Silvana D'ALESSIO | HISTORY OF CITIES
Silvana D'ALESSIO HISTORY OF CITIES
cod. 1222600011
HISTORY OF CITIES
| 1222600011 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES | |
| EQF7 | |
| TERRITORIAL POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION | |
| 2024/2025 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-STO/02 | 6 | 40 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STORIA DELLE CITTA' | 18/12/2024 - 10:00 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| STORIA DELLE CITTA' | 18/12/2024 - 10:00 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO | |
| STORIA DELLE CITTA' | 14/01/2025 - 09:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| STORIA DELLE CITTA' | 14/01/2025 - 09:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO | |
| STORIA DELLE CITTA' | 12/02/2025 - 09:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| STORIA DELLE CITTA' | 12/02/2025 - 09:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| LESSONS WILL CONCERN NAPLES (HYGIENIC CONDITIONS, EPIDEMICS, SOCIAL CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS) IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER CITIES. KEY SOURCES FOR STUDYING CITIES INCLUDE TRAVELLERS' DIARIES. VARIOUS LETTERS AND TRAVEL DIARIES WILL BE ILLUSTRATED TO ENRICH OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NAPLES AND THE OTHER CITIES (ESPECIALLY VENICE AND AMSTERDAM). |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE IF THE STUDENT HAD A GOOD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE HISTORICAL FIELD. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE 36-HOUR COURSE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO HOURS OF LECTURES AND 4 HOURS OF EXERCISES, STARTING WITH NAPLES AND ENDING IN AMSTERDAM AND VENICE. NAPLES BEFORE AND DURING THE VICEREGNO (2 HOURS) BETWEEN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES; POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES, POPULATION GROWTH, TAXATION (2 HOURS) THE HANDS ON THE CITY, THE NOBLES, THEIR PALACES (2 HOURS) CATASTROPHES: ERUPTION, PLAGUE (2 HOURS) REVOLTS (2 HOURS) EXERCISES: READING AND COMMENTING ON SOURCES (2 HOURS) ENLIGHTENMENT AND REFORMS (2 HOURS) THE CRISIS AND REVOLUTION (2 HOURS) THE TRANSITION TO THE BOURBONS (2 HOURS) THE CITY, INSTITUTIONAL BODIES, THE HINTERLAND (2 HOURS) THE ÉLITES: POLITICAL FUNCTIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS (2 HOURS) PATRONAGE IN THE ARTS (2 HOURS) AMSTERDAM, HISTORY IN THE ANTI-SPANISH REVOLT (2 HOURS) THE ARISTOCRATIC-MERCANTILE ÉLITE (2 HOURS) POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS PROTECTING FREEDOM (2 HOURS) THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE (2 HOURS) LIFESTYLE, ATTITUDES AND VALUES (2 HOURS) EDUCATION (2 HOURS) THE DECLINE OF AMSTERDAM: FROM INVESTORS TO RENTIERS (2 HOURS) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS (2 HOURS) |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| THE LESSONS WILL BE MAINLY FRONTAL; SOME OF THE LESSONS WILL BE LIKE SEMINARS, AROUND THE SOURCES THAT WILL BE PROPOSED, PAGES FROM POLITICAL TREATISES, CHRONICLES AND TRAVEL DIARIES (THE SOURCES WILL BE BROUGHT IN FOR READING BY THE LECTURER AS PART OF THE CLASSROOM WORK). |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| DURING THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL BE INVITED TO FILL A WRITTEN TEST; THE FINAL MARK WILL BE BASED ON BOTH THE PERFORMANCES: WRITTEN AND ORAL. |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| FOR NAPLES AND THE SOUTH OF ITALY: G. LABROT, LA CITTÀ MERIDIONALE, IN G. GALASSO (A CURA DI), STORIA DEL MEZZOGIORNO, VIII-1, NAPOLI, 1991, PP. 218-292 A. MUSI, MEZZOGIORNO MODERNO. DAI VICEREGNI SPAGNOLI ALLA FINE DELLE DUE SICILIE, ROMA, SALERNO EDITRICE, 2022 FOR VENICE AND AMSTERDAM: SOME CHAPTERS IN PETER BURKE, VENEZIA E AMSTERDAM. UNA STORIA COMPARATA DELLE ÉLITES DEL XVII SECOLO. |
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