HI 315 - The Renaissance

From 1300-1550 Europe experienced a period of great creativity and innovation in the arts, literature and politics. We will begin the course by looking at the birth of the Renaissance in the Italian city states and follow the spread of this cultural movement into France and England. Among the topics we will discuss: society and politics in Florence and Venice, artists and their patrons, women and family life, statecraft and Machiavelli, Thomas More’s Utopia and Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus.

Note: Meets the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)

Four credits.