MEDIEVAL HISTORY

The teaching is divided into two parts that are closely related. The general course aims to the knowledge of the peculiar characteristics of the cultural, economics, philosophical, religious and social foundations from the Edict of Tolerance (313A. D.) to the action of Martin Luther (1483-1546). The monographic course instead leads the students to the knowledge of the action and organization of the Dominican Order (founded in 1216) as example of the educational capacity exerted by the preaching and the culture of Ordo Praedicatorum on the society from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century.

Description of historic events that have characterized the Middle Ages with particular reference to the action of the Dominican Order in the European area from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century.

General course (4 CFU). Textbook: Giovanni Vitolo, Medioevo. I caratteri originali di un’età di transizione, Sansoni Editore, Firenze 2000 (We have a lot of new impressions).

Monographic Study (2 CFU). Textbook: Massimo Carlo Giannini, I Domenicani, il Mulino Bologna 2016.