Making History between the Ancient World and the Early Modern Age

20 Setembro 2021, 16:00 • 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 15^th- and 16^th-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