History 3401E: The European Renaissance

Course Description

This course will follow the course of the European Renaissance from its origin in Northern Italy in the thirteenth century.  We will look at how the Renaissance began, developed and flourished, and the ways in which it changed and was changed by its surroundings, both in Italy, and after it crossed the Alps into Northern Europe.  We will look at the artistic achievements which we associate with the Renaissance, but we will focus more on the political, cultural and social developments which inspired the art, and the ways in which the Renaissance fit into a broader society.

Required Texts

Kenneth R. Bartlett ed. The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance: A Sourcebook 2nd ed.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011. (CIR)

Gregorio Dati, Diary, ed. Gene Brucker, trans. Julia Martines.  Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence. Prospect Heights, Ill: Waveland, 1991.

K.R. Bartlett & Margaret McGlynn ed. Humanism and the Northern Renaissance.  Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 2000. (HNR)

Course Pack.

All other readings will be on reserve at the library, for copyright reasons.

Evaluation

Text analyses   (x 3)                 10%

Secondary analyses                 15%

Commonplace book                12%

Research Paper (5%+25%)     30%

Final Exam                              20%

Participation                            13%

 

 

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