Social and Political Modern History
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The purpose of the course is to reflect on the great political-institutional, socio-economic, cultural and religious hubs of the modern age (from the second half of the 15th century to 1870). Attention will be focused on the European reality and its progressive projecting beyond its geographical and cultural borders, to the discovery of new worlds and developing new technologies linked to specific sectors, in particular paper and salt. In these centuries Europe developed a pervasive planning, which fell into every sector of human life, which can in fact be measured in the construction of new models of state and society, innovative technologies and new ideas, which have powerfully contributed to the construction of the world in which we live today
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course it is believed that the student must know the main political-institutional, socio-economic, cultural and religious junctions of the early modern age (from the second half of the 15th century to 1870) and has obtained a competence that enables him to link the main events of the period (D. Dublin 1 and 2).
Through this knowledge and skills, thanks to cards, links, diagrams, images and maps, he will be able to provide a critical view on the evolution of the various factors that make up the history of the centuries analyzed. The material made available to the student (links, cards, diagrams, images and maps) will allow to verify the ability to communicate and transmit what has been learned. At the end of the course the student will therefore be able to independently continue and deepen the study of history. (D. Dublin 3-5)
Through this knowledge and skills, thanks to cards, links, diagrams, images and maps, he will be able to provide a critical view on the evolution of the various factors that make up the history of the centuries analyzed. The material made available to the student (links, cards, diagrams, images and maps) will allow to verify the ability to communicate and transmit what has been learned. At the end of the course the student will therefore be able to independently continue and deepen the study of history. (D. Dublin 3-5)
Lesson period: Second trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
Second trimester
In the event of a health emergency in the second quarter, classes will be held on Microsoft Teams platform
Course syllabus
Bibliography and other teaching materials
Didactic unit 1
A modern high school history manual, as:
F. BENIGNO L'età moderna: dalla scoperta dell'America alla Restaurazione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005
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C. CAPRA, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Firenze, Le Monnier, 2011
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS must integrate the text with
Maria Teresa Silvestrini, Le date della storia moderna, Carocci 2001
Both attending and non-attending students are advised to add to the aforementioned texts an apparatus capable of providing general information in the geopolitical, topographical and chronological fields, such as any edition of:
· Atlante Storico, Garzanti
· Cronologia Universale, Rizzoli
Didactic unit 2
· E. Carr, Sei lezioni sulla storia, Einaudi, (una qualunque delle oltre dieci edizioni)
e il saggio
· Giuseppe Marcocci, L'Italia nella prima età globale (ca. 1300-1700), Storica, 60 (2014), pp. 7-50 (scaricabile on-line).
Didactic unit 3
Two volumes chosen by the student:
· Bergier J.F., Una storia del sale, Marsilio, Venezia 1984
· Cavaciocchi S. (a cura di), Produzione e commercio della carta e del libro secc. XIII-XVIII, Le Monnier, Firenze 1992
· Cavallera M, Conca S.A, Raviola B.A, Le vie del cibo. Italia settentrionale (secc. XVI-XX), Carocci 2019 (scaricabile on line)
· Ciuffetti A., Carta e stracci. Protoindustria e mercati nello Stato pontificio fra Sette e Ottocento, coll. "Società e Storia", Il Mulino, Bologna 2013
· Corritore R.P., Piccinnino L. (a cura di), Cinque secoli di carta. Produzione, commercio e consumi della carta nella "Regio Insubrica" e in Lombardia dal Medioevo all'età contemporanea, Insubria University Press, Parma 2005
· Fusaro M., Reti commerciali e traffici globali in età moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2008
· Hocquet J.C, Il sale e il potere. Dall'anno mille alla rivoluzione francese, ECIG, Genova 1990
· Kurlansky M., Salt and world history, Penguin Books USA, New York 2002 (ed. ital. Milano, Rizzoli 2003)
· Laszlo P., Storia del sale: miti, cammini e saperi, Donzelli, Roma 2004
· Mollat M. (ed.), Le rôle du sel dans l'histoire, coll. "Recherches", t. 37, PUF, Paris 1968
· Sabbatini R., Di bianco lin candida prole. La manifattura della carta in età moderna e il caso toscano, Franco Angeli, Milano 1990
· Tschudin P.F., La carta. Storia, materiali, tecniche, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, Roma 2012.
