Alfonso TORTORA | MODERN HISTORY

cod. 0312600066

MODERN HISTORY

	0312600066
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF6
	HUMANITIES
	2024/2025

CURRICULUM CLASSICS Cohort 2022/2023

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/02	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE THE FOLLOWING: KNOW THE MAJOR MOMENTS OF ITALIAN, EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF STRUCTURAL AND LONG-TERM REFERENCE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT: – WILL ACQUIRE THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE MODERN AGE AND THE RHYTHMS OF A WORLD IN RAPID AND CONTINUOUS SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION; – WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTANT INTERLACEMENT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, AS WELL AS THE ELEMENTS OF GREATER NOVELTY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MODERN AGE, IS ADDED TO WHICH THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF INTERIOR MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: – KNOWING HOW TO DEVELOP ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INTUITIONS TO HISTORICAL CHARACTERS, WHICH HAVE DESIGNED THE FISIONOMY OF THE MODERN AGE – COMPETENTLY EXAMINE THE RICH REPERTORY OF DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS, WHICH ARE THE BASIS OF HISTORICAL STUDIES RELATING TO THE MODERN AGE; – RESOLVE AND TRANSLATE WITH CRITICAL AWARENESS THE CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE TOPICS ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO THE GREAT FRAMEWORKS OF THE MODERN AGE AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: – SELECTING THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE NEED TO "UPDATE" THE HISTORICAL STUDY, OR TO FIND OUT IN THE TRADITION OF THE PAST THE TRACES OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF OUR MOST STRINGING CURRENTITY; –IDENTIFY THE PROCESS OF GRADUALLY OVERCOMING HISTORIOGRAPHICAL, EVEN CLASSICAL ISSUES, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MOST GENERAL HORIZON OF RELATIONS BETWEEN HISTORICAL FACTS AND PROCESSES OF MODERNITY; – DISCOVER NEW KEYS TO READING AND INTERPRETING THE IDEA OF THE MODERN, INTERESTING THE PAST THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF UNEXPLORED RELATIONS BETWEEN EPISODES AND PHENOMENA, THE ARISE WELL BEYOND THE LOCAL OR REGIONAL HISTORICAL SCALE LEARNING ABILITY THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: – USE THE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND THE COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING; –CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, ADVERTISING OR LITERARY; – PROCEED WITH THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, USING THE REFERENCE TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE

THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE ARE THE FOLLOWING:
KNOW THE MAJOR MOMENTS OF ITALIAN, EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF STRUCTURAL AND LONG-TERM REFERENCE

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT:
– WILL ACQUIRE THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE MODERN AGE AND THE RHYTHMS OF A WORLD IN RAPID AND CONTINUOUS SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION;
– WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTANT INTERLACEMENT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, AS WELL AS THE ELEMENTS OF GREATER NOVELTY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MODERN AGE, IS ADDED TO WHICH THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF INTERIOR MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
– KNOWING HOW TO DEVELOP ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INTUITIONS TO HISTORICAL CHARACTERS, WHICH HAVE DESIGNED THE FISIONOMY OF THE MODERN AGE
– COMPETENTLY EXAMINE THE RICH REPERTORY OF DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS, WHICH ARE THE BASIS OF HISTORICAL STUDIES RELATING TO THE MODERN AGE;
– RESOLVE AND TRANSLATE WITH CRITICAL AWARENESS THE CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE TOPICS ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO THE GREAT FRAMEWORKS OF THE MODERN AGE

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
– SELECTING THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE NEED TO "UPDATE" THE HISTORICAL STUDY, OR TO FIND OUT IN THE TRADITION OF THE PAST THE TRACES OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF OUR MOST STRINGING CURRENTITY;
–IDENTIFY THE PROCESS OF GRADUALLY OVERCOMING HISTORIOGRAPHICAL, EVEN CLASSICAL ISSUES, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MOST GENERAL HORIZON OF RELATIONS BETWEEN HISTORICAL FACTS AND PROCESSES OF MODERNITY;
– DISCOVER NEW KEYS TO READING AND INTERPRETING THE IDEA OF THE MODERN, INTERESTING THE PAST THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF UNEXPLORED RELATIONS BETWEEN EPISODES AND PHENOMENA, THE ARISE WELL BEYOND THE LOCAL OR REGIONAL HISTORICAL SCALE

LEARNING ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
– USE THE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND THE COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING;
–CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, ADVERTISING OR LITERARY;
– PROCEED WITH THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, USING THE REFERENCE TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE

	Prerequisites
	1. KNOWING HOW TO DEVELOP AND / OR APPLY ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INTUITIONS IN ORDER TO HELP ADVANCE THE STATE OF RESEARCH IN THE HISTORICAL FIELD. 2. KNOWING TO ACT WITH PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF HISTORICAL STUDIES RELATING TO THE MODERN AGE. 3. ABILITY TO CARRY OUT DATA MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE TOPICS ADDRESSED. 4. ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED IN PARTICULAR TO THE NEED TO "UPDATE" THE HISTORICAL STUDY, OR TO KNOW HOW TO FIND THE TRACES OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF THE OF CURRENT EVENTS IN THE TRADITION OF THE PAST.

