Week four Assignments:
Monday 22 september
Test on Reformation will be distributed to you
Tuesday 23: watch the documentaries below on Luther, Calvin and Council of Trent. Take notes.
Wednesday 24 March: Write an open ended essay on the following Topic: Was Martin Luther a Revolutionary, a Reformer or a Irresponsible Manipulator who betrayed his followers?
Thursday 25: Work in class on your Document Based Essay on Machiavelli.
Friday 26: Finish Working on your Machiavelli essay.
Monday: 29. See the video on the Council of trent and take notes. Read ch. on Reformation in Merriman textbook.
Tuesday 30:
Test on Reformation to be distributed in class
Reformation Two: REFORMATION AND COUNTERREFORMATION:
Origins of Reformation:
· the schism of the 14th century, the Avignon Papacy, Yan Hus movement, ideas of Erasmus, the reform commission of Pope Alexander VI.
The Critics:
· Martin Luther, his life, ideas, accomplishments and failures: the 93 thesis, The Pope’s response, the Diet of Worms, Peasant War in Germany, the basic tenets of Lutheranism, the Peace of Augsburg.
· John Calvin: his teaching, his rule in Geneva and his followers in France, Low countries, Central Europe and Scotland.
· Zwingli, Anabaptists, Puritans and other Protestant communities and their values.
Reformation in England.
· Henry VIII and the Act of Supremacy, Elizabethan religious policy; Catholics and Protestants’ uneasy relationship in England, Scotland and |Ireland in the 16th century.
Catholic Counter-reformation,
· Council of Trent, Ignatius Loyola and militant Catholicism, anti-Semitism and Inquisition.
Questions for discussion: Why did Savonarola’s fiery speeches did not lead to Reformation and Martin Luther’s 93 theses did? Why was there no powerful reformation movement in Italy and Spain? Was English Reformation a royal act or a genuine popular movement?
Open ended essay topics:
· Discuss the attitude to state authority by various Protestant teachings and movements.
· Assess the ways in which women participated in Renaissance and Reformation:
Debate propositions: Reformation is a Reaction against Renaissance, a rebellion against the cult of human body, quest for luxury, joy, celebration and power.
Reformation is a continuation of Renaissance. It is an application of Reason to Religion in quest for morality, faith and order.
Monday 22 september
Test on Reformation will be distributed to you
Tuesday 23: watch the documentaries below on Luther, Calvin and Council of Trent. Take notes.
Wednesday 24 March: Write an open ended essay on the following Topic: Was Martin Luther a Revolutionary, a Reformer or a Irresponsible Manipulator who betrayed his followers?
Thursday 25: Work in class on your Document Based Essay on Machiavelli.
Friday 26: Finish Working on your Machiavelli essay.
Monday: 29. See the video on the Council of trent and take notes. Read ch. on Reformation in Merriman textbook.
Tuesday 30:
Test on Reformation to be distributed in class
Reformation Two: REFORMATION AND COUNTERREFORMATION:
Origins of Reformation:
· the schism of the 14th century, the Avignon Papacy, Yan Hus movement, ideas of Erasmus, the reform commission of Pope Alexander VI.
The Critics:
· Martin Luther, his life, ideas, accomplishments and failures: the 93 thesis, The Pope’s response, the Diet of Worms, Peasant War in Germany, the basic tenets of Lutheranism, the Peace of Augsburg.
· John Calvin: his teaching, his rule in Geneva and his followers in France, Low countries, Central Europe and Scotland.
· Zwingli, Anabaptists, Puritans and other Protestant communities and their values.
Reformation in England.
· Henry VIII and the Act of Supremacy, Elizabethan religious policy; Catholics and Protestants’ uneasy relationship in England, Scotland and |Ireland in the 16th century.
Catholic Counter-reformation,
· Council of Trent, Ignatius Loyola and militant Catholicism, anti-Semitism and Inquisition.
Questions for discussion: Why did Savonarola’s fiery speeches did not lead to Reformation and Martin Luther’s 93 theses did? Why was there no powerful reformation movement in Italy and Spain? Was English Reformation a royal act or a genuine popular movement?
Open ended essay topics:
· Discuss the attitude to state authority by various Protestant teachings and movements.
· Assess the ways in which women participated in Renaissance and Reformation:
Debate propositions: Reformation is a Reaction against Renaissance, a rebellion against the cult of human body, quest for luxury, joy, celebration and power.
Reformation is a continuation of Renaissance. It is an application of Reason to Religion in quest for morality, faith and order.
Week three:
Assignment: Write a document based essay on The Prince Machiavelli. You have to treat the book as 27 documents, group them compare and contrast them and have a thesis.
Assignment 2. Prepare for the debate on the nature and consequences of Renaissance.
Presentations: Karim, Soulaimane and Mehdi make presentations of the Renaissance Popes.
Homework: During the first and second week, read the required chapters, see the documentary on the Medici, and a documentary on Savanarola read speeches by Savonarola and read at least two chapters from the Prince.
Unit One: RENAISSANCE:
1. Economic political and cultural origins of Renaissance.
· Italians city states: republic, oligarchy, dictatorship (Florence, Sienna, Pisa, Venice, Milan and Papal Rome); Great patrons of art: rulers, Popes and merchants, the Medici clan.
