R. Tamalio (a cura di), Donne Gonzaga a corte. Reti istituzionali, pratiche culturali e affari di governo, Bulzoni, Roma 2018 (5 contributi a scelta)

B. Craveri, Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne, Adelphi, Milano I ed. 2005 (II ed. 2010)

G. Fragnito, Storia di Clelia Farnese. Amori, potere, violenza nella Roma della Controriforma, il Mulino, Bologna 2016

B.A. Raviola, F. Varallo (a cura di), L'Infanta. Caterina d'Austria, duchessa di Savoia (1567-1597), Carocci, Roma 2013 (5 contributi a scelta)

E. Riva (a cura di), La politica charmante. Società di corte e figure femminili nell'età di transizione, numero monografico della rivista « Cheiron », 1/2017

F. A. Yates. Astrea. L'idea di Impero nel Cinquecento, nuova ed. a cura di E. Basaglia, SE, Milano 2024

M.A. Visceglia, Le donne dei papi in età moderna. Un altro sguardo sul nepotismo (1492-1655), Viella, Roma 2023
Assessment methods and Criteria
- Method: oral exam.

However, there is the possibility of an intermediate written test, after which you will only be allowed to sit exams on the monographic part of the programme.

- Evaluation criteria: capacity to demonstrate and elaborate knowledge; capacity for critical reflection on the completed work; quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialised lexicon, efficacy and clarity.
- Type of evaluation method: mark in 30s.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
Unita' didattica A
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours

1st Semester M-Z Edition

Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Title of the course: France of the Sun king
Module 1: General lines of modern history from Humanism to the French Revolution
Module 2: General lines of modern history from Humanism to the French Revolution
Module 3: France of the Sun king
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
Attendance to classes is strongly recommended although not compulsory. The teaching is delivered through frontal lectures aimed primarily at the acquisition of knowledge, competence and specific language of the subject. The teacher's exposition will always be integrated with the direct analysis of sources and documents in the classroom, in order to provide students with a first experience of historical research methods.Discussion with the teacher in the classroom is integrant part of the didactic method and aims at promoting a critical attitude and the capacity to apply the acquired competence and knowledge.
The teaching is also based on didactic material provided on Ariel.
Teaching Resources
Bibliography:


ATTENDING STUDENTS:
The 9-credit program corresponds to the topics covered during all lectures, and is divided into an institutional and a monographic part. The institutional part should be prepared on the basis of the lectures related to the first two teaching units, supplemented by the reading of one of the following volumes of your choice: C. Capra, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Firenze, Le Monnier, 2004 or later editions, or V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019 or later editions. For the monograph part, knowledge of the topics of the lectures of the third teaching unit is required, plus a thorough study of one of the volumes in group (a), one volume of your choice from among those in group (b), and one of your choice from among those in group (c).
a)

G. Da Molin, Storia sociale dell'Italia moderna, Brescia, La Scuola, 2014, pp. 309.
G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Roma, Carocci, pp. 221

b)
P. R. Campbell, Luigi XIV e la Francia del suo tempo, Bologna, il Mulino, 1997, pp. 171
G. Ruocco, Lo Stato sono io. Luigi XIV e la «rivoluzione monarchica» del marzo 1661, Bologna, il Mulino, 2002, pp. 147

c)
P. Burke, Il re sole, Milano, Il saggiatore, 2017, pp. 345
S. Tabacchi, Mazzarino, Roma, Salerno editore, 2015, pp. 361
S. Tabacchi, Richelieu. Il cardinale che trasformò la monarchia francese e la politica internazionale, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2022, pp. 424.
S. Tabacchi, Maria de' Medici, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2012, pp. 472


6 cfu program corresponds to the topics covered during the first two lecture modules, and is divided into an institutional and a monographic part. The institutional part should be prepared on the basis of the lectures related to the first two teaching units, supplemented by the reading of one of the following volumes of your choice: C. Capra, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Firenze, Le Monnier, 2004 or later editions, or V. Criscuolo, Storia Moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019, or later editions.
For the monograph part a secure knowledge of the course topic plus a thorough study of one of the volumes in group (a).
a)

