Università Roma Tre

Jesus, ancient and medieval Christianities.

The course aims to introduce the students to the history of Christianisms in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. The use of the plural form "Christianisms" immediately intends to clarify that it doesn't deal with the history of the Roman Catholic Church, but with the variegated developments of Christianity within the first eight centuries. Specific purpose of the course is to start the student to a critical reading of the sources, facing methodological matters and giving ample space to the scholarly debate.
During the course we will visit significant Christian sites.

For students who attend lessons_

Dossier of sources provided during the course and lecture notes. The lecture notes include parts written by Prof. Carla Noce and Dr. Federica Candido and Giandomenico Ferrazza as well as articles and contributions by different authors and cover all the topics of the course. As a reference manual we recommend anyway:
E. Prinzivalli (ed.), Storia del Cristianesimo I. L'Età antica, Ccarocci, Rome 2015.

For students who are not able to attend lessons:
R.Penna, (ed.), Le origini del cristianesimo. Una guida, Carocci, Roma 2018: capitoli 1 (P.Sacchi) e 3 (G.Ibba)-
E. Prinzivalli (ed.), Storia del cristianesimo I. L'Età antica, Carocci, Rome 2015: chapters 1 -14
O.Brandt-F.Bisconti (eds.), Lezioni di archeologia cristiana, Rome, PIAC, 2014: contributions of Bisconti and Pergola.

Outlines of the Church history in early modern age (XIV-XVIII century)
The course will provide a basic knowledge of the principal events and problems on the Church in the early modern history, also in connection with another religious confessions. A first part will illustrate the situation of the Church in the late Middle Ages, in particular in relation to the Avignon period and the Western schism; a second part will analyse the Protestant reform and the Catholic reform. A third part will treat the relations between the Church and States in the period of absolutism and enlightened despotism until the eve of the French Revolution.

1) Dossier of documents provided from the teacher (download from personal website).
2) G. MARTINA, Storia della Chiesa da Lutero ai nostri giorni. 1. L'età della Riforma, Brescia, Morcelliana, 1993, pp. 15-28; 55-275.
3) G. MARTINA, Storia della Chiesa da Lutero ai nostri giorni. 2. L'età dell'assolutismo, Brescia, Morcelliana, 1994, pp. 13-208; 259-371.

The students that frequent the lessons will have other information during the course.