Italian Renaissance

HIST 302 | University Course

Major political, social, and cultural events in Italy from 1200 to 1530, emphasizing the concept of the Renaissance in modern historiography.

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Prerequisites

First half of a world or Western civilization course equivalent of HIST 201) University-level composition course (equivalent of WRTG 150)

Course Outline

Session 1: The Renaissance Debate
Session 2: The Background of the Renaissance
Session 3: Italy and the Communes
Session 4: The Black Death
Session 5: The Impact of Pandemic Disease on Society: The Black Death and the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020
Session 6: Renaissance Humanism
Session 7: Renaissance Art
Session 8: Men, Women and Children in the Renaissance
Session 9: Renaissance ReligionâInstitution and Individual
Session 10: The Irreligious Renaissance?
Session 11: The Political Landscape of Post-Plague Italy
Session 12: The End of the Renaissance
Session 13: Machiavellian Morality

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Textbooks

	Vital Source (eBook)	Amazon*	Library
A Short History of the Renaissance in Europe (Required) by: Margaret King ISBN: 9781487593087 University of Toronto	Purchase from: $62.00 Rental from: $37.20	Used from $32.98 New from $61.35	Borrow
Palgrave Advances in Renaissance Historiography (Required) ISBN: 9781403912398 2005 Palgrave		New from $79.47 Used from $42.65	Borrow
Quentin Skinner, Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction 2nd edition (Required) ISBN: 978-0198837572 2000 Oxford	Purchase from: $7.99 Rental from: $5.20	Used from $6.72 New from $8.38	Borrow
The Black Death and the Transformation of the West (Required) by: David Herlihy ISBN: 9780674076136 University Press	Purchase from: $26.00	Used from $0.01 New from $20.00	Borrow
The Italian Renaissance Reader (Required) by: Julia Bondanella and Mark Musa ISBN: 9780452010130 Plume		Used from $3.45 New from $11.90	Borrow
VIDEO: Contagion (Required) by: Stephen Soderbergh		New from $12.99
VIDEO: The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (Required)		New from $6.99

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