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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : History
131-232/332 Renaissance Florence |
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Credit Points: | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year | |
Coordinator: | Mr I Robertson | |
Timetable: | Semester 1 | |
Contact: | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week | |
Subject Description: | This subject examines the social, political and cultural history of Florence from 1282 to 1530: surviving republicanism in an age of despotism. On completion of the subject students should: have a rounded picture of a particular past social and cultural context which has left a profound impact upon European culture of the succeeding centuries up to our own; be able to reflect on the nature of the various forms of human association in that society, and the relationship between them and ideas of 'community', 'government' and 'state'; be able to reflect on the nature and role of both verbal and visual rhetoric in expressing and consolidating ideas of social order, both this-worldly and other-worldly. | |
Assessment: | Written work not exceeding 5000 words. | |
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