Early Modern and Renaissance Italy 2023/24
PROF. STEFANIA MONTEMEZZO
What were the political, religious, social, economic and cultural characteristics of the Italian peninsula in the Renaissance? What was the role of the Peninsula and its many states on the international chessboard? What were the processes and events that marked the period?
By analysing the main themes of early modern history, with particular attention to the development of Italian societies in a global context, the course will attempt to answer these and other questions.
The course will aim to analyse the various aspects of Italian political, social, economic and religious development between 1450 and 1650.
In summary, the course will cover the following topics:
1. Politics
- Renaissance Italian states and forms of government
- The political geography of the peninsula
- Violence and its control
- The role of the courts
2. Religion
- Reform and counter-reformation: the religious-political divide
- The Inquisition
3. The economy
- The manufacturing industry and the world of work
- Migration, foreigners and minorities
- Global connections and trade
- Consumerism
4. Culture and society
- The Humanism
- The Scientific Revolution
- Gender and Sexualities
PROF. STEFANIA MONTEMEZZO
What were the political, religious, social, economic and cultural characteristics of the Italian peninsula in the Renaissance? What was the role of the Peninsula and its many states on the international chessboard? What were the processes and events that marked the period?
By analysing the main themes of early modern history, with particular attention to the development of Italian societies in a global context, the course will attempt to answer these and other questions.
The course will aim to analyse the various aspects of Italian political, social, economic and religious development between 1450 and 1650.
In summary, the course will cover the following topics:
1. Politics
- Renaissance Italian states and forms of government
- The political geography of the peninsula
- Violence and its control
- The role of the courts
2. Religion
- Reform and counter-reformation: the religious-political divide
- The Inquisition
3. The economy
- The manufacturing industry and the world of work
- Migration, foreigners and minorities
- Global connections and trade
- Consumerism
4. Culture and society
- The Humanism
- The Scientific Revolution
- Gender and Sexualities
- Docente: Stefania Montemezzo