Renaissance To Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
2	The Discarded Image
3	Italian Humanism Before 1500
4	Before and After Gutenberg Rare Books In-class Visit Stephen Skuce, Program Manager for Rare Books, MIT Libraries
5	Making Books Screening Avi Michael. “Chancery Papermaking.” May 28, 2013. YouTube. “The Making of a Renaissance Book” dvd. 1969. Rare Book School.	First 1250–word paper due
6	Catholic Renewal
7	In-Class Writing Workshop
8	Protestant Revolution
9	The Radical Reformation	First 1250–word paper rewrite due
10	Religion and Print Rare Books In-class Visit Stephen Skuce, Program Manager for Rare Books, MIT Libraries
11	Menocchio’s Reading Strategies
12	Skepticism, The Occult, and Science in the Late Sixteenth Century
13	The Cartesian Method
14	Overview of the English Civil War and Interregnum, 1640–1660
15	The Varieties of Religion in Seventeenth-Century England
16	Seventeenth-Century English Natural Philosophy
17	Print Culture and Millenarianism in Seventeenth-Century England	Prospectus for 2500–word paper due
18	Newton and Newtonianism	2500–word paper due
19	Debate I
20	Debate II
21	The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert: Content
22	The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert: Diffusion and Debate
23	Natural Philosophy and the French Revolution: The Case of the Meter
24	Conclusion	Final 1250–word paper due