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%
Recommended reading:
Mircea Păcurariu,
Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, Trinitas
, Iași
, 2004
, x
Alexandru Moraru,
Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române. Note de curs, ”1 Decembrie 1918”
, Alba Iulia
, 2002-2003
, x
Alin Albu,
Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române. Evenimente, personalități, instituții, Reintregirea
, Alba Iulia
, 2013
, 388
I. G. Coman,
Scriitori bisericeşti din epoca străromână, EIBMBOR
, Bucureşti
, 1979
, x
Mihail Diaconescu,
Istoria literaturii dacoromane, Alcor Edimpex
, Bucureşti
, 1999
, 830