History of the Early Modern Italian States

The course aims to outline the geography of power and territories, as well as the political, economic and social dynamics that interested Italian states during the ancien régime. The aim of this course has two objectives: a) to ensure knowledge of the institutions, economy, society, and culture of the Italian peninsula during the ancien régime; b) the reach the ability to deal with historical problems in a critical way, acquired through the examination of texts, sources and historiographical debates within the lesson. The course consists of face-to-face lectures and seminar activities including the reading sources and reports in the students' classrooms on texts proposed by the instructor.

Knowledge: mastery of themes and problems related to the history of the Italian states of the ancien régime, to be achieved by attending lectures, and the study of the monographs and documents examined in the classroom.
Skills: knowing how to read texts critically and acquire their contents; knowing how to focus on the sources of history and the main historiographical currents; knowing how to expose present arguments in an orderly fashion and with appropriate language.
Students opting not to attend lessons will be able to deepen their knowledge into the main topics through special readings and compare ideas with the instructor both by email and during office hours.