MODERN HISTORY

The course aims to provide the knowledge to acquire the basic knowledge of the method and tools of the craft of the historian.To let students know about the periods, aspects, problems, events and the most significant characters related to the temporal ranging from the 16th to the 19th century.To make the educator more aware of historical changes and related cultural and social conditioning.

The prevailing didactic method will be the lecture, spaced out with discussion, working group and seminarial meetings.For attending students there is an optional on-going test. Each small group (or single student) is required to present orally, and (in view of the final exam) with a short written report, explanation and comment on a text chosen from the recommended ones

The course is divided into two modules:The general part provides precise knowledge and the study of the following topics:The breaking of geographical barriers - the explorations and the discovery of America - The birth of colonial empires - Italy and Europe in the sixteenth century - the splendor of the Italian Renaissance - the wars of Italy - the Protestant Reformation - the Counter-Reformation and the Council of Trent - new wars for dominance over Europe - The Seventeenth-century Europe Seventeenth century - The absolute monarchy in France - The parliamentary monarchy in England - Italy in the Seventeenth century - The scientific revolution - The early Eighteenth century - The new Enlightenment culture - Europe and eighteenth-century Italy - The world to Europeans: the colonial empiresThe age of the Revolutions - The first industrial revolution - The American revolution and the birth of the United States of America - The French Revolution - The Napoleonic age.

The Monographic part proposes the study of different themes to be chosen respectively:

- The century of Enlightenment and the law as a social structure and expression of collective mentalities.

- Female roles in the family and social sphere.

- Stories of queens and court life during early modern age.

General Part

F. Benigno, L’età moderna. Dalla scoperta dell’America alla Restaurazione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005, pp. 3 -360.

Monographic Part

a) The century of Enlightenment and the law as a social structure and expression of collective mentalities.

R. Ajello, Dalla magia al patto sociale. Profilo storico dell’esperienza istituzionale e giuridica, Arte Tipografica editrice, Napoli 2013, pp. 1- 404.

G. D’Antuono, Lumi, diritti democrazia nel Settecento mediterraneo. Nicola Fiorentino (1755-1799),Roma Aracne 2019, pp. 24-93; 147-276

R. Tufano, Verso la giustizia produttiva. Un’esperienza di riforma nelle Sicilie del Settecento, Arte Tipografica, Napoli 2013, cap.1-2 pp.1-82; R. Tufano, Illuminismo e governamentalità. Riformismo e dispotismo nelle Sicilie da Filippo V a Ferdinando IV, Aracne, Roma, 2018, Introduzione pp. 21-32, II parte pp. 209-356.

S. Feci, L. Schettini (a cura di), La violenza contro le donne nella storia. Contesti, linguaggi, politiche del diritto (secoli XV-XXI), Roma, Viella, 2017.

R. Sarti, Vita di casa. Abitare, mangiare, vestire nell’Europa moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2004

c) Stories of queens and court life during early modern age

E. Paranque, V.Schutte, Forgotten Queens London, Routledge, 2019, pp.1-147 integrato con MEDITERRANEAN QUEENSHIP: NEGOTIATING THE ROLE OF THE QUEEN IN THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ERAS, edited by E. Woodacre, London-New York: Mac Millan, pp. 207-286.

C. Recca, Sentimenti e Politica. Il diario inedito della regina Maria Carolina di Napoli, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2014, pp.9-68 .integrato con p..C. Recca, The diary of Maria Carolina of Naples,1781-1785, New York London, Palgrave, 2018 pp. 1-108 ; G.Sodano, G.Brevetti, Io la regina, Maria Carolina tra politica fede arte culturan, Palermo, 2014, pp.3-198.

E. Paranque, V.Schutte, Forgotten Queens London, Routledge, 2019 integrato con C. Recca, Sentimenti e Politica. Il diario inedito della regina Maria Carolina di Napoli, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2014, pp.9-68 .

C. Recca, The diary of Maria Carolina of Naples,1781-1785, New York London, Palgrave, 2018 integrato con MEDITERRANEAN QUEENSHIP: NEGOTIATING THE ROLE OF THE QUEEN IN THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ERAS, edited by E. Woodacre, London-New York: Mac Millan.

For attending- students

Each small group (or individual student) is required to present orally, and (in view of the final exam) with a short written report, the analysis and commentary on one or two texts chosen from those listed monograph course.

Erasmus students or workers or master's degree students who have chosen the discipline can agree on alternative programs with the teacher.