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B007929 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (FORLILPSI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-STO/01 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
22/02/2021 ⇒ 28/05/2021
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B030841 - STORIA DELL'EURASIA NEL MEDIOEVO
Second Cycle Degree in HISTORY
B030841 - STORIA DELL'EURASIA NEL MEDIOEVO
Second Cycle Degree in HISTORY
Teaching Language
Italian, English, possibly French
Course Content
The course focuses on the entire area of Eurasia from the 5th to 15th centuries, focusing, especially on the interconnected history, and commercial, military and cultural interactions of the great empires of the region, such as the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), Sassanian Empire, the Islamic Caliphate, various ruling dynasties in China, the Mongol expansion and the world of Slavia Orthodoxa.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Duccio Balestracci, Terre ignote strana gente: Storie di viaggiatori medievali, Bari, Laterza, 2015.
Franco Cardini, Alessandro Vanoli, La Via della seta: Una storia millenaria tra Oriente e Occidente, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017.
Paolo Grillo, Le Porte del mondo: L'Europa e la globalizzazione medievale, Milano, Mondadori, 2019.
Other reading material will be distributed in electronic format during the course.
Franco Cardini, Alessandro Vanoli, La Via della seta: Una storia millenaria tra Oriente e Occidente, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017.
Paolo Grillo, Le Porte del mondo: L'Europa e la globalizzazione medievale, Milano, Mondadori, 2019.
Other reading material will be distributed in electronic format during the course.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge of the main historical-political events that characterised the history of medieval Eurasia.
Familiarity with the main themes and modalities of cultural, religious, commerical, and military interactions between the major Eurasian empires.
Ideas on globalisation and proto-globalisation before the Modern Era.
Familiarity with the main themes and modalities of cultural, religious, commerical, and military interactions between the major Eurasian empires.
Ideas on globalisation and proto-globalisation before the Modern Era.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of medieval European history.
Teaching Methods
Classroom lectures, using audio-visual material.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination.