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“The light was departing. The brown air drew
down all the earth’s creatures, calling them to rest from their day-roving,
as I, one man alone, prepared myself to face the double war of the journey
and the pity, which memory shall here set down…”
-- Dante Alighieri, The
Inferno, Canto II (c. 1315)
History 324: The Renaissance is a 300-level course offered in the
Department of History that introduce students to the history, politics, art,
and literature of the Italian Renaissance. For additional information about
this course, offered in Fall 2008, click a link below.
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Course Description - This course follows political,
religious, social, and cultural developments in Renaissance Italy
from the beginning of the Italian communes (c. 1200) to the Sack of
Rome in the 16th century. Central themes include the merchant
societies of late-medieval Italy, religious devotion and popular
reform movements in Europe, the Florence of Dante and Giotto, the
rise of Humanism, marriage, and family life in Renaissance Italy,
Machiavelli's The Prince and political theory, and the
painting of Renaissance masters such as Massacio, Botticelli,
Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci. Our primary geographic
emphasis will be Northern Italy (especially the Italian city/states
of Florence, Siena, Milan, and Venice), but wider developments in
Italy and Europe will also be considered, including the Avignon
Papacy and the Great Schism, the demographic effects of the Black
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History 324 Course Syllabus and Art Slides - The course syllabus used during
Fall 2008 is available in the following Microsoft Word
document, and lists the books and readings that we will use, as
well as our general schedule. You should use the Art Slides link to
view the required artwork materials.
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| Essay Assignments - The printed essay assignments, due
dates, and a guide to writing essays:
Review Sheets:
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Spring 2006 Class at Work
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