To acquire a general knowledge of the Mediterranean world in the medieval and modern age with a particular attention to the role developed by Sicily in the XVI century.
A
The Mediterranean in medieval and modern age. The history of a sea theater of clashes and meetings among different people, cultures, languages and religions (4 CFU).
B
Religious, political and cultural form in modern Sicily (2 CFU).
A
- D. Abulafia, Il grande mare. Storia del Mediterraneo, Mondadori Milano 2013, pp. 600.
B
- C. Salvo, La biblioteca del viceré. Politica religione e cultura nella Sicilia del Cinquecento, Il Cigno Galileo Galilei, Roma 2004, pp. 300.