Making History between the Ancient World and the Early Modern Age
20 Setembro 2021, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues
The historian's craft: purposes, objects, sources, methods, challenges
• From Herodotus to Amianus Marcelinus: a brief overview
• The medieval period
• What was history in 15th- and 16th-century Europe?
• Geographic exploration of the world and the birth of global history
• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.
Mandatory reading: Sanjay Subrahmanyam, “The Origins of Global History,” Inaugural lecture, Collège de France, 2013. https://books.openedition.org/cdf/4200