All students - attending and non-attending students - are required to agree on the program with the teacher by presenting themselves during the weekly office hours or by writing to him via email. Any additional clarifications will be provided here. The individually agreed program will be recorded on a special form with which the student will present himself for the exam.
Didactic unit 1
A modern high school history manual, as:
F. BENIGNO L'età moderna: dalla scoperta dell'America alla Restaurazione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005
o
C. CAPRA, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Firenze, Le Monnier, 2011
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS must integrate the text with
Maria Teresa Silvestrini, Le date della storia moderna, Carocci 2001
Both attending and non-attending students are advised to add to the aforementioned texts an apparatus capable of providing general information in the geopolitical, topographical and chronological fields, such as any edition of:
· Atlante Storico, Garzanti
· Cronologia Universale, Rizzoli
Didactic unit 2
· E. Carr, Sei lezioni sulla storia, Einaudi, (una qualunque delle oltre dieci edizioni)
e il saggio
· Giuseppe Marcocci, L'Italia nella prima età globale (ca. 1300-1700), Storica, 60 (2014), pp. 7-50 (scaricabile on-line).
Didactic unit 3
Two volumes chosen by the student:
· Bergier J.F., Una storia del sale, Marsilio, Venezia 1984
· Cavaciocchi S. (a cura di), Produzione e commercio della carta e del libro secc. XIII-XVIII, Le Monnier, Firenze 1992
· Cavallera M, Conca S.A, Raviola B.A, Le vie del cibo. Italia settentrionale (secc. XVI-XX), Carocci 2019 (scaricabile on line)
· Ciuffetti A., Carta e stracci. Protoindustria e mercati nello Stato pontificio fra Sette e Ottocento, coll. "Società e Storia", Il Mulino, Bologna 2013
· Corritore R.P., Piccinnino L. (a cura di), Cinque secoli di carta. Produzione, commercio e consumi della carta nella "Regio Insubrica" e in Lombardia dal Medioevo all'età contemporanea, Insubria University Press, Parma 2005
· Fusaro M., Reti commerciali e traffici globali in età moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2008
· Hocquet J.C, Il sale e il potere. Dall'anno mille alla rivoluzione francese, ECIG, Genova 1990
· Kurlansky M., Salt and world history, Penguin Books USA, New York 2002 (ed. ital. Milano, Rizzoli 2003)
· Laszlo P., Storia del sale: miti, cammini e saperi, Donzelli, Roma 2004
· Mollat M. (ed.), Le rôle du sel dans l'histoire, coll. "Recherches", t. 37, PUF, Paris 1968
· Sabbatini R., Di bianco lin candida prole. La manifattura della carta in età moderna e il caso toscano, Franco Angeli, Milano 1990
· Tschudin P.F., La carta. Storia, materiali, tecniche, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, Roma 2012.
All students - attending and non-attending students - are required to agree on the program with the teacher by presenting themselves during the weekly office hours or by writing to him via email. Any additional clarifications will be provided here. The individually agreed program will be recorded on a special form with which the student will present himself for the exam.
Prerequisites for admission
Course presupposes as a prerequisite the knowledge of European great historical processes in Early Modern Age - from 1492 to 1870 -, as they are proposed in high school manuals.
Teaching methods
Frontal or remote teaching. Didactic material (cards, images and in-depth bibliography) will be made available on the Ariel platform
Teaching Resources
See the Program
Assessment methods and Criteria
Exam is oral and is divided in two sections: the first is aimed at verifying basic knowledge (relating to the first module of the course), while second part (concerning the two subsequent modules) consists of an interview through which students must demonstrate, through the knowledge of the specific contents foreseen by the course, their ability to approach the problems of Early Modern history, its methodologies and its specificities. This implies that the student is able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions with independent judgment
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Dell'oro Giorgio