- Credits: 3
- SSD: M-STO/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0078)
Learning outcomes
General knowledge of the history of England in the Middle
Ages
Course contents
The course will provide the students with a basic knowledge of the
origins of English history in the medieval period, which saw the
beginning of the English language and literature. The course will
start from the end of the Roman domination of Britain (in the early
fifth century) and will take into account the impact of the
Anglo-Saxon migrations, the Viking attacks, the Norman Conquest of
1066, the issue of Magna Charta and the origins of
Parliament, thus covering the whole medieval period. Special
attention will be paid to the events which influenced the origins
and development of the English language and culture.
Readings/Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The main reference text is N. SAUL (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated
History of Medieval England (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1997), pp. 25-206, 245-276. An Italian translation of relevant
chapters is available in the 'Biblioteca del Dipartimento di
Paleografia e Medievistica', Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Final oral test