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HSTEU 401 WINTER 2012
RENAISSANCE ITALY

MIDTERM WILL BE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7th in class

Course Web site: http://courses.washington.edu/hsteu401

Instructor: Mary R. O'Neil, Associate Professor
Office: Smith 212A
Office Hours: Off Hrs:Tu and Thurs 11-12
                         and by appointment
E-mail: oneilmr@u.washington.edu
Phones: 543-5790 (messages); 543-9370

Office Hours: Tu & Th 11-12 and by appointment at other times.
E-Mail: oneilmr@u.washington.edu Feel free to e-mail me with questions.
Course web page: http://courses.washington.edu/hsteu401 (let me know if links don’t work)

Books ordered at University Bookstore:

Lisa Kaborycha, A Short History of Renaissance Italy
Lauro Martines, A Renaissance Sextet
Gene Brucker, Renaissance Florence
Gene Brucker ( ed) Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence: The Diaries of Pitti and Gregorio Dati
Leon Battista Alberti, The Family in Renaissance Florence, Book III edited by Renee Neu Watkins
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince: Norton Critical Edition
                  This edition contains a selection of Machiavelli's letters and other critical essays which
               will be assigned. If you have a  different edition of The Prince, I can arrange for these
               materials to be placed on e-reserve.
Xerox packet of additional readings will be available; instructions in class.
Recommended: Boccaccio Decameron: any edition; several will be on reserve

Course Requirements:
Attendance at lectures, participation in discussion and 2 one page response papers 10%
            Response papers should be a brief, one page statement about reading assignedfor a given             day.  You may focus on any aspect of   of the assigned reading, and on a single reading.             The purpose is to raise questions about the reading.  Typed or handwritten (no pencil).
Short paper due  Tuesday January 24, on Two Memoirs of Ren Florence 20%
            Instructions for first paper will be posted on web page during first week.
            Late papers will be marked down -.1 per day overdue.
Midterm Exam Thursday February 2 th in class 20%
Longer paper: due Tuesday March 6 th in class (earlier is fine) 25%
Final exam: Friday 2:30 PM March 16 th 25%
                  Earlier exam will be scheduled,

 

 


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Contact the instructor at: oneilmr@u.washington.edu