History of the Romanian Orthodox Church (I)

Type of course:	Compulsory
Language of instruction:	Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction:	English
Name of lecturer:	Viorel Alin Albu
Seminar tutor:	Razvan Brudiu
Form of education	Full-time

Form of instruction:	Lecture
Number of teaching hours per semester:	42
Number of teaching hours per week:	3
Semester:	Autumn
Form of receiving a credit for a course:	Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated	4

Course aims:

- to define, describe, and explain the key concepts, theories, methods specific to the historical discourse and to develop in students some specific skills about the quantitative and qualitative historical research;
- to identify and use the specific bibliographic and archival resources;
- to develop skills of analysis and interpretation of historical data;
- to identify the most important events and personalities which have marked the historical evolution of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Romanian culture, and to notice the dynamics of events;
- to apply the principle of right interpretation of the historical phenomenon by the just reporting to its influence on the present

Course Entry Requirements:

N/A

Course contents:

1. Introduction to the History of the Romanian Orthodox Church; 2. The beginnings of Christian life in Dacia; 3. Linguistic arguments regarding the origin and age of the Romanians’ Christianity; 4. Christian martyrs in the Danube lands at the beginning of the 4th century; 5. Archaeological proofs on the spread of Christianity in the north of the Danube in the 3rd-6th centuries; 6. Dacian-Roman Christianity in the Danubian northen provinces in the 4th century; 7. Bishopric of Tomis; 8. Dacian-Roman Theology; 9. The Romanian Church in the 7th-11th centuries; 10. The religious life of the Romanians from Transylvania and Banat in the 9th-13th centuries; 11. The religious life of the Romanians from the extra-Carpathian territories - 12th-13th centuries; 12. The beginnings of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Wallachia (Valahia/Țara Românească); 13. The beginnings of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Moldavia (Moldova); 14. The religious life of the Romanians from Transylvania - 14th-16th centuries; 15. Editorial activity in Wallachia and Transylvania in the 16th century.

Teaching methods:

Lecture, exemplification, conversation, debate

Learning outcomes:

- critical, selective and systematic attitude towards historical information; - ability of applying the principles for understanding a historical document in an appropriate manner, respectively, to take into account all elements involved (linguistic, socio-cultural, political, religious, etc.), and interpret both in a synchronous and diachronic mode; - critical reading skills on bibliographic sources and ability to initiate own research; - interpretation and critical evaluation of the history of the Romanian Church in different contexts.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper-interpretative essay – 20%.Frontal evaluation/ Oral exam: 80%