HSTEU410                RENAISSANCE ITALY                                Prof. Mary O’Neil
Spring 2007                  Preliminary Syllabus                                  Office Smith 212A

Office Hours: Tu & Th 11-12 and by appointment at other times.
E-Mail: oneilmr@u.washington.edu
Course web page: http://courses.washington.edu/hsteu401

Books ordered at University Bookstore:

Lauro Martines, Power and Imagination  City States in Renaissance Italy
Lauro Martines, A Renaissance Sextet
Gene Brucker, Renaissance Florence
Gene Brucker (ed) Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence: The Diaries of
                             Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati
Leon Battista Alberti, The Family in Renaissance Florence: Book Three,
        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.

Recommended: Boccaccio Decameron: any edition

Xerox packet of additional readings is available at
                  Professional Copy & Print, 42cd and University Ave

Course Requirements:

Attendance at lectures and 3 one page response papers 10%
            Response papers should be a brief, one page statement about
             reading assigned for 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 April 17^th, 20%
            Instructions for first paper are included with syllabus 
            Late papers will be marked down -.1 per day overdue.

Midterm Exam Thursday April 26^th in class

Longer paper: due Tuesday May 29^th in class

Final exam: Friday 2:30 PM June 8^th
                  Earlier exam will be schedule for Monday June 4^th at 2:30 PM

Schedule of lectures and readings:  Readings listed for a specific day should be
                     done before the lecture for that day.

Wk I: Introduction:

Tu 3/27      Was there a Renaissance?  1) Jakob Burckhardt and the Medievalists
                             2) Dante, medieval Italy & the origins of the Italian Renaissance

Th 3/29    The Rise of the Communes to the 14^th Century
                 Slides: Architecture in Dante's Florence: Baptistery, Campanile, Bargello   
                 Reading:  Martines, Power & Imagination, Chap. 1-IV, pp. 7-60
                                 Opening chapters of Martines are slow going, but lectures will
                                 clarify the central issues. Read for general patterns, not specifics.
Wk II

Tu 4/3       Career of Dante (cont.d) and Slides of Giotto da Bondone
                  The Black Plague of 1348: Economic & Social Effects
                  Career of Giovanni Boccaccio                                       
                  Reading:  Boccacio, Preface to the Decameron on Plague in Florence
                         Available on line at:
                            http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.html
                            Martines, Power Chap VI-VII, pp. 61-110

Th 4/5     Florentine & Venetian Republics:  Aristocrats, merchants, office holders
                Reading: David Herlihy, Article on Family, pp. 1-13 in Xerox packet
                                Martines, Power, Chap X, pp. 162-190
                                Brucker, Renaissance Florence, Chap. 2, The Economy, pp. 51-88               
**         In class discussion: Diary of Gregorio Dati, ppp. 107-141 in
                                Gene Brucker, Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence

Wk III   Reading:  Martines, Power, Ch VIII-!X, “Politics,” “Oligarchy, pp. 111-161

Tu 4/10    14^th C: Republics vs signorie or despotisms: Milan, Venice, Siena
                 SLIDES: Venice and Siena: Lorenzetti, Allegories of Good & Bad Govt
    **          In class discussion of: Diary of Buonaccorso Pitti, in
                               Brucker Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence

Th 4/12   Office holding: citizen ambition in the republic
                      In class discussion Martines, Ren Sextet, Ch. 4, Bianco Alfani  
               Petrarch and the origins of Italian humanism
**                      In class discussion of Petrarch selections in Xerox packet:
                                                           Letters & Ascent of Mt. Ventoux              

Tu 4/17    First short paper due Tuesday 4/17 at lecture *

Wk IV     READING:      Martines, Power, Ch XI, Humanism, pp. 191-217
                                       Brucker, Ren Florence, Ch 1, 1-50, Ch 4, pp. 128-171
                                        Xerox Packet, Vespasiano, Lives of Cosimo & Strozzi

Tu 4/17      Florence before the Medici: Ciompi Revolt 1378 to War with Milan 1402
                                                               Civic Humanism: Salutati & Bruni
                   Slides: Early 15^th C. Art & Architecture in Florence: Massaccio, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi

Midterm Review Sheet available on Thursday 4/19

Th 4/19      Cosimo di Medici: Politics & Patronage
                   Slides:  Medici building and art projects: Gozzoli frescoes
                  Reading: Brucker, Ren Florence, Ch 6, Culture, pp. 213-255
    **            In class discussion:  Xerox packet -- Vespasiano, Lives of Cosimo & Strozzi

Wk V         Reading for Midterm:  Gordon Griffiths, “The Italian City State, “  in xerox packet

