The course aims to provide the methodological bases and the knowledge necessary for the study of the Municipality and Lordship, as not only recurring, but even "classic" research in Italian and European medieval historiography, being certainly among the most characteristic and originals of the Italian Middle Ages. From reading contemporary source, the course aims to illustrate the origin, evolution and functions of municipal and  lordship institutions, both because they are fundamental for understanding the peculiar structures of the Italian medieval city-state, and because these issues, analyzed in the past in a predominantly political and juridical perspective, now they must be examined above all in the economic, social and cultural aspects.

- General considerations on the broad outlines of medieval history from thirteenth to the fifteenth century.

- Considerations on the characteristics of the medieval city, on the political-administrative development of the Municipality, on the crisis of the “political” Municipality, on the affirmation of the Lordship and Principality.

- Lecture of the contemporary archival and chronicle sources, to clarify the theme of the organizational structure of the Municipality and Lordship, as well as the prestige and power of the city over the countryside.

 Prior knowledge of the fundamental lines of medieval history.

- Knowledge and understanding: the student must show the possession of the mastery of basic knowledge related to the methods of historical research, the criteria of periodization, the concept of the Middle Ages, the type of sources, critical knowledge is the general outline of the story top and full medieval, is a theme of particular relevance within the medieval age, which allows him to navigate the historical debate and to be updated on the current year.

- Applying knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to have an adequate ability to frame the main historical problems studied and illustrate developments and lines of inquiry. He will also interpret and contextualize in diachronic and synchronic perspective the arguments of the Municipality and Lordship, using the different types of sources, useful for the historical reconstruction of the medieval Italian civilization.

- Making judgments: the students must show critical skills that help evaluate and use in an autonomous methods for the historical analysis of written documents related to the material culture of the medieval context, even in a diachronic perspective. He must, then, have a good capacity to collect, select, logical organization and orderly exposition of complex data and documentary information, aimed at an autonomous formulation of conclusions and opinions.

- Communication skills: the student must show the ability to communicate, including through digital communication tools, the main themes of the discipline, competently using the terminology of the historiographical matter.
- Learning skills: the student must show that he has methodological rigor, self-criticism and ability to work independently and organized way, by comparison with other disciplines. This will be pursued through the general history lessons, monographic lectures and seminar, reading and analysis of primary sources.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

 Projector and power-point elaborations are used to qualify the lectures.

Teaching

Lectures.

Attendance

Prior knowledge of the fundamental lines of medieval history.

Course books

- A. Cortonesi, Il medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Roma, Carocci editore, 20142, pp. 227-374.

- E. Occhipinti, L’Italia dei comuni. Secoli XI-XIII, Roma, Carocci, 2000.

-  Il Comune medievale. Istituzioni e conflitti politici (secoli XII-XIV), a cura di L. Tanzini, Bologna, Clueb, 2022.

- A. Zorzi, Le signorie cittadine in Italia (secoli XIII-XV), Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2010.

Assessment

The assessment of the learning involves an oral examination.
The evaluation criteria are: the level of mastery of knowledge, the degree of articulation of the answer, the communicative and expressive skills, the ability to synthesize critical knowledge of sources and study texts, and the application of different research methods historical. The student will be asked to provide appropriate examples for each topic studied to demonstrate their full comprehension.
The oral test is expressed in thirtieths.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Any clarification will be given on the examination program also by e-mail.

Non-attending students are encouraged to consult the material uploaded on Moodle (slides discussed at lesson, summary papers, etc.), through which you will be able to deepen the study of the books listed in the "Study texts" section.

Attendance

Prior knowledge of the fundamental lines of medieval history.

Course books

Non-attending students will have to study - in addition to the books for attending - one chosen by the following books:

1) S. Tramontana, Capire il Medioevo. Le fonti e i temi, Roma, Carocci editore, 2005;

2) M. Ascheri, Istituzioni medievali, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994;

3) C. Azzara, Le civiltà del Medioevo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004;

4) John K. Hyde, Società e politica nell’Italia medievale 1000-1350, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999;

5) J.C. Maire Vigueur, Cavalieri e cittadini. Guerra, conflitti e società nell’Italia comunale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004; 

6) A. Grohmann, La città medievale, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 2005;

7) G. Milani, I comuni italiani. Secoli XII-XIV, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 2005.

Assessment

The assessment of the learning involves an oral examination.
The evaluation criteria are: the level of mastery of knowledge, the degree of articulation of the answer, the communicative and expressive skills, the ability to synthesize critical knowledge of sources and study texts, and the application of different research methods historical. The student will be asked to provide appropriate examples for each topic studied to demonstrate their full comprehension.
The oral test is expressed in thirtieths.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

The students unable to attend are invited to take agreements, also by e-mail, with the teacher.