DIPLOMATICS

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
DIPLOMATICA SP.
Course code
FM0040 (AF:334559 AR:177156)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
M-STO/09
Period
2nd Term
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The teaching falls within the basic teachings of the master's degree course in History from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age and it aims to provide students with the first methodological tools in the historical documentary field.
The graduate in History from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age has a thorough knowledge of the different types of sources that can be use in historical research; he has an advanced knowledge of the methodological and practical problems related to the use of different historical sources; he knows the techniques of editing and analyzing the sources of textual and material nature and know show to conduct comparative analyzes of different types of documents.

The graduate in History from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age can independently identify and develop an original research topic; he knows how to apply his knowledge in the critical and exegetical approach of historical sources.
The student should have a basic knowledge of the Latin language.
The documentation of the Veneto region in Middle Ages.
Students attending: A. Pratesi, Genesi e forme del documento medievale, Roma, Jouvence, 1979 and later editions. Course notes. F. Steffens, Paleographie latine, Roma, Multigrafica 1982 (http://www.icar.beniculturali.it/biblio/_view_volume.asp?ID_VOLUME=51 ).

Students not attending: A. Pratesi, Genesi e forme del documento medievale, Roma, Jouvence, 1979 ed edizioni successive. F. Steffens, Paleographie latine, Roma, Multigrafica 1982 (http://www.icar.beniculturali.it/biblio/_view_volume.asp?ID_VOLUME=51 ). A. Bartoli Langeli, Documentazione e notariato, in Storia di Venezia, I, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1992, pp. 847-864. M. Pozza, La cancelleria, in Storia di Venezia, II, Roma 1995, pp. 349-369: M. Pozza, La cancelleria, in Storia di Venezia, III, Roma 1997, pp. 365-387. M. Pozza, Scrittura, diplomatica, notariato a Venezia, in L'Héritage byzantin en Italie (VIII-XII siècle), I, La fabrique documentaire, par J.-M. Martin, A.Peters-Custot et V. Prigent, Rome 2011, pp. 151-168.
The exam is done through an oral exam. During the oral examination the student must demonstrate knowledge of the arguments put forward during the course and knowing to expose formally.
Frontal course. Six hours of lessons weekly for five weeks. Attendance is recommended, although not mandatory.
Italian
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Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 05/07/2020