The Renaissance in Florence
Proposed to be offered next in Summer semester 1998
Nick Eckstein and Bill Kent
8 points
* Intensive lectures, tutorials and field trips for 35 hours
per week, over 1 month (late November/December 1996)
* Florence
*
Prohibition: HSY2630/3630
Objectives Students who complete this subject will be conversant 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). They will also have acquainted themselves as thoroughly as time permits with the city of Florence itself, with its churches, palaces, museums, piazzas and streets, and will be able to use that knowledge as a capital source for the history of the Renaissance city, its society and culture.
Synopsis A study, conducted in the city itself, 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 second year Field report (1000 words), two class papers (1500
and 2000 words): 75%
* Examination (1.5 hours): 25%
* Note: field
report is to be submitted in Florence, the remaining work by the end of week
eight of first semester of the following year.
Assessment third year Field report (1000 words), substantial research
essay (3500 words): 75%
* Examination (1.5 hours): 25%
* Note: field
report is to be submitted in Florence, the remaining work by the end of week
eight of first semester of the following year.
Preliminary reading
Brucker G Renaissance Florence 2nd edn, U California P, 1983
Prescribed texts
Monash History/ASA Renaissance in Florence handbook
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