Università Roma Tre

PART I – Features of Medieval History (5th – 15th century)

Topics: Late Antiquity and its end; Roman-barbarian kingdoms; Longobards and Byzantines in Italy; the Franks: from kingdoms to imperial power; Early Middle Age Christianity; bishops and monks; fuedum, curtis, seigniory; agrarian economy and trade between Early and Late Middle Ages; Church Reformation in the 11th century; Italian communes; European kingdoms (10th-13th century); culture and religious experiences between the 12th and the 14th century; the 14th Century Crisis; seigniories and regional states in Italy, national monarchies in Europe.