| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: The History of Renaissance History | |
| 2 | Geography, Demography, Global Trade, 1300-1600 | |
| 3 | The World of the Peasantry ca. 1300 | |
| 4 | The Black Death | Map quiz |
| 5 | The Discarded Image | First paper due |
| 6 | The Beginnings of Humanism in Fourteenth-Century Italy | |
| 7 | Petrarch | Second paper due |
| 8 | Civic Humanism in Early Fifteenth-Century Italy and Beyond | |
| 9 | Art and Culture in Fifteenth-Century Italy | Third paper due |
| 10 | A Visit to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University | Fourth paper due |
| 11 | Burgundy and Late Medieval Politics in the North | |
| 12 | The New Monarchies and The Invasion of Italy | |
| 13 | Politics Reinvented | |
| 14 | Christian Humanism in the North | |
| 15 | Martin Luther and the Protestant Challenge | |
| 16 | The Age of Reformations | Fifth paper due |
| 17 | Sixteenth-Century Peasants I | |
| 18 | Sixteenth-Century Peasants II | Sixth paper due |
| 19 | 1543: The Copernican Revolution | |
| 20 | 1543: The Vesalian Revolution | Visit to Dibner library |
| 21 | Individual Consultations with Instructor | |
| 22 | Review | |
| 23 | Portuguese Expansion | Long paper due |
| 24 | Spanish Exploration | |
| 25 | Spanish Conquest | |
| 26 | Conclusion: The Future of the Renaissance |