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I Literacy and Vernacular Languages [WEB:The History of Printing ]
  1. Humanist Education [TXT: Petrus Paulus Vergerius: The New Education (c. 1400)]
    1. Petrarch [TXT: Francesco Petrarch 1304-1374 Letter to Posterity][TXT:The Ascent of Mount Ventoux ]

II Literature [WEB:British Library: Turning the Pages – enables you to look directly at 15 great manuscripts]
  1. England [WEB:Luminarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature]
    1. Piers Plowman [WEB:Luminarium: William Langland]
    2. Chaucer [TXT: Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340-1400): Canterbury Tales: The Prologue ]
  2. Christine de Pizan

III Art and Architecture [WEB: WebMuseum: Renaissance][TXT: [Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574): Lives of the Artists]
  1. Architecture
  2. Painting [Jan van Eyck. Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami (The Arnolfini Marriage). 1434. Tempera on wood. The National Gallery, London]

IV Philosophy
  1. Humanism [TXT: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-94). Oration on the Dignity of Man]
  2. Nominalism [WEB:William of Ockham: Dialogus]
  3. Platonism

V Political Thought
  1. Marsilius [TXT: Marsiglio of Padua (d.1343): Defensor Pacis: Selections from Text 1324]
  2. Machiavelli [TXT: Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Prince, 1513][IMG Machiavelli]





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