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The course of Modern History follows the political, religious, economic, social and cultural development of the historical period of Modern Age (1492-1848) to help understand of the events, processes, ideas and main interpretations of this crucial period from which contemporary world took shape. |
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Applicants are expected to know Medieval History. |
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While making a chronological and, above all, critical outline of the centuries being studied, the course aims at highlighting common trends and periods of innovative discontinuities that marked Modern Age. |
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The idea of “Modernity” – Humanism and Renaissance – The Geographical Discoveries – The European States System – The Italian Wars – The Protestant Reformation – The Catholic Counter-Reformation – The Empire of Charles V and its Legacy – The Age of Philip II – Modern State and Absolutism – The Crisis of the 17th Century – The Thirty Years War – The Age of Louis XIV – The Succession Wars and the New European Balance – Economics and Society in the Ancien Régime Societies – 17th Century Culture and Political Thinking - Enlightenment and the Age of Reformations – The Independence of the American Colonies – The French Revolution – The Napoleonic Age – Restoration and Romanticism – The Industrial Revolution – Nation and Freedom – “The Spring of Peoples” |
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Carlo Capra, Storia moderna (1492-1848), Le Monnier Università/Storia, Firenze, 2004 Giuseppe Galasso, Prima lezione di storia moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2008. Other useful texts (optional): Corso di Storia (diretto da Giuseppe Galasso), Aurelio Musi, Età moderna, Bompiani per le scuole superiori, 1994 Aa. Vv., Storia moderna (Manuali Donzelli), Donzelli, Roma, 1998 Renata Ago e Vittorio Vidotto, Storia moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2004 A. Aubert e P. Simoncelli, Profilo di Storia moderna, Cacucci editore, Bari, 2007 |
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The exercises consist in developing (in the form of short essays) issues referring to the main questions dealt with during the course. |