21810409 - RELIGION CONFLICTS IN THE GLOBAL WORLD

The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the mechanisms that fueled religious conflict in the global world in the early modern age. In particular, it will focus on the religious clash that took place in early modern Europe and on the conflicts that opposed the three great monotheistic religions, starting from the expulsion of the Muslims and the expulsion of the Jews in Catholic Spain at the end of the 15th century. At the same time, it will develop students' knowledge of the historical factors that marked the transition from a culture of conflict to an attempt at peaceful coexistence based on the principle of religious tolerance.
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Testi Adottati

- L. Felici, G. Imbruglia, La tolleranza in età moderna. Idee, conflitti, protagonisti (secoli XVI-XVIII), Roma 2024.
- N. Terpstra, Purezza e fede. Esuli religiosi nell'Europa moderna, Bologna 2019.

One of the following volumes:
- C. Ginzburg, Il formaggio e i vermi. Il cosmo di un mugnaio del '500, Torino 1976 (o edizioni successive).
- A. Prosperi, Il seme dell'intolleranza. Ebrei, eretici, selvaggi: Granada 1492, Roma-Bari 2011 (o edizioni successive).
- T. Todorov, La conquista dell’America. Il problema dell’«altro», Torino 2014 (o edizioni precedenti).
- C. Vivanti, Le guerre di religione nel Cinquecento, Roma-Bari 2007 (o edizioni successive).

Modalità Frequenza

Attendance is mandatory. Absences should not exceed 15% of the lectures and classes specified for the course.

Modalità Valutazione

Class participation (20%), student’s presentation (40%), final exam (40%). Non-attending students’ evaluation will be based entirely (100%) on the final exam.