The Mediterranean, a Space of Exchange (from the Renaissance to Enlightenment)

About this course: The course The Mediterranean, a Space of Exchange (from Renaissance to Enlightenment) aims to explain the Mediterranean, using history and the analysis of the past, as a space generated by routes and circulation. We consider it crucial to disclose mobility as a historical factor: a mobility comprised of four major elements, namely people, objects, ideas and practices. In our analysis of Mediterranean reality between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, we will pay particular attention to its western shores, an area seething with transfers and exchanges, in the social and economic spheres as well as the political and cultural, with the Iberian Peninsula, the various islands and the Italian Peninsula, all spaces of great dynamism. El curso El Mediterráneo, espacio de intercambios (del Renacimiento a la Ilustración) quiere explicar, desde la historia y el análisis del pasado, el Mediterráneo como un espacio generado por las rutas y las circulaciones. Consideramos necesario divulgar la movilidad como factor histórico. Una movilidad centrada en cuatro grandes ámbitos: las personas, los objetos, las ideas y las prácticas. Al analizar la realidad mediterránea entre los siglos XV y XIX, del Renacimiento a la Ilustración, ponemos un foco especial en su orilla occidental, un área abocada a la transferencia y el intercambio, tanto en el ámbito social y económico como en el político y cultural, con la Península Ibérica, las islas y la Península Itálica como espacios de gran dinamismo.

Created by:   Universitat de Barcelona

• Taught by:    Mariela Fargas, Professor

  Department of Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Àngel Casals, Professor in Early Modern History

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Jaume Dantí, Full professor in Early Modern History

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Xavier Gil, Full professor in Early Modern History

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Miquel Àngel Martínez, Professor in Early Modern History

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Ida Mauro, Teacher assistant

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Joan-Lluís Palos, Professor in Early Modern History

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Mariàngeles Pérez Samper, Full professor in Early Modern History

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Diego Sola, Doctor in History

  Early Modern History

• Taught by:    Claudia Taribó, Postgraduate Fellow

  Early Modern History

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Introduction
 


1 video, 6 readings expand

The Mediterranean and its History - El Mediterráneo y su historia
 


3 videos, 3 readings expand
Graded: Module 2 Quiz 1

WEEK 2


The Mediterranean through the Eyes of Travellers and Artists - El Mediterráneo visto por los viajeros y los artistas
 


2 videos, 3 readings expand
Graded: Module 3 quiz 1

WEEK 3


The Mediterranean, a Space of Powers - El Mediterráneo, un espacio de poderes
 


1 video, 4 readings expand
Graded: Module 4 quiz 1

WEEK 4


The Mediterranean at War - El Mediterráneo, guerra y conflictos
 


2 videos, 3 readings expand
Graded: Module 5 quiz 1

WEEK 5


The Mediterranean, a Network of Ports - El Mediterráneo, red de puertos
 


3 videos, 2 readings expand
Graded: Module 6 quiz 1

WEEK 6


The Mediterranean, Beliefs and Lifestyles - El Mediterráneo, creencias y formas de vida
 


3 videos, 3 readings expand
Graded: Module 7 quiz 1

WEEK 7


The Mediterranean on the Table: Food and Culture - El Mediterráneo en la mesa: cultura alimentaria
 


2 videos, 3 readings expand
Graded: Module 8 quiz 1

WEEK 8


The Mediterranean and the Atlantic World - El Mediterráneo y el mundo atlántico
 


2 videos, 4 readings expand
Graded: Module 9 quiz 1

WEEK 9


Final assignment / Prueba final
 


2 items expand
Graded: Final peer assignment - Prueba final