G. Da Molin, Storia sociale dell'Italia moderna, Brescia, La Scuola, 2014, pp. 309.
G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Roma, Carocci, pp. 221


Program for non-attending students 9 cfu

Those who could not attend the course, in addition to the careful study of one of their choice from the two textbooks of C. Capra, Storia Moderna (1492-1848), Firenze, Le Monnier, 2004 or later editions, or V. Criscuolo, Storia Moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019 or later editions

and must choose and prepare two the readings from group (a) and two from group (b)

a)

G. Da Molin, Storia sociale dell'Italia moderna, Brescia, La Scuola, 2014, pp. 309.
G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Roma, Carocci, pp. 221
P. Del Negro, Guerra ed eserciti da Machiavelli a Napoleone, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001, pp. 165
G. J. Ames, L'età delle scoperte geografiche 1500-1700, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011, pp. 187
b)
P. R. Campbell, Luigi XIV e la Francia del suo tempo, Bologna, il Mulino, 1997, pp. 171
G. Ruocco, Lo Stato sono io. Luigi XIV e la «rivoluzione monarchica» del marzo 1661, Bologna, il Mulino, 2002, pp. 147
P. Burke, Il re sole, Milano, Il saggiatore, 2017, pp. 345
S. Tabacchi, Mazzarino, Roma, Salerno editore, 2015, pp. 361
S. Tabacchi, Richelieu. Il cardinale che trasformò la monarchia francese e la politica internazionale, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2022, pp. 424.
S. Tabacchi, Maria de' Medici, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2012, pp. 472
H. Schilling, Corti e alleanze. La Germania dal 1648 al 1763, Bologna, il Mulino, 1999, pp. 570
M. Kishlansky, L'età degli Stuart. L'Inghilterra dal 1603 al 1714, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1996, pp. 430
J.H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale 1469-1716, Bologna, il Mulino, 1982, pp. 447
L. Hughes, Pietro il Grande, Torino, Einaudi, 2003, pp. 341
W. Marshall, Pietro il Grande e la Russia del suo tempo, Bologna, il Mulino, 1999, pp. 167

Program for non-attenders 6 cfu

Those who could not attend the course, in addition to the careful study of one of their choice from the two textbooks of C. Capra, Storia Moderna (1492-1848), Firenze, Le Monnier, 2004 or later editions, or V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019, or later editions


and must choose and prepare two of the following readings:
P. Burke, Il re sole, Milano, Il saggiatore, 2017, pp. 345
P. R. Campbell, Luigi XIV e la Francia del suo tempo, Bologna, il Mulino, 1997, pp. 171
P. Del Negro, Guerra ed eserciti da Machiavelli a Napoleone, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001, pp. 165
G. P. Romagnani, La società di antico regime (XVI-XVIII secolo). Temi e problemi storiografici, Roma, Carocci, pp. 221
P. Del Negro, Guerra ed eserciti da Machiavelli a Napoleone, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001, pp. 165
G. J. Ames, L'età delle scoperte geografiche 1500-1700, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011, pp. 187
Assessment methods and Criteria
Method: oral exam
- Type of examination: oral interrogation
- Evaluation criteria: capacity to demonstrate and elaborate knowledge; capacity for critical reflection on the completed work; quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialised lexicon; efficacy, clarity.
- One elective written test with open and close questions (at the end of the course, in november) will be organised on behalf of the attending students only. It will last 100 minutes, and it will be on testbook and lectures of the module 1 e 2. The final evaluation will be composed by the average of the marks of the written test and the final exam.
- Method of communication of the assessment results in case of written examinations: Ariel site and Department site
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
Unita' didattica A
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours

2nd Semester A-L Edition

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
ATTENDING STUDENTS - Programme for 9 Ects:
Knowledge of the topics taught in lectures and the readings read together (modules 1, 2 and 3)
Textbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia Moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019.
Knowledge of two of the following volumes:
-Andretta S., L'arte della prudenza. Teorie e prassi della diplomazia nell'Italia del XVI e XVII secolo, Roma, Viella, 2022;
-Cipolla C.M., Contro un nemico invisibile. Epidemie e strutture sanitarie nell'Italia del Rinascimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020;
-Del Negro P., Guerra ed eserciti da Machiavelli a Napoleone, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001 (o altre edizioni);
-Delpiano P., Liberi di scrivere. La battaglia per la stampa nell'età dei lumi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015
-Lynn J.A. II, Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge, U.P., 2008;
-Palmieri P., Le cento vite di Cagliostro, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023;
-Vovelle M., L'uomo dell'Illuminismo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1992, pp.3-70, 143-243, 353-398, 445-485.