Prerequisites

1. KNOWING HOW TO DEVELOP AND / OR APPLY ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INTUITIONS IN ORDER TO HELP ADVANCE THE STATE OF RESEARCH IN THE HISTORICAL FIELD.
2. KNOWING TO ACT WITH PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF HISTORICAL STUDIES RELATING TO THE MODERN AGE.
3. ABILITY TO CARRY OUT DATA MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE TOPICS ADDRESSED.
4. ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED IN PARTICULAR TO THE NEED TO "UPDATE" THE HISTORICAL STUDY, OR TO KNOW HOW TO FIND THE TRACES OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF THE OF CURRENT EVENTS IN THE TRADITION OF THE PAST.

	Contents
	AT THE ROOTS OF MODERNITY: MAPPING SPACE AND INVENTING PRINTING; BEYOND EUROPE: OLD AND NEW WORLDS; THE 16TH CENTURY: IMPERIAL HEGEMONY AND DIVISION OF CHRISTIANITY STARTING FROM MODERN EUROPE; THE 17TH CENTURY: TOWARDS A MULTIPOLAR EUROPE; FROM REVOLTS TO REVOLUTIONS IN 17TH CENTURY EUROPE; GLOBAL TRADE AND COMMODITY NETWORKS: HOLLAND, ENGLAND, FRANCE; ORGANIZATION AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: THE CENTURY OF TRANSFORMATION; THE ATLANTIC REVOLUTIONS: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION; THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE; RESTARTING AND NEW BEGINNING: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA TO THE EUROPE OF BERLIN; IN EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD.

Contents

AT THE ROOTS OF MODERNITY: MAPPING SPACE AND INVENTING PRINTING; BEYOND EUROPE: OLD AND NEW WORLDS; THE 16TH CENTURY: IMPERIAL HEGEMONY AND DIVISION OF CHRISTIANITY STARTING FROM MODERN EUROPE; THE 17TH CENTURY: TOWARDS A MULTIPOLAR EUROPE; FROM REVOLTS TO REVOLUTIONS IN 17TH CENTURY EUROPE; GLOBAL TRADE AND COMMODITY NETWORKS: HOLLAND, ENGLAND, FRANCE; ORGANIZATION AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: THE CENTURY OF TRANSFORMATION; THE ATLANTIC REVOLUTIONS: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION; THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE; RESTARTING AND NEW BEGINNING: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA TO THE EUROPE OF BERLIN; IN EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD.

	Teaching Methods
	FRONTAL LESSONS

	Verification of learning
	CHECK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM TO ASSESS - THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MOMENTS OF MODERN HISTORY AND RELATED PROBLEMS. - THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS CLEARLY USING A CORRECT AND APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, SYNTACTICALLY AND RELATIVE TO THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OF THE DISCIPLINE. - THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE A ARTICULATED AND RELEVANT SPEECH ON THE PROPOSED ARGUMENTS, SELECTING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS AND INSERT THEM IN THE RIGHT HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.

Verification of learning

CHECK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM TO ASSESS
- THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MOMENTS OF MODERN HISTORY AND RELATED PROBLEMS.
- THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS CLEARLY USING A CORRECT AND APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, SYNTACTICALLY AND RELATIVE TO THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OF THE DISCIPLINE.
- THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE A ARTICULATED AND RELEVANT SPEECH ON THE PROPOSED ARGUMENTS, SELECTING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS AND INSERT THEM IN THE RIGHT HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.

