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- The calamities that occurred in the fourteenth century and the impact they had on society and culture
- To recognize visually Late Gothic art and architecture and to identify their leading characteristics
- To understand the foundations of the modern world that were laid in this period
- To trace the decline of the papacy from its pinnacle of power and prestige in 1200 to its nadir during the Great Schism, ended in 1417
- The lay movements and heresies that arose at the same time as the decline in the prestige and power of the papacy
- The theological struggle between the via antiqua and the via moderna and its outcome
- The significant developments in Late Medieval science
- The highlights of Late Medieval literature, especially the writings of Petrarch, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Christine de Pizan
- Giotto's achievements and their significance for later painters
- The contributions of the Flemish painters
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