Università Roma Tre

The End of Lombard Kingdom. Politics and Society in 8th Century.
Main themes of this course: political activity of Desiderius, the last lombard King; Power and Society, Monasteries and Aristocracy; principal typologies of sources about the years 750s-770s in Lombard Italy.

S. Gasparri, Desiderio, Rome, Salerno, 2019; V. Loré, Monasteri, re e duchi: modelli di relazione fra VIII e X secolo, in Monachesimi d’Oriente e d’Occidente nell’alto medioevo, Spoleto, Centro Italiano di Studi sull’Alto Medioevo, 2017, pp. 947-983; dossier of Medieval Sources or alternatively S. Gasparri, Italia longobarda. Il regno, i Franchi, il papato, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2012.

Main themes of medieval history: the end of the western roman empire; barbarian kingdoms; Lombards and Byzantines in Italy; from frankish kingdoms to carolingian empire; christianity during the early Middle Ages: bishops and monks; manors, fiefs and the rural lordship; agrarian economy and commercial development (from 9th to 13th century); Church reform in the 11th century; italian communes; european western kingdoms, from 11th to 13th century; culture, church and religious experiences in the late Middle Ages; the Crisis of the 14th century; early modern state in Italy and Europe.

A. Cortonesi, Il Medioevo. Profilo di un millennio, Rome, Carocci, 2008 (best choice for non-attending students); or M. Montanari, Storia medievale, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 2002; or L. Provero, M. Vallerani, Storia medievale, Florence, Le Monnier Università, 2016; and G. Sergi, L'idea di Medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune, Rome, Donzelli, 1998.