Knowledge and understanding:

1. Master basic historiographic concepts from Croatian and European history from ancient times to industrial age; 2. Recognize fundamental processes from Croatian and European history from ancient times to industrial age; 3. Distinguish processes of individual historical periods and themes according to historiographic approaches and research achievements.

Application of knowledge and understanding and drawing conclusions:

4. Critically analyze and interpret sources, scientific and professional literature; 5. Use the contributions of other scientific disciplines in historiographic work.

Presentation and communication:

6. Write a clear and structured paper; 7. Hold a clear and structured oral presentation; 8. Participate actively and arguably in the discussion.

Selected chapters from: 

P. Clark, European cities and towns, 400-2000, Oxford University Press, 2009; P. M. Hohenberg and L. Hollen Lees, The Making of Urban Europe: 1000-1994, Cambridge-Massachusetts-London 1996; Towns and Cities of the Croatian Middle Ages (I-IV), eds. Irena Benyovsky Latin and Zrinka Pešorda Vardić, Croatian institute of history, Zagreb (2013-2024). Bruno Milić, Dvadeset pet stoljeća urbane kulture na tlu Hrvatske, Zagreb: AF, 2020.

C. Gates, Ancient Cities, Routledge, New York 2003. (repr. 2011.); De bono communi : the discourse and practice of the Common Good in the European city, 13th-16^th. Ed: Elodie Lecuppre Desjardin, Brepols, Turnhout, 2010; Giorgio Chittolini, Cities, "City-States," and Regional States in North-Central Italy”, in: Theory and Society, Vol. 18, No. 5, Special Issue on Cities and States in Europe, 1000-1800 (Sep., 1989), pp. 689-706.; Protagonists of urban order, eds. Irena Benyovsky Latin, Martina Stercken and Tonija Andrić, Amsterdam University Press, 2025.; Wim Boerefijn, “New towns of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries and the grid plan”, in: Sofia Greaves & Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (eds.), Rome and the Colonial City. Rethinking the Grid. Publisher: Oxbow Books, 2022; H. J. Dyos, Exploring the urban past Essays in urban history, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003, S. R. Epstein, ed., Town and Country in Europe, 1300–1800, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, and other literature.

1. Regular attendance at classes – attendance of at least 70 % of classes according to the study program.

2. Fully completed seminar obligations - prepared presentation and submitted and accepted written version of the seminar.

3. Obtaining a minimum success rate of 35 % during classes within the assigned teaching activities - achieved cumulatively.

1. Teaching activities – Class activities and seminar obligations

2. Final exam (oral)

Grade Scale:

insufficient (1) – 0 to 49.9%

sufficient (2) – 50–64.9%

good (3) – 65–79.9%

very good (4) – 80–89.9%

excellent (5) – 90% and above.

a) Teaching activities:

1. Activities in class – 30 % of the grade
2. Seminar obligations – 40 % of the grade

b) Final exam:

1. Final exam – 30 % of the grade (to pass, it is necessary to solve at least 50% of the exam)

Oral exam – 30 %