Course code

GRR6201.HT

old course code

GRR6201

Course title in Estonian

Itaalia ajalugu, ühiskond ja kultuur kuni Viini kongressini 1815

Course title in English

Italian History, Society and Culture before the Congress of Vienna 1815

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To provide a general survey of Italian history, society and culture since the barbaric invasions in the 5th century till the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

Brief description of the course

Barbaric invasions and Bytsantine Italy. Lagobard Italy and the foundation the papal state (ca 600-800); the empire and the papal state 800-ca1200; Venice and her maritine hegemony (600-); Sicily and Southern Italy (ca 1130-1300); cities in Northern and central Italy; the decline of papacy and the Avignion captivity(1200-1378); the Black Death and the crisis of the end of the 14th century; economic and cultural boom of the 15th century; Italian wars of the 16th century; counter reformation and the period of Spanish domination; Italy since the Spanish hereditary wars till the French revolution; Napoleonic wars and the Congress of Vienna 1815.
Special focus on the conflicts between empire and papacy, the development of cities and universities, the 13th century mental turn, renaissance, baroque and modern culture.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Basic knowledge of the main periods of the Italian history from the fall of the Roman empire till 1815 and of medieval, renaissance, baroque and modern cultures in Italy.
The ability to understand the role of Italy during different stages of European cultural history.
Capability to understand and analyse the cultural patrimony in the present-day Italian society.

Teacher

prof. Ülar Ploom (PhD)

Study programmes containing that course

Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/15.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/14.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/13.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/12.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/11.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/10.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/00.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/00.HT)