	Texts
	GENERAL PART FOR ALL THOSE ENROLLED IN THE COURSE: AURELIO MUSI, UN VIVAIO DI STORIA. L'EUROPA NEL MONDO MODERNO, MILANO, BIBLION, 2020 MONOGRAPHIC PART FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS: ALFONSO TORTORA, AL CENTRO DELLA MODERNITA. DAL MARE BALTICO AL MEDITERRANEO: ASPETTI DI STORIA EUROPEA TRA I SECOLI XVII-XVIII, BATTIPAGLIA, LAVEGLIA-CARLONE, 2024 ALFONSO TORTORA, VALDESI NEL MEZZOGIORNO D’ITALIA. UNA BREVE STORIA TRA MEDIOEVO E PRIMA ETÀ MODERNA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2017 E EDIZIONI SUCCESSIVE AURELIO MUSI, MEZZOGIORNO MODERNO. DAI VICEREGNI SPAGNOLI ALLA FINE DELLE DUE SICILIE, ROMA, SALERNO EDITRICE, 2022. A VOLUME OF THE STUDENT'S CHOICE IS ADDED TO THE RECOMMENDED BOOKS FROM THE FOLLOWING: 1) MARCO PELLEGRINI, LE GUERRE D'ITALIA (1494-1559), IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2017 2) MAURIZIO FIORAVANTI (A CURA DI), LO STATO MODERNO IN EUROPA, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2019 3) EGIDIO IVETIC, STUDIARE LA STORIA DEL MEDITERRANEO, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2024 4) NORBERT ELIAS POTERE E CIVILTÀ, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2024 5) NORBERT ELIAS, LA SOCIETÀ DI CORTE, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2010. FOR NON-PARTICIPANTS IN THE COURSE: NEXT TO THE MANUAL OF AURELIO MUSI, UN VIVAIO DI STORIA. L'EUROPA NEL MONDO MODERNO, MILANO, BIBLION, 2020, ADD THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES: ALFONSO TORTORA, AL CENTRO DELLA MODERNITA. DAL MARE BALTICO AL MEDITERRANEO: ASPETTI DI STORIA EUROPEA TRA I SECOLI XVII-XVIII, BATTIPAGLIA, LAVEGLIA-CARLONE, 2024; FRANCO MOTTA, SABINA PAVONE, LESSICO DELLA STORIA MODERNA. CONCETTI, PROCESSI, SPAZI, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2024 AND FOUR VOLUMES OF THE STUDENT'S CHOICE: 1) MARCO PELLEGRINI, LE GUERRE D'ITALIA (1494-1559), IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2017 2) MAURIZIO FIORAVANTI (A CURA DI), LO STATO MODERNO IN EUROPA, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2019 3) AURELIO MUSI, CONTRORINASCIMENTO MALINCONICO, NAPOLI, COLONNESE, 2024 4) NORBERT ELIAS POTERE E CIVILTÀ, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2024 5) NORBERT ELIAS, LA SOCIETÀ DI CORTE, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2010

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GENERAL PART
FOR ALL THOSE ENROLLED IN THE COURSE:
AURELIO MUSI, UN VIVAIO DI STORIA. L'EUROPA NEL MONDO MODERNO, MILANO, BIBLION, 2020
MONOGRAPHIC PART FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS:
ALFONSO TORTORA, AL CENTRO DELLA MODERNITA. DAL MARE BALTICO AL MEDITERRANEO: ASPETTI DI STORIA EUROPEA TRA I SECOLI XVII-XVIII, BATTIPAGLIA, LAVEGLIA-CARLONE, 2024
ALFONSO TORTORA, VALDESI NEL MEZZOGIORNO D’ITALIA. UNA BREVE STORIA TRA MEDIOEVO E PRIMA ETÀ MODERNA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2017 E EDIZIONI SUCCESSIVE
AURELIO MUSI, MEZZOGIORNO MODERNO. DAI VICEREGNI SPAGNOLI ALLA FINE DELLE DUE SICILIE, ROMA, SALERNO EDITRICE, 2022.

A VOLUME OF THE STUDENT'S CHOICE IS ADDED TO THE RECOMMENDED BOOKS FROM THE FOLLOWING:
1) MARCO PELLEGRINI, LE GUERRE D'ITALIA (1494-1559), IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2017
2) MAURIZIO FIORAVANTI (A CURA DI), LO STATO MODERNO IN EUROPA, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2019
3) EGIDIO IVETIC, STUDIARE LA STORIA DEL MEDITERRANEO, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2024
4) NORBERT ELIAS POTERE E CIVILTÀ, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2024
5) NORBERT ELIAS, LA SOCIETÀ DI CORTE, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2010.

FOR NON-PARTICIPANTS IN THE COURSE:
NEXT TO THE MANUAL OF AURELIO MUSI, UN VIVAIO DI STORIA. L'EUROPA NEL MONDO MODERNO, MILANO, BIBLION, 2020, ADD THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES:
ALFONSO TORTORA, AL CENTRO DELLA MODERNITA. DAL MARE BALTICO AL MEDITERRANEO: ASPETTI DI STORIA EUROPEA TRA I SECOLI XVII-XVIII, BATTIPAGLIA, LAVEGLIA-CARLONE, 2024;
FRANCO MOTTA, SABINA PAVONE, LESSICO DELLA STORIA MODERNA. CONCETTI, PROCESSI, SPAZI, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2024
AND FOUR VOLUMES OF THE STUDENT'S CHOICE:
1) MARCO PELLEGRINI, LE GUERRE D'ITALIA (1494-1559), IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2017
2) MAURIZIO FIORAVANTI (A CURA DI), LO STATO MODERNO IN EUROPA, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2019
3) AURELIO MUSI, CONTRORINASCIMENTO MALINCONICO, NAPOLI, COLONNESE, 2024
4) NORBERT ELIAS POTERE E CIVILTÀ, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2024
5) NORBERT ELIAS, LA SOCIETÀ DI CORTE, BOLOGNA IL MULINO, 2010

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