Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities" and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

The course will address the following topics:

Section I. Medieval history and everyday life

1. Introduction. Historiography. Methodology, sources, bibliography.

2. The scenes of everyday life. Anthropization of the environment and the construction of landscape. Public and private spaces.

3. Material culture, vital needs and social distinction. The nutrition. The dress.

4. The cycles of life. Being born, growing, getting sick, dying. Living in family, living in society.

5. Daily times. The count of time. Work, leisure, feast.

Section II. Early modern history and everyday life

1. House and family. Gatherings and weddings. Transfering assets. Shape of the House. House form Form of the family.
2. Material culture. Dress up. Shopping in the markets. Dresses that are classified. Colors: work, celebration, mourning.
3. Feed. Meals. The "process of civilization" at the table: good manners. The wine. Beer and Gin. Foods of America. Tea, coffee and chocolate.
4. Sociability: the holidays. Everyday life and leisure. The sacred and the profane.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

BLASCO ESQUIVIAS, Beatriz (dir.), La casa. Evolución del espacio doméstico en España. Madrid, El Viso, 2006. Volumen 1, Edad Moderna.

CARO BAROJA, Julio, Las formas complejas de la vida religiosa. Religión, sociedad y carácter en la España de los siglos XVI y XVII, Madrid, Akal, 1978.

DELORT, Robert, La vita quotidiana nel Medioevo, Roma: Laterza, 2002.

FUMAGALLI, Vito, Cuando el cielo se oscurece: la vida en la Edad Media, Madrid: Nerea, 1988.

GUGLIELMI, Nilda, Aproximación a la vida cotidiana en la Edad Media, Buenos Aires, Universidad Católica de Argentina, 2000.

GARCÍA BERNAL, Jaime, El Fasto público en la España de los Austrias, Sevilla, Universidad, 2006

IZQUIERDO BENITO, Ricardo, La cultura material en la Edad Media. Perspectiva desde la arqueología, Granada, Universidad, 2008.

LE GOFF, Jacques y Georges DUBY, eds., Historia de la vida privada. II. De la Europa feudal al Renacimiento. Madrid, Taurus, 1989.

MOLINA MOLINA, Angel Luis, Estudios sobre la vida cotidiana (ss. XIII-XIV), Murcia: Real Academia Alfonso X el Sabio/Universidad de Murcia, 2003.

OLIVEIRA MARQUÉS, A. H. de, A sociedade medieval portuguesa: aspectos de vida cuotidiana, Lisboa, Sa da Costa, 1971.

PASTOUREAU, Michel et alii, Le vêtement. Histoire, archéologie et symbolique vestimentaires au Moyen Âge, París, Cahiers du Léopard d’Or, 1989.

PASTOUREAU, Michel, Una historia simbólica de la Edad Media occidental, Buenos Aires, Katz, 2006.

PEREZ SAMPER, Mª Angels (coord.) La vida quotidiana a traves dels segles. Barcelona, Universidad, 2002

POUNDS, Norman J.G., La vida cotidiana. Historia de la cultura material, Barcelona, 1992

ROCHE, Daniel, Histoire des coses banales. La consommation XVII-XIXe siècle, Paris, 1997.

ROCHE, Daniel, La culture des apparences. Une histoir du vêtement (XVII-XVIIIe siècle), Paris, 1989

SARTI, Raffaela, Vida en familia. Casa, comida y vestido en la Europa Moderna. Barcelona, Crítica, 2002

SERNA, Justo y ANACLET, Pons, La historia cultural: autores, obras, lugares, Tres Cantos, Akal, 2005.

VALDEÓN BARUQUE, Julio, Vida cotidiana en la Edad Media,  Madrid, Dastin Export, 2004. (Biblioteca básica de Historia, vol. 14).