Unit HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

Course
Humanities
Study-unit Code
35024012
Curriculum
Moderno
CFU
12
Course Regulation
Coorte 2018
Offered
2020/21
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY (MODULE 1)

Code GP000582
CFU 6
Teacher Stefano Brufani
Teachers
  • Stefano Brufani
  • Stefano Brufani
Hours
  • 72 ore - Stefano Brufani
  • 12 ore - Stefano Brufani
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline M-STO/07
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Institutes of the history of latin Christianity in the West (cent. XI-XV). Introduction to the history and Franciscan literature of the thirteenth Century.
Reference texts I modulo: Storia del cristianesimo, ed. E. Prinzivalli, II: L'età medievale (secoli VIII-XV), ed. M. Benedetti, Roma, Carocci editore, 2015 (Frecce, 193) (essays: G.G. Merlo, M. C. Rossi, G. Ligato e M. Benedetti); C. Leonardi, Agiografia, in Id., Agiografie medievali, Firenze, Ed. Galluzzo, 2011, pp. 421-462; Documents for the history of medieval Christianity available on the website of the Department of Arts (Lettere) / Education / Teaching online service e-studium.
II modulo: Francesco d'Assisi e il primo secolo di storia francescana, Torino, Einaudi, 1997 (essays: G. G. Merlo, G. Miccoli, E. Prinzivalli, E. Menestò, L. Pellegrini); Fonti francescane. Ed. Pocket, Padova, Edizioni francescane, 2012 (o ed. maior, Padova, 2011); R. Rusconi, Francesco d'Assisi, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, XLIX (1997), pp. 664-667; S. Brufani, Le leggende francescane: rilettura di un problema di metodo, in Francesco d'Assisi fra storia, letteratura e iconografia. Atti del seminario (Rende, 8/9 maggio 1995), Rubbettino, 1996, pp. 11-36; S. Brufani, I santi mendicanti, in Forme e modelli della santità dal tardoantico al Medioevo, cur. M. Bassetti -- A. Degl'Innocenti -- E. Menestò, Spoleto, Fondazione CISAM, 2012 (Uomini e mondi medievali, 31), pp. 57-96.
Teaching material is available at the Department of Artes (Lettere) / Education / Teaching online.
Educational objectives Knowledge of the essential lines of the History of Christianity (XI-XV Cent.) and the Franciscan history and literature (XIII-XIV Cent.). Ability of critical reading of the sources presented in the lessons.
Prerequisites Basic knowledge (high school) in medieval history. Useful: frequency of Medieval History.
Teaching methods Lessons on the topics covered by the program.
At the end of the course there will be a day of study at the archive and library of the Sacred Convent of Assisi and a guided tour of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.
Other information For the second module, students do not attend replace reading anthology of Franciscan sources with the study of the Writings of Francis of Assisi mentioned in the essays of G. G. Merlo and G. Miccoli and with the reading of the life of St. Francis by Thomas of Celano; for the introduction to this legend, see. the essay by E. Prinzivalli. Non-attending students must consult the teacher at the beginning of the course and before starting the study program (see Office hours in teacher's board in the University website with the function Search people).
Learning verification modality I Module: exemption written at the end of the lessons of the first module for the Assessment of the program carried out. II module: oral exam sessions appeal to the verification program on the topics of the second module. The tests are designed to test the knowledge / basics presented in the course of verifying the critical skills and methods of presentation of the main issues addressed and their sources.
Extended program Module I: Introduction to the History of latin Christianity in the West (XI-XV). The Apostolic See and ecclesiastical institutions of Latin Christianity. Religious orders beggars. The Crusades and Islam. Heresies and Inquisition. II module: Franciscan historiography and the "Franciscan question". Francis of Assisi and the Order of Friars Minor: from 'fraternitas' to institution of religious Order. Introduction to the Writings of Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan hagiography of the thirteenth and fourteenth Centuries.

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY (MODULE 2)

Code GP000583
CFU 6
Teacher Alessandro Serra
Teachers
  • Alessandro Serra
Hours
  • 36 ore - Alessandro Serra
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline M-STO/07
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The course proposes a reading of the history of Christianity between the Early Modern and Modern ages through the filter of the history of sanctity and cults.
Reference texts - Roberto Rusconi, “Storia del cristianesimo e delle Chiese. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri”, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2019, pp. 205-405.

- Miguel Gotor, “Chiesa e santità nell'Italia moderna”, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004.
- Roberto Rusconi, “Una chiesa a confronto con la società: la politica della santità in età contemporanea”, in Anna Benvenuti et al., “Storia della santità nel cristianesimo occidentale”, Roma, Viella, 2005, pp. 331-386.
- Valentina Ciciliot, “Le beatificazioni e le canonizzazione di Giovanni Paolo II come strumenti di governo della Chiesa”, in «Humanitas», 65/1 (2010), pp. 118-142.

Not attending students will add also:
- Simon Ditchfield, “Il mondo della Riforma e della Controriforma”, in Anna Benvenuti et al., “Storia della santità nel cristianesimo occidentale”, Roma, Viella, 2005, pp. 261-329.
- Tommaso Caliò, “Santità antiunitaria nella Roma di Pio IX”, in “L'Italia e i santi. Agiografie, riti e devozioni nella costruzione dell'identità italiana”, a cura di Id. e Daniele Menozzi, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2017, pp. 242-267.
- Tommaso Caliò, “La ‘fabbrica dei santi’ e l’opinione pubblica italiana a cavallo del Grande Giubileo”, in “L'Italia e i santi. Agiografie, riti e devozioni nella costruzione dell'identità italiana”, a cura di Id. e Daniele Menozzi, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2017, pp. 411-439.

In case of difficulty in finding texts, please contact the teacher. (alessandro.serra@unipg.it).
Educational objectives Knowledge of the outlines of the History of Christianity, especially in the Italian context (16th-21st centuries), and consolidation of the knowledge of historical research methods.
Prerequisites In order to better understand the topics dealt with in this module and reference texts, students must have some prior knowledge of Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History.
Teaching methods Face-to-face lectures supplemented with PowerPoint; reading and analysis of historical sources.
Other information Module 1 of History of Christianity (which is required to obtain the 12 cfu) corresponds to Module 1 of Franciscan Studies and Medieval Christianity.
Learning verification modality The students' knowledge and critical skills will be verified through an oral examination, which will consist of a 20-30 minute interview on the topics presented during the course.
Extended program The course will present, within the general framework of the history of early modern and modern Christianity, a social and cultural history of Sanctity from the sixteenth century Reformations to the Globalization era. Particular attention will be given to the role of Catholic cults in the dynamics of identity building and claiming, in social and political processes, and in the evolution of religious sensibilities.
Condividi su