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Black Death

Use primary sources and visual images to discuss the impact of the plague on late medieval Europe.



Link 1

( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/famin1315a.html )
Link 2

( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.html )
Link 4

( http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/core1images/bdeath.jpg )

Peasants

Note the strips of land in the plan of the medieval manor. What does this pattern represent? Use the images from the Bruegel paintings to imagine the lives of peasants on the manor.



Link 1

( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/wedding.jpg )
Link 2

( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/harvesters.jpg )
Link 3

( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/dance.jpg )
Link 4

( http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/plan_mediaeval_manor.jpg )

Humanism

Use primary and secondary sources to define Renaissance humanism.



Link 1

( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/vergerius.html )
Link 2

( http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/humanism.html )
Link 3

( http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/REN/HUMANISM.HTM )

"Architecture reflected the new tendencies"

Compare and contrast Gothic with the Greco-Roman principles of design as used by Renaissance architects.



Link 1

( http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/grkarch.html )
Link 2

( http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/one/one.html )
Link 3

( http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/t... )
Link 4

( http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/high_gothic.html )
Link 6

( http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/romanesque_arch.html )

Machiavelli and the New monarchies

What advice does Machiavelli give to rulers? How might The Prince have led to a change in the attitude toward and image of government?



Link 1

( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/prince-excerp.html )

Luther and the Church

You are an advisor to Pope Leo X. He has asked you to read and comment on Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, in order to answer the question, "Can we live with this?" How would you answer?



Link 1

( http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/ninetyfive.txt )

Propaganda

How were visual images used to spread Reformation ideas?



Link 1

( http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/core1images/ReformationPropanganda-LuthersOpponen... )
Link 2

( http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/core1images/ReformationPropanganda-The%20WhoreofR... )
Link 3

( http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Books/luther.html )

The Council of Trent

How did the Council of Trent define "Catholic" beliefs after the Reformation?



Link 1

( http://history.hanover.edu/early/trent.htm )

Loyola and the Catholic Reformation

What do the 18 rules tell us about Loyola's response to Protestant ideas?



Link 1

( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/loyola-spirex.html )







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