MODERN HISTORY

International Teaching MODERN HISTORY

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1212500021
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
EQF6
DIPLOMATIC, INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY STUDIES
2021/2022

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
963LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE CONCERNS THE ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL PROCESSES BETWEEN THE XV AND XIX CENTURY, WITH A SPECIFIC AIM ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THESE HISTORICAL EVENTS. SPECIFIC ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MODERN STATE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT AND THE HISTORY OF SOUTH ITALY IN THE FIRST PART OF THE XIX CENTURY,
SPECIFIC ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE ISSUE OF SECURITY DURING THE MODERN AGE.
THE COURSE WANTS TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE OF GLOBAL HISTORY AND THE ABILITY OF STUDENTS TO CRITICIZE HISTORICAL FACTS.
Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL PROCESSES IN THE EARLY MODERN AGE.
Contents
HE COURSE CONCERNS THE DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, THE MODERN STATE, THE SPANISH DOMINATION IN EUROPE, THE COLONIAL EMPIRES, THE THIRTY YEARS WAR, THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION, THE BORN OF THE HOLLAND STATE, THE ENLIGHTENMENT, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, NAPOLEON, AND HIS FALL.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS, CONFERENCES, TEMATICAL ISSUES
Verification of learning
THE EXAM IS AIMED AT EVALUATING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN HISTORICAL EVENTS AND THEIR CRITICAL ANALYSIS.
IT CONSISTS OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW, TO CHECK THE LEVEL OF
KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL PROCESSES.
Texts
C. CAPRA, STORIA MODERNA 1492-1848, MONDADORI 2016

G. FOSCARI, LO STATO MODERNO (PDF)

G. FOSCARI, CARLO AFAN DE RIVERA. LA POLITICA E LA MODERNIZZAZIONE CONSERVATIVA NEL REGNO DELLE DUE SICILIE, D'AMICO EDITORE, 2017
Lessons Timetable

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