Unit EARLY MODERN HISTORY
- Course
- Cultural heritage
- Study-unit Code
- 35067109
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Erminia Irace
- Teachers
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- Erminia Irace
- Hours
- 54 ore - Erminia Irace
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline storiche
- Academic discipline
- M-STO/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- italian
- Contents
- The course shall be composed of:
A) general history of Europe in Early modern age since the beginning of Geographical explorations (15th century) to the Congress of Vienna (1815);
B) special section devoted to the use of images (iconographic sources) by historians, in particular in reference to the early modern age. - Reference texts
- A) C. Capra, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Firenze, Le Monnier Università,
edition of 2011: Parte II, Gli avvenimenti e I problemi, chapters 6-13 15-16 and 18-26 (chapter 26: only paragraphs 1 and 2);
edition of 2020: Parte II, chapters 7-14, 16, 17, 19-27 (chapter 27: only paragraphs 1 and 2).
The book is also available in digital format; previous and subsequent editions of the book are also good.
B) P. Burke, Testimoni oculari. Il significato storico delle immagini, Roma, Carocci, 2020 (previous editions are also fine), Introduzione and chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11.
This program is also valid for non-attending students. - Educational objectives
- Analytical knowledge of the early modern history; development of historiographical language, also through the analysis of historical documents, about the phenomena economical, political and cultural concerning early modern history.
- Prerequisites
- It’s important to have information about the main events of the early modern European history (from late fifteenth century to early nineteenth century) and also to have logical-critical skills, in order to understand and argue the issues discussed in the lectures. The same prerequisites are also important for students who do not attend classes.
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons that will be given in the presence (on campus) and / or distance lessons through the e-learning platform Teams, on the basis of the indications approved by the Ministry of the University and the University of Perugia in reference to "phase 3" of the health emergency caused by Covid-19.
- Other information
- Information and materials useful for exam preparation can be found on the Unistudium platform: https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/login/index.php on the page dedicated to this teaching.
- Learning verification modality
- Attending students will have the opportunity to take a part of the exam program through written tests, which will take place during the course (for more information see the Unistudium page dedicated to this course).
Written tests consist of a questionnaire consisting of a series of closed and open questions that will concern the general history of Europe in the Early Modern Age.
Written tests is assigned a maximum time of two hours; they are assessed taking into account the correctness of the content, the syntactic and lexical properties, and finally the ability to synthesize and clarify the exposition. Students who have reported a positive assessment in the written tests will be allowed to take the remaining part of the program, which will take place orally in one of the official exam sessions.
In the case of failure to pass the written tests, the test will be repeated in the form of an oral exam, lasting about 15 minutes, in one of the official exam sessions.
In the official exam sessions (which will start from January 2021), attending students who have not taken the written tests and non-attending students will be assessed through an oral exam that will cover the entire exam program.
This exam will last about 30 minutes and will be aimed at ascertaining the level of knowledge and understanding possessed by the student about the contents of the program as well as argumentative and logical-critical skills, in particular the property of language.
Those who have not taken the written tests can, if they wish, divide the examination test into two parts as follows: they will take an oral exam in one of the official sessions on the section of the examination program concerning the historical period between the the beginning of geographical discoveries (fifteenth century) up to the Peace of Westphalia (1648) and will support in a second and subsequent interview the part of the examination program concerning the historical period between the events of Great Britain in the seventeenth century and the congress of Vienna (1815) together with the thematic study conducted on Burke's volume, Testimoni oculari.
The procedures for verifying learning will take into account the indications approved by the Ministry of University and the University of Perugia regarding the health emergency caused by Covid-19. - Extended program
- The course shall be composed of:
A) general history of Europe in Early modern age since the beginning of Geographical explorations (15th century) to the Congress of Vienna (1815);
B) special section devoted to the use of images (iconographic sources) by historians, in particular in reference to the early modern age.