MODERN HISTORY

Profile of General history with special attention to the relationship between nobility and the birth of the modern State.

Modulo A

The general history with particular attention to the most meaningful moments:

The geographical discoveries;

Renaissance and modern State;

The Protestant Reform in Europe of the XVI century;

“Controriforma” and Catholic Reform;

The crisis of the XVII century;

The Enlightenment in Europe

The industrial revolution;

The American revolution;

The French revolution;

The Napoleonic empire.

Modulo B

Nobility and birth of the modern history

Modulo A

- Aurelio Musi, Le vie della modernità, Milano, Sansoni, 2001 (pp. 400 circa).

Modulo B

- Carmen Salvo, Dalla spada alla fede. Storia di una famiglia feudale: gli Spatafora (secoli XIII-XVI), Acireale-Roma, Bonanno, 2009 (pp. 200 circa).