HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DEL PENSIERO POLITICO MEDIEVALE
Course code
FM0511 (AF:337414 AR:178530)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
M-FIL/08
Period
3rd Term
Course year
1
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The course will be an introduction to some main authors and ideas of medieval political thought, in particular regarding the birth of medieval political philosophy.
The students will acquire knowledge of the theoretical structure of the main strands of medieval political thought and their placement within the history of Western political philosophy.
They will acquire an adequate comprehension philosophical and political medieval issues and the deepening of their specificities and also historiografical interpretations.
A previous knowledge of medieval philosophy is very helpful.
In the first part of the course we will introduce the main issues of the medieval political thought. In the second part we will focus on the relationship between ecclesiology, theology, and political philosophy in authors such as John of Paris, Giles of Rome, Marsilius of Padua.
The precise program of the course, including books texts, essays, will be communicated later.
The modality of examination consists in an oral exam, but the precise nature of the exam will be explained at the beginning of the course.
Traditional frontal teaching.
Italian
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 05/03/2021