HSY1020

Renaissance Europe

(ART)

Peter Howard

6 points + 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: The social and cultural history of Western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, especially the Italian Renaissance the spread of its influence in northern Europe in the sixteenth century. Themes include humanism, art and patronage, gender, discovery of the New World, science, political and religious changes in the later Middle Ages, and the dissemination of the civilisation of the Renaissance in Western Europe.

Assessment: Essay (1500 words): 40% + In-class tests (2x1hr): 45% + Class participation (3 X 300 words 15%