HSY3860

The Renaissance in Florence ( 12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL)

Leader: Peter Howard

Offered:
Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: As for HSY2860

Objectives: Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate: 1. A knowledge of the city of Florence itself - including its churches, palaces, museums, piazzas, monuments and streets - as an artefact of its complex history. 2. The development of the requisite skills to interpret the Renaissance aspects of that artefact within an historical framework. 3. Enhanced skills in the critical and analytical reading of a variety of texts, including contemporary documents, religious and polemical literature, historical scholarship, physical monuments and visual representations. 4. An acquaintance with the considerable body of knowledge that has been built up about late medieval and Renaissance Florence (in the context of Italian history in general). 5. A critical understanding of this fascinating society and its historiography. 6. The ability to use this knowledge (1, 3, 4, 5) and these skills (2) as a capital source for contributing to an understanding of the Renaissance city, its society and culture. Students successfully completing HSY3860 will, in addition: 7. Be capable of independently devising and executing an advanced research project in the above areas of study, based predominantly on primary sources.

Assessment: One prepared Site visit (5% for verbal presentation [equiv. 500 words of assessment] + 15%, 1500 words) (2000 words): 20%; Tutorial /Group exercise (500 words): 10%; ocumnet exercise (1500 words): 15%; Journal exam (2000 words): 25%

Contact Hours: Intensive lectures, tutorials and field trips for 35 hours per weeks, over one month (November/December)

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in History or permission

Prohibitions: HSY2630/3630, HSY2860