Weeks 1-2 (20 & 27 Jan): Erasmus

Erasmus, letter on a visit to the court of Henry VIII

Weeks 3-4 (3 & 10 Feb): Views on classical Latinity

Erasmus, Abattis et eruditae

Erasmus, Ciceronianus 

Valla, Elegantiae

Weeks 5-6 (17 and 24 Feb): Engagement with classical models - history

Bruni, Memoirs (Attack on Arezzo)

Week 7 (3 March): Engagement with classical models – philosophy

Bruni, Introduction to Latin version of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

Weeks 8-9 (10 & 17 March): Engagement with classical models – verse

Angela Nogarola, cento

Maffeo Vegio, continuation of Aeneid XII