The course aims to provide the methodological background and the knowledge necessary for the study of the origins and development of monasticism in the East and in the West, which essential chapter in the history medieval social and institutional, as well as course of ecclesiastical history and culture. Alongside the great personalities (St. Anthony, St. Pacomio, St. Basilio, St. Benedetto and St. Colombano), the monastic organizations were crucial, due to their ability and their strength of speculative irradiance, the evolution of thought and culture medieval. Among the historical issues relating to the dissemination of medieval monasticism, the course aims to analyze the psychological struggle of the religious vocation, which, according to the times and individuals, was awarded the meaning of a “fuga mundi” or that of a spiritual preparation action.

Insights on the affirmation of hermit and coenobitic monasticism in East and West and relations between the monastic institutions and political force. It will also examine the constitutional aspects of Benedictine monasticism and the Irish monasticism, to outline their contribution to the medieval civilization.

- Knowledge and understanding: the students 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 students will be able to have an adequate ability to frame the main historical problems studied and illustrate developments and lines of inquiry. They will also interpret and contextualize in diachronic and synchronic perspective the theme of monasticism, with mastering using the different types of sources, useful for the historical reconstruction of the monastic civilization in the East and in the West, and the necessary tools for the analysis of the texts.

- 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. They 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 students 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 students 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.

Course books

-  A. Cortonesi, Il medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Roma, Carocci editore, 2014.

-  A. Galdi, Benedetto, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016.

-  A. Rapetti, Storia del monachesimo medievale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013.

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 students 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.

Course books

To give non-attending students the opportunity to compensate for what is done during lessons with independent study, the following materials referring to the same contents of the program are indicated in order to promote full understanding:

1) M. Pacaut, Monaci e religiosi nel medioevo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994. 

2) S. Pricoco, Il monachesimo, Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2003.

3) M. Breitenstein, I benedettini, Bologna, Il Mulino,  2021.

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 students 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.