ATTENDING STUDENTS - Programme for 6 Ects:
Knowledge of the topics taught in lectures and the readings read together (modules 1 and 2)
Textbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia Moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019.
Knowledge of one of the following volumes:
-Andretta S., L'arte della prudenza. Teorie e prassi della diplomazia nell'Italia del XVI e XVII secolo, Roma, Viella, 2022;
-Cipolla C.M., Contro un nemico invisibile. Epidemie e strutture sanitarie nell'Italia del Rinascimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020;
-Del Negro P., Guerra ed eserciti da Machiavelli a Napoleone, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001 (o altre edizioni);
-Delpiano P., Liberi di scrivere. La battaglia per la stampa nell'età dei lumi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015
-Lynn J.A. II, Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge, U.P., 2008;
-Palmieri P., Le cento vite di Cagliostro, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023;
-Vovelle M., L'uomo dell'Illuminismo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1992, pp.3-70, 143-243, 353-398, 445-485.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS - Programme for 9 Ects:
Textbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia Moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019.
Knowledge of three of the following volumes:
-Andretta S., L'arte della prudenza. Teorie e prassi della diplomazia nell'Italia del XVI e XVII secolo, Roma, Viella, 2022;
-Cipolla C.M., Contro un nemico invisibile. Epidemie e strutture sanitarie nell'Italia del Rinascimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020;
-Del Negro P., Guerra ed eserciti da Machiavelli a Napoleone, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001 (o altre edizioni);
-Delpiano P., Liberi di scrivere. La battaglia per la stampa nell'età dei lumi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015
-Lynn J.A. II, Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge, U.P., 2008;
-Palmieri P., Le cento vite di Cagliostro, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023;
-Vovelle M., L'uomo dell'Illuminismo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1992, pp.3-70, 143-243, 353-398, 445-485.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS - Programme for 6 Ects:
Textbook: V. Criscuolo, Storia Moderna, Milano, Pearson, 2019.
Knowledge of two of the following volumes:
-Andretta S., L'arte della prudenza. Teorie e prassi della diplomazia nell'Italia del XVI e XVII secolo, Roma, Viella, 2022;
-Cipolla C.M., Contro un nemico invisibile. Epidemie e strutture sanitarie nell'Italia del Rinascimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020;
-Del Negro P., Guerra ed eserciti da Machiavelli a Napoleone, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2001 (o altre edizioni);
-Delpiano P., Liberi di scrivere. La battaglia per la stampa nell'età dei lumi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015
-Lynn J.A. II, Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge, U.P., 2008;
-Palmieri P., Le cento vite di Cagliostro, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2023;
-Vovelle M., L'uomo dell'Illuminismo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1992, pp.3-70, 143-243, 353-398, 445-485.

This exam program is valid from May 2025 until February 2026.

International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly get in touch with the professor in order to arrange a reading plan for exam preparation.
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
Attendance at classes is strongly recommended although not compulsory. The teaching is delivered through frontal lectures aimed primarily at the acquisition of knowledge, competence, and specific language of the subject. During the lessons, a wide array of sources of modern history will be used, with the methodological aim of promoting a critical reading of historical events and monographs. Discussion with the teacher in the classroom is a integral part of the didactic method and aims at promoting a critical attitude and the capacity to apply the acquired competence and knowledge.
The teaching is also based on didactic material uploaded by the teacher on Ariel.
Assessment methods and Criteria
- Method: oral exam
- Evaluation criteria: capacity to demonstrate and elaborate knowledge; capacity for critical reflection on the completed work; quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialized lexicon, efficacy, clarity.
- Type of evaluation method: mark in 30s
The examination consists in a oral single section.

