C.I. STORIA DELL'ETA' MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEAModule STORIA MODERNA
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: CINZIA RECCAExpected Learning Outcomes
The expected learning objectives, declined according to the Dublin Descriptors, are as follows:
Knowledge and comprehension skills (DD1)
To know theories and models in the historical-geographical area for interpreting educational and training events (Core1)
To know theories and methodologies of empirical research (Core 2)
Knowledge of theories useful for interpreting historiographical dynamics (Core 4)
Applied knowledge and understanding (Core 2)
To relate the theoretical and methodological contents learned to the interpretation of past, present, future events and processes (Core 1)
To know how to choose methods, techniques and tools functional to the subjects and contexts of reference (Core 3)
Be able to intervene in relational dynamics using methods and tools to manage situations at different levels (individual, organisational and community) (Core 4)
Knowing how to use methodologies appropriate to the training objectives (Core 5)
Autonomy of judgement (Core 3)
To evaluate the relevance of the theories studied with respect to the situations addressed and the actions managed and/or observed (Core1)To be able to assess the link between research objectives and results (Core 2)
To be able to evaluate the functional tools for historical research (Core 2)
To be able to put forward, formulate and argue proposals for change and transformation (Core 4)
Communication skills (DD4)
Able to communicate projects (Core 3)
Knowing how to deal with interlocutors, specialists and non-specialists (Core 3)
Knowing how to communicate the meaning of one's actions (Core 4)
Knowing how to justify objectives, procedures, methodologies in oral and written form (Core 4)
Be able to activate sharing processes (Core 5)
Knowing how to value the different points of view involved (Core 5)
Learning capacity (DD5)
To be able to identify the unexpected results of research and its possible developments in terms of methodology and impact.
To be able to identify one's own learning needs
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
The course is divided into two sections: The general part involves the punctual knowledge and study of the following topics: The breaking of geographical barriers- The explorations and the discovery of America- The birth of colonial empires- Italy and Europe in the 16th century- The splendour of the Italian Renaissance- The wars of Italy- The Protestant Reformation- The Counter-Reformation and the Council of Trent- New wars for dominance over Europe- The 17th century-Europe in the 17th century- Absolute monarchy in France- Parliamentary monarchy in England- Italy in the 17th century- The scientific revolution- The early 18th century- The new culture of the Enlightenment- Europe and Italy in the 18th century- The world to Europeans: The Colonial EmpiresThe Age of Revolutions - The First Industrial Revolution - The American Revolution and the Birth of the United States of America - The French Revolution - The Napoleonic Age.
The monographic part proposes the study and in-depth examination of one of the proposed volumes
Textbook Information
General Course
F. Benigno, L’età moderna. Dalla scoperta dell’America alla Restaurazione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005, pp.3-360
Monographic course (1 volume a scelta)
A. Brilli, Le viaggiatrici del Grand Tour, Storie, amori, avventure , Il Mulino, 2020 (integrato con dispense redatte dal docente)
A.Brilli, Il grande racconto del viaggio in Italia. Itinerari di ieri per viaggiatori di oggi, Il Mulino, 2019
C.Recca, Sotto lo sguardo dell aquila imperiale. Incroci di scritture tra Vienna e Napoli nel decennio 1779-1789, Rubettino, 2025, pp.240
David Salomoni, Magellano. Il primo viaggio intorno al mondo, Laterza, 2022
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
For non-frequent students.
Those who cannot attend the course (Erasmus students or workers) may agree with the professor on alternative programmes
Final examination: oral