· Fundamentals of new art: human body and soul, feeling, perspective, motherhood, beauty, God and Man; Botticelli, Giotto, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian, Veronese.
2. Culture of Renaissance:
· shape of cities, dress, behavior codes, women’s roles, lifestyles, architecture;
· France, Spain and division of Italy: Charles V, the sacking of Rome and decline of Renaissance.
Questions for discussion: Papacy |Religion and Art in Renaissance Italy.
Essays: Compare and contrast “David”| by |Michelangelo and Raphael’s Christ giving keys to St.Peter” in terms of their projection of Renaissance values.
Student presentation in class: The Music of Renaissance; The Medici clan: their politics, religion, patronage.
Debate two propositions: 1. Renaissance is a celebration of Man and Life and in that sense a rejection of obedience, subservience, chastity and poverty. i.e. the Christian values. Renaissance is a rebellion against Christianity.
2. Renaissance is a celebration of Humanity and Humanism, elevation of Human creativity and spirit in the name of Christian values of love, devotion and family which led to religious awakening and search for truth in the Scripture.
Textbook: Merriman, chap.2, Coffin and Stacey, chap.12
Primary Sources Reading:
· Niccolo Machiavelli: The Prince (1508), translated 1908, Literature Network On Line, http://www.online-literature.com/machiavelli/prince/ (1.02.2012)
· Francis Petrarch, “On the Nature of Poetry,” in: Familiar Letters, From James Harvey Robinson, ed. and trans. Petrarch: The First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1898) Internet Modern History Sourcebook, http://history.hanover.edu/texts/petrarch/pet13.html (5.02.2012)
· Girolamo Savonarola: on his defense , see: Charles Spurgeon – “The Sword and the Trowel -April,” God Rules.net: http://www.godrules.net/library/spurgeon/NEW9spurgeon_b16.htm (5.02.2012)
Visual sources: paintings of major artists: Botticelli: Birth of Venice, Three Graces; Raphael: School of Athens; Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel murals; Leonardo Da Vinci: The Last Supper, in: Les Grande Peintres: http://www.grandspeintres.com/
Video Sources:
· PBS, The Medici, Godfathers of Renaissance, in: Cosmolearning, a free educational website for students and teachers http://www.cosmolearning.com/videos/the-medici-ep-1-birth-of-a-dynasty/ (6.02.2012)
· BBC, Leonardo Da Vinci (2003) Cosmolearning http://www.cosmolearning.com/documentaries/leonardo-da-vinci/
Unit One: RENAISSANCE:
1. Economic political and cultural origins of Renaissance.
· Italians city states: republic, oligarchy, dictatorship (Florence, Sienna, Pisa, Venice, Milan and Papal Rome); Great patrons of art: rulers, Popes and merchants, the Medici clan.
· Fundamentals of new art: human body and soul, feeling, perspective, motherhood, beauty, God and Man; Botticelli, Giotto, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian, Veronese.
2. Culture of Renaissance:
· shape of cities, dress, behavior codes, women’s roles, lifestyles, architecture;
- Patriots, critics and rebels: Castiglione, Machiavelli, Savonarola.
· France, Spain and division of Italy: Charles V, the sacking of Rome and decline of Renaissance.
Questions for discussion: Papacy |Religion and Art in Renaissance Italy.
Essays: Compare and contrast “David”| by |Michelangelo and Raphael’s Christ giving keys to St.Peter” in terms of their projection of Renaissance values.
Student presentation in class: The Music of Renaissance; The Medici clan: their politics, religion, patronage.
Debate two propositions: 1. Renaissance is a celebration of Man and Life and in that sense a rejection of obedience, subservience, chastity and poverty. i.e. the Christian values. Renaissance is a rebellion against Christianity.
2. Renaissance is a celebration of Humanity and Humanism, elevation of Human creativity and spirit in the name of Christian values of love, devotion and family which led to religious awakening and search for truth in the Scripture.
Textbook: Merriman, chap.2, Coffin and Stacey, chap.12
Primary Sources Reading:
· Niccolo Machiavelli: The Prince (1508), translated 1908, Literature Network On Line, http://www.online-literature.com/machiavelli/prince/ (1.02.2012)
· Francis Petrarch, “On the Nature of Poetry,” in: Familiar Letters, From James Harvey Robinson, ed. and trans. Petrarch: The First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1898) Internet Modern History Sourcebook, http://history.hanover.edu/texts/petrarch/pet13.html (5.02.2012)
· Girolamo Savonarola: on his defense , see: Charles Spurgeon – “The Sword and the Trowel -April,” God Rules.net: http://www.godrules.net/library/spurgeon/NEW9spurgeon_b16.htm (5.02.2012)
Visual sources: paintings of major artists: Botticelli: Birth of Venice, Three Graces; Raphael: School of Athens; Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel murals; Leonardo Da Vinci: The Last Supper, in: Les Grande Peintres: http://www.grandspeintres.com/
Video Sources:
· PBS, The Medici, Godfathers of Renaissance, in: Cosmolearning, a free educational website for students and teachers http://www.cosmolearning.com/videos/the-medici-ep-1-birth-of-a-dynasty/ (6.02.2012)
· BBC, Leonardo Da Vinci (2003) Cosmolearning http://www.cosmolearning.com/documentaries/leonardo-da-vinci/