The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
Unita' didattica A
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours

2nd Semester M-Z Edition

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Title of the course: Rival Empires in the Early Global Age (1450-1581)
Module 1: Early Modern History from Humanism to the Thirty Years War
Module 2: Early Modern History from the English Civil War to the Fall of Napoleon
Module 3: Rival Empires in the Early Global Age (1450-1581)
Prerequisites for admission
There are no particular prerequisites, apart from a keen interest in historical macro-phenomena understood in their overall complexity: the course will aim to offer guidelines for understanding the Modern Age as it unfolded between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 19th century, highlighting above all the most radical changes.
Teaching methods
Main themes and problems of modern history

The course aims to stimulate a reflection about the main themes and problems of Early modern age. Attendance to classes is strongly recommended although not compulsory. The teaching is delivered through frontal lectures aimed primarily at the acquisition of knowledge, competence and specific language of the subject. Discussion with the teacher in the classroom is integrant part of the didactic method and aims at promoting a critical attitude and the capacity to apply the acquired competence and knowledge.
The teaching is also based on didactic and multimedia material provided on Ariel.
In addition to frontal lectures, team works and/or individual presentations (i.e.: short written reviews of books) are envisaged.
Teaching Resources
Attending students:
- Programme for 6 cfu:
Knowledge of the topics taught in lectures (modules 1, 2 and 3)
Knowledge of one of the following volume:
- V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019.



- Programme for 9 cfu:
- Knowledge of the topics taught in lectures (modules 1, 2, 3)
Knowledge of one of the following volume:
- V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019.
One volume to be chosen from the following:
- Marc. D. Baer, Khan, cesari e califfi, Torino Einaudi, 2023
- Fernand Braudel, Civiltà e imperi del Mediterraneo nell'età di Filippo II, Torino, Einaudi, 2010, esclusivamente il volume II;
- John H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale, 1469-1716, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006.



Non-attending students:
- Programme for 6 cfu:
Knowledge of one of the following volume:
- V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019.
One volume to be chosen from the following:
- Marc. D. Baer, Khan, cesari e califfi, Torino Einaudi, 2023
- Fernand Braudel, Civiltà e imperi del Mediterraneo nell'età di Filippo II, Torino, Einaudi, 2010, esclusivamente il volume II;
- John H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale, 1469-1716, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006.





- Programme for 9 cfu:
Knowledge of one of the following volume:
- V. Criscuolo, Storia moderna, Pearson, Milano 2019.
One volume to be chosen from the following:
- Marc. D. Baer, Khan, cesari e califfi, Torino Einaudi, 2023
- Fernand Braudel, Civiltà e imperi del Mediterraneo nell'età di Filippo II, Torino, Einaudi, 2010, esclusivamente il volume II;
- John H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale, 1469-1716, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006.
One volume to be chosen from the following:
- Giancarlo Casale, The Ottoman Age of Exploration, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Serge Gruzinski, Les Quatre parties du monde. Histoire d'une mondialisation, Paris, La Martinière, 2004 (anche in traduzione inglese o spagnola).
- Pierpaolo Merlin, La forza e la fede, Vita di Carlo V, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004.
- Alan Mikhail, L'ombra di Dio. Selīm il sultano, il suo Impero ottomano e la creazione del mondo moderno, Torino, Einaudi, 2021.
- Aurelio Musi, L'impero dei viceré, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.
- Gizella Nemeth Papo, Adriano Papo, I turchi nell'Europa centrale. Da Gallipoli a Passarowitz (secc. XIV-XVIII), Roma, Carocci, 2022.
- Angelantonio Spagnoletti, Filippo II, Roma, Salerno, 2018.
- Geoffrey Parker, Carlo V, Milano, Hoepli, 2021, parti 2-3-4.
- B. Yun Casalilla, Iberian World Empires and the Globalization of Europe 1415-1668, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Assessment methods and Criteria
- Method: oral exam.

However, there is the possibility of an intermediate written test, after which you will only be allowed to sit exams on the monographic part of the programme.

- Evaluation criteria: capacity to demonstrate and elaborate knowledge; capacity for critical reflection on the completed work; quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialised lexicon, efficacy and clarity.
- Type of evaluation method: mark in 30s.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
Unita' didattica A
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours