Module-Renaissance Europe I (Syllabus & Reading list) 2023-24-Term 1
RS200 & RS300 ~ 'Renaissance Europe I: Origins, Traditions and Society of the Renaissance' [formally Foundations and Forms]
All classes will take place on Mondays, 14:00-16:00, room FAB1.11, except week 10 which is on Thursday, in the Modern Records Centre teaching room
Module codes are: RS200-15 (intermediate year students) and RS300-15 (final year students)
Assessment method is 100% essay. Yr 2 students-1 x 3500-word essay chosen from a list of given titles; Yr 3 students-1 x 4000–4500 word essay, on a freely chosen topic determined in consultation with the module convenors and/or tutors.
THEME: Origins, Traditions and Society of the Renaissance
Week 1: Introduction [Tom Pert and Floris Verhaart] Module description, aims & assessment
Week 2: The Classical Inheritance of the Renaissance [Floris Verhaart] Full reading list HERE.
Week 3: The Christian Tradition [Sergei Zotov] Full reading list HERE.
Week 4: Violence in the Renaissance [Sophie Hartles] Full reading list HERE.
Week 5: An Age of Empires, Monarchies and Republics [Tom Pert]. Full reading list HERE.
Week 6: Reading Week (no class)
Week 7: Gender, Sexuality and the Renaissance [Floris Verhaart] Full reading list HERE.
Week 8: Refugees and Migration in Renaissance Europe [Tom Pert] Full reading list HERE.
Week 9: Jesuit Missionaries and Early Modern Science in Eurasia [Xiaona Wang] Full reading list HERE.
Week 10: Booksellers, Students, and Academics: A Social History of Knowledge in the Renaissance [Floris Verhaart]
Full reading list HERE. This class will be taught on Thursday, in the Modern Records Centre teaching room, 2-4pm
Link to full reading list via Warwick library, here
Essay deadline: Tuesday 9th January 2024
The word limits are 3,500 (for RS200) and 4,000-4,500 (for RS300).