Unit I

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Handy Handouts:

Slides & student notes:

Readings: 

  • isabella-deste-reading (read all “Letters of Isabella d’Este along with the paragraph below that is signaled – READ.
  •  Dale Kent’s (Click on this) women in renaissance –  Due Mon, 9/18:  Read the “Women in the Renaissance” by Dale Kent and prepare for a quiz.  To prepare for the quiz, focus on the following:  1)  What were the laws/customs concerning women and inheritance?  2)  How were the ideas of the biblical “Eve” and the “Virgin Mary” related to the view of women during this period?  3)  In what ways was marriage a social and economic contract between families?  4)  What happened to women socially and economically upon the death of a husband?  5)  Why were both men and women preoccupied with their personal appearance?  6)  What was expected of women within the home?  7)  Based on this and the Isabella d’Este reading, how were d’Este’s experiences different from that of the average woman in Florence?  8)What social constraints limited a woman’s ability to achieve her desires?
  • Galen and Vesalius readings
  • barolome-de-las-casas-reading
  • mckay-readings
  • Student Copy Niccolo Machiavelli and The Prince

 

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copy of topic list for your convenience: Unit I Essays questions

  1. Unit I Evaluate the similarities of gender roles of women based on class
  2. Unit I  Evaluate the extent to which the Italian Renaissance differed from the Northern Renaissance  sample_leq_-_italian_and_northern_renaissance
  3. Unit I Evaluate the Impact of Exploration on Americas and Europe
  4. Unit I Evaluate the similarities among the New Monarchs
  5. Unit I Evaluate the effects of the Slave trade on European economy