Tu 4/24         The Medici (cont): Piero di Cosimo, il Gottoso (1464- 1469) 
                      Women in Florence: Alessandra Strozzi and her exiled family
                           In-class disscussion:   Documents on women
                               Coluccio Salutati, Declamation of Lucretia (with Livy’s version in xerox packet)
                               Letters of Alessandra Strozzi: in  Xerox packet:
                               Riciarda by Giovanni Gheradi, in Martines, Ren Sextet, Ch 1, pp. 19-35

Th 4/26         MIDTERM EXAM IN CLASS: (bring bluebooks)
                      Choice of ID’s, one essay topic
                       Midterm Review Sheet available on Thursday 4/19

Reading for Midterm: Martines, Power & Imagination Chap. I-XI, pp. 1-217
                        Brucker, Ren Flor, Ch 1-4, pp 51-171, Ch 6 pp. 213-255
                        Xerox Packet: Gordon Griffiths article on city states
                           Selections from Petrarch, Salutati on Lucretia,
                            David Herlihy, "Family in Renaissance Florence"
                            Strozzi letters, Biography of Cosimo
                           Gene Brucker, Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence

            Topics: Rise of the Italian city states through 15th C    (republics/tyrannies)
                        Humanism: Petrarch, & Civic Humanism (Salutati, Bruni)
                       Economy/Society: Family structure, Plague, Aristocrats vs Merchants

Wk VI            Lorenzo the Magnificent; SLIDES: Leonardo da Vinci              
Tu 5/6            Reading: Brucker Ren Florence Ch 7, pp. 256-280
                      In-class discussion:  Social Hierarchies and Urban Rivalries
                     Martines, Ren Sextet, Ch 2, Scopone by Gentile Sermini, pp. 39-68
                                       and    Ch 5, Giacopo, by Lorenzo dei Medici, pp. 141-167                                                                                        

Th 5/8             Renaissance Individualism?  Humanism Self Fashioning versus Group Identity
                        Reading:  Brucker Ren Florence Ch 5, pp. 172-212
                        In-class discussion:
                         Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, On the Dignity of Man in Xerox packet
                         Antonio Manetti, The Fat Woodcarver, in Martines, Ren Sextet, Ch 6, pp. 171-241

Wk VII
Tu 5/8               Family in Renaissance Florence 
                         SLIDES: Images of Women in Renaissance Art
**                      Reading: David Herlihy, The Family in Renaissance Florence ( in xerox packet)
                            In class discussion:  Leon Battista Alberti, On the Family, Book 3
                            Boccaccio, Decameron, Nastagio degli Onesti, Day 5, 8^th story (link on web site)
                                     “               “            Griselda, Day 10, 10^th story (in Xerox packet)

Th 5/10            Savonarola,  the Republic of 1494 and Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope
                        Reading:  Martines, Power & Imagination, Ch XIV, pp. 277-296
    **                  In class discussion:   (Letters are also in xerox packet)
                          Machiavelli as Diplomat, Letters from Camp of Cesare Borgia, Adams, pp 75-88                                                            

Wk VIII              1497-1512:  Machiavelli, the Florentine Republic and Medici Restoration

Tu 5/15    **      Political theory from Augustine to the Humanists:
                          In class discussion:  The Prince, Part I, Ch 1-13, pp 4-40 in Adams edition

Th 5/17    **      The European Context of Italian Wars: 1494-1530
                         In class discussion:  The Prince, Part II, Ch 14- 26, pp 40-72 in Adams edition

Wk IX              From Florence to Rome: 
Tu 5/22            Julius II, the Warrior Pope:   SLIDES: Michelangelo and Raphael
                       Reading:  Martines, Power & Imag, Ch XIII, Art Alliance with Power pp. 241-276
                        In class discussion:  Selections of Mach’s Discourses on Livy, Adams pp 89-188
                             Machiavelli’s Private Letters, Adams, pp 123-131 (also in xerox packet)
                                                            
Th 5/24             Princely Courts:  Mantua and Urbino; Castiglione’s The Courtier
                         Reading:  Martines, Power & Imag, Ch XII Princely Courts pp. 218-240
                        In class discussion:  Giovanni della Casa, Galateo (in xerox packet)

TUES MAY 29: SECOND LONGER PAPER DUE AT LECTURE.  (EARLIER IF POSSIBLE)

Wk X Tu 5/29   Rome: Medici Popes – Leo X and Clement VII
                                     The Sack of Rome 1527

Th 5/31            Rome and Italy after 1530  SLIDES: 16^th C. Rome – the City after the Sack
                        In class discussion: Review for final     

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE: class will be consulted on this schedule

Early final Friday June 1, time and place to be announced

Regular final, Friday June 8, PAA 114, 2:30-4:20 PM