UNIVERSITIES AND THE SPREAD OF SECULAR LEARNING
MAIN TOPICS:
The Italian university between the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.
Curricula and University life.
The case of Padua.
The whole workshop will be conducted in English. The meetings will initially be held exclusively in the classroom and will consist of a discussion of the materials in the Syllabus. Once the basic concepts are grasped, the workshop will include also field trips to Palazzo Bo and (IF POSSIBLE) the Botanical Garden.The Moodle platform shall be used to update students on the class activities, and also to provide them with audio-visual and critical material that will complement what is present in the Syllabus. Attendance is mandatory, as is the homework that will be assigned.
SYLLABUS
Peter Denley, 'Medieval', 'Renaissance', 'modern'. Issues of periodization in Italian university history, Renaissance Studies: 2013, Vol. 27 (4), pp. 487-503.
Note: Obligatory. Uploaded on my Moodle platform.
Paul F. Grendler, The Universities of the Renaissance and Reformation, Renaissance Quarterly: 2004, Vol. 57 (1), pp. 1-42.
Note: Obligatory. Uploaded on my Moodle platform.
MAIN TOPICS:
The Italian university between the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.
Curricula and University life.
The case of Padua.
The whole workshop will be conducted in English. The meetings will initially be held exclusively in the classroom and will consist of a discussion of the materials in the Syllabus. Once the basic concepts are grasped, the workshop will include also field trips to Palazzo Bo and (IF POSSIBLE) the Botanical Garden.The Moodle platform shall be used to update students on the class activities, and also to provide them with audio-visual and critical material that will complement what is present in the Syllabus. Attendance is mandatory, as is the homework that will be assigned.
SYLLABUS
Peter Denley, 'Medieval', 'Renaissance', 'modern'. Issues of periodization in Italian university history, Renaissance Studies: 2013, Vol. 27 (4), pp. 487-503.
Note: Obligatory. Uploaded on my Moodle platform.
Paul F. Grendler, The Universities of the Renaissance and Reformation, Renaissance Quarterly: 2004, Vol. 57 (1), pp. 1-42.
Note: Obligatory. Uploaded on my Moodle platform.
Category A.A. 2026 - 2027 / Laurea / ITALIAN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES
- Docente: Alessandra Petrina
