HSY3630 - Renaissance Florence

Leader(s): Carolyn James

Offered

Not offered in 2009

Synopsis

As for HSY2630

Objectives

Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. 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).

2. A critical understanding of this fascinating society and its historiography.

3. Enhanced skills in the critical and analytical reading of a variety of texts, including contemporary documents, religious and polemical literature, historical scholarship and visual representations.

4. An ability to undertake independent research.

5. A more sophisticated understanding of historiographical issues and the use of primary sources.

Assessment

Monograph Review (800 words): 20%
Research Presentation and essay (2200 words): 40%
Two in-class tests (1.5 hours): 40%

Contact hours

2 hours (1 lecture and 1 tutorial) per week

Prerequisites

A first year sequence in History or permission

Prohibitions

HSY2630, HSY2860, HSY3860