The Renaissance, 1300-1600

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: The History of Renaissance History
2	Geography, Demography, Global Trade, 1300-1600
3	The World of the Peasantry ca. 1300
4	The Black Death	Map quiz
5	The Discarded Image	First paper due
6	The Beginnings of Humanism in Fourteenth-Century Italy
7	Petrarch	Second paper due
8	Civic Humanism in Early Fifteenth-Century Italy and Beyond
9	Art and Culture in Fifteenth-Century Italy	Third paper due
10	A Visit to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University	Fourth paper due
11	Burgundy and Late Medieval Politics in the North
12	The New Monarchies and The Invasion of Italy
13	Politics Reinvented
14	Christian Humanism in the North
15	Martin Luther and the Protestant Challenge
16	The Age of Reformations	Fifth paper due
17	Sixteenth-Century Peasants I
18	Sixteenth-Century Peasants II	Sixth paper due
19	1543: The Copernican Revolution
20	1543: The Vesalian Revolution	Visit to Dibner library
21	Individual Consultations with Instructor
22	Review
23	Portuguese Expansion	Long paper due
24	Spanish Exploration
25	Spanish Conquest
26	Conclusion: The Future of the Renaissance