PIPT 314 Age of the Medici: 1375-1500

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course

A study of Florence in the Renaissance in the context of other Italian city-states. Covering the period from the republican regime at the end of the 14th century to the Medici’s assumption of power as dukes, the course examines the pursuit of humanistic studies that sustained the republican ideology of that society; Florence’s political and societal evolution from a republic to an autocratic regime; the flourishing arts and sciences, particularly under the rule of the Medici. It also investigates why, at that time, the city enjoyed an exceptional burst of intellectual and artistic creativity despite the erosion of political freedom. In the course we make use of primary sources and modern scholarship.

Prerequisites LACR*210 or one HUMS course

This course is not repeatable for credit.