MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
HSY2630
Renaissance Florence
Bill Kent
8 points + Two lectures and one tutorial per week + Second semester +
Clayton + Prohibition: HSY3640 1992
Synopsis 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 Two class papers (2000 words each): 66.5% + Examination (1.5
hours): 33.5% (Students may submit a 1500-word paper in place of the
examination)
Preliminary reading
- Brucker G A Renaissance Florence 2nd edn, U California P,
1983
Prescribed texts
- Guicciardini F Maxims and reflections of a Renaissance statesman
Pennsylvania Paperbacks, 1990
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