Renaissance Florence
Bill Kent
8 points * 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week * First semester * Clayton * Prohibition: HSY3640 1992
A study of the political, social and cultural history of Florence from the late thirteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, with particular reference to the Renaissance period. Students who have not passed HSY1010 and HSY1020 should do the preliminary reading with great care.
Assessment
Written (4500 words): 70% * Examination (1.5 hours): 30% * Option of additional paper of 1500 words in place of examination
Preliminary reading
Brucker G A Renaissance Florence 2nd edn, U California P, 1983
Prescribed texts
Brucker G A (ed.) Two memoirs of Renaissance Florence: The diaries of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati Waveland Press, 1991
Guicciardini F Maxims and reflections of a Renaissance statesman Pennsylvania Paperbacks, 1990