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Introduction: The History of Renaissance History |
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| 2 |
Geography, Demography, Global Trade, 1300-1600 |
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| 3 |
The World of the Peasantry ca. 1300 |
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| 4 |
The Black Death |
Map quiz |
| 5 |
The Discarded Image |
First paper due
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| 6 |
The Beginnings of Humanism in Fourteenth-Century Italy |
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| 7 |
Petrarch |
Second paper due |
| 8 |
Civic Humanism in Early Fifteenth-Century Italy and Beyond |
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| 9 |
Art and Culture in Fifteenth-Century Italy |
Third paper due |
| 10 |
A Visit to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University |
Fourth paper due |
| 11 |
Burgundy and Late Medieval Politics in the North |
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| 12 |
The New Monarchies and The Invasion of Italy |
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| 13 |
Politics Reinvented |
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| 14 |
Christian Humanism in the North |
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| 15 |
Martin Luther and the Protestant Challenge |
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| 16 |
The Age of Reformations |
Fifth paper due |
| 17 |
Sixteenth-Century Peasants I |
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| 18 |
Sixteenth-Century Peasants II |
Sixth paper due |
| 19 |
1543: The Copernican Revolution |
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| 20 |
1543: The Vesalian Revolution |
Visit to Dibner library |
| 21 |
Individual Consultations with Instructor |
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| 22 |
Review |
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| 23 |
Portuguese Expansion |
Long paper due |
| 24 |
Spanish Exploration |
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| 25 |
Spanish Conquest |
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| 26 |
Conclusion: The Future of the Renaissance |
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