MEDIEVAL HISTORY

The course aims to recover the processes of cultural formation in the Middle Ages, traces its contents and gender distinctions.

Lectures

This course identifies the specific models and tools for the cultural transmission during the V-XV centuries; it marks the span of intervention of the public powers in the educational process; it investigates the political-social function of culture already in the Middle Ages.

Mod. A: Culture and knowledge transmission in the Middle Ages (4 credits).

Mod. B: Men and women of culture in the Middle Ages (2 credits).

Mod. A:

- P. Riché, J. Verger, Nani sulle spalle di giganti. Maestri e allievi nel Medioevo, tr. it., Jaca Book, Milano, 2011, pp. 1-272; and the sources in C. Frova, Istruzione e educazione nel medioevo, Loescher, Torino, 1973

Mod.B:

- F. Delle Donne, La porta del sapere. Cultura alla corte di Federico II di Svevia, Carocci, Roma, 2019, pp. 11-15, 43-191

- L. Miglio, Governare l’alfabeto. Donne, scrittura e libri nel Medioevo, Viella, Roma, 2008, pp. 23-152, 207-250.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.