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ATS1317

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 28 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitHistory
OfferedCaulfield Second semester 2015 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Associate Professor Carolyn James (Clayton); Dr Kathleen Neal (Caulfield)

Synopsis

The social and cultural history of Western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, especially the Italian Renaissance and 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.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will have:

  1. Acquired and demonstrated an understanding of the structure of Renaissance European society as it evolved between c.1400 and 1650.
  2. Considered critically different ways developed by historians of looking at renaissance society.
  3. Become familiar with the major changes which took place in society, the Church and in political institutions between 1400 and 1650, and be able to discuss why these changes took place.
  4. Learned how to interpret and discuss critically documents from the renaissance period, provided in translation, setting them in their social context.
  5. Learned to relate visual evidence, in particular architecture, to wider changes in renaissance society and intellectual life.
  6. Be able to discuss critically and in an informed fashion stereotypes conjured up by the term 'renaissance'.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Carolyn James

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Religious studies
History