Historical Studies

The title of the module is: The connected sixteenth century: intellectual relations and knowledge connections between Italy, France and Spain. The XVth and XVIth centuries, despite the irreversible crisis of political and religious universalisms, was a period marked by an extraordinary increase of cultural circulation among different countries in Europe. Within the context of this continuous, at times feverish exchange, whose character was transnational and which, in spite of being torn apart by the sixteenth century wars of expansion and religion, became one of the distinctive features of early modern Europe, the course will focus on the dense network of intellectual and of connections of knowledge created between Italy, France and Spain during the XVth and XVIth centuries and on the contribution offered, in particular, by the Italian humanists. The course will have a seminar structure. In the first part, the teacher will introduce the topic by addressing some thematic issues and related historiographical interpretations. In the second part, students will be invited to investigate a question concerning the theme of the course to be presented and discussed in the classroom. The course will have the format of seminars. In the first part the instructor will introduce the topic by dealing with several key issues and their relative historiographical interpretations. In the second part the students will be asked to take an active part in the lessons through an examination and careful study of the sources.

Have taken at least 6 cfu of Early Modern History in the three-year degree course.

R. Mazzei, Per terra e per acqua. Viaggi e viaggiatori nell’Europa moderna, Roma, Carocci, 2013 L. Felici, Senza frontiere. L’Europa di Erasmo (1538-1600), Roma, Carocci, 2021 M. Pellegrini, Le guerre d’Italia (1494-1559), Bologna, il Mulino, 2017; Un testo a scelta tra: P. Burke, Espatriati ed esuli nella storia della conoscenza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017; Tramiti. Figure e strumenti della mediazione culturale nella prima età moderna, a cura di E. Andretta, E. Valeri, M.A. Visceglia, P. Volpini, Roma, Viella, 2015 A text of your choice to be read from: F. Guicciardini, Storia d’Italia, libro I (qualsiasi edizione) Erasmo da Rotterdam, Il lamento della pace (qualsiasi edizione)

Oral

Face to face lessons.

The title of the module is: The connected sixteenth century: intellectual relations and knowledge connections between Italy, France and Spain. The XVth and XVIth centuries, despite the irreversible crisis of political and religious universalisms, was a period marked by an extraordinary increase of cultural circulation among different countries in Europe. Within the context of this continuous, at times feverish exchange, whose character was transnational and which, in spite of being torn apart by the sixteenth century wars of expansion and religion, became one of the distinctive features of early modern Europe, the course will focus on the dense network of intellectual and of connections of knowledge created between Italy, France and Spain during the XVth and XVIth centuries and on the contribution offered, in particular, by the Italian humanists. The course will have a seminar structure. In the first part, the teacher will introduce the topic by addressing some thematic issues and related historiographical interpretations. In the second part, students will be invited to investigate a question concerning the theme of the course to be presented and discussed in the classroom. The course will have the format of seminars. In the first part the instructor will introduce the topic by dealing with several key issues and their relative historiographical interpretations. In the second part the students will be asked to take an active part in the lessons through an examination and careful study of the sources.

Have taken at least 6 cfu of Early Modern History in the three-year degree course.

R. Mazzei, Per terra e per acqua. Viaggi e viaggiatori nell’Europa moderna, Roma, Carocci, 2013 L. Felici, Senza frontiere. L’Europa di Erasmo (1538-1600), Roma, Carocci, 2021 M. Pellegrini, Le guerre d’Italia (1494-1559), Bologna, il Mulino, 2017; Un testo a scelta tra: P. Burke, Espatriati ed esuli nella storia della conoscenza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017; Tramiti. Figure e strumenti della mediazione culturale nella prima età moderna, a cura di E. Andretta, E. Valeri, M.A. Visceglia, P. Volpini, Roma, Viella, 2015 A text of your choice to be read from: F. Guicciardini, Storia d’Italia, libro I (qualsiasi edizione) Erasmo da Rotterdam, Il lamento della pace (qualsiasi edizione)

Oral

Face to face lessons.