Module-Renaissance Europe II (Syllabus & Reading List) 2023-24-Term 2
RS201 & RS301 ~ 'Renaissance Europe II: Arts, Culture, and Knowledge of the Renaissance' [formally Movement, Revolution, and Conflict]
Classes are on Mondays, 14:00-16:00, in room FAB1.06
Module codes are: RS201-15 (intermediate year students) and RS301-15 (final year students)i
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: Arts, Culture, and Knowledge of the Renaissance
Week 1: Medicine in the Renaissance [Caroline Petit]
Week 2: Travel in the Renaissance [Mathilde Alain]
Week 3: Renaissance Painting and Material Culture [Maialen Maugars]
Week 4: Ecclesiastical Parody: Blasphemy or Piety? [Daria Akhapkina]
Week 5: Architecture and the Arts in Italy c.1400-c.1500 [Livia Lupi]
Week 6: Reading Week (no class)
Week 7: Renaissance Drama: Spain [Rich Rabone]
Week 8: Renaissance Drama: England [Teresa Grant]
Week 9: Intelligence and Espionage in the Early Modern Period [Ioanna Iordanou] Reading list here.
Week 10: Religion and Identity in the Reformation Era: The English Case [Peter Marshall]. Reading list here.
Essay deadline: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
The word limits are 3,500 (for RS201) and 4,000-4,500 (for RS301).