| 1 | Introduction: The History of Renaissance History |  | 
| 2 | Geography, Demography, Global Trade, 1300-1600 |  | 
| 3 | The World of the Peasantry ca. 1300 |  | 
| 4 | The Black Death | Map quiz | 
| 5 | The Discarded Image | First paper due | 
| 6 | The Beginnings of Humanism in Fourteenth-Century Italy |  | 
| 7 | Petrarch | Second paper due | 
| 8 | Civic Humanism in Early Fifteenth-Century Italy and Beyond |  | 
| 9 | Art and Culture in Fifteenth-Century Italy | Third paper due | 
| 10 | A Visit to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University | Fourth paper due | 
| 11 | Burgundy and Late Medieval Politics in the North |  | 
| 12 | The New Monarchies and The Invasion of Italy |  | 
| 13 | Politics Reinvented |  | 
| 14 | Christian Humanism in the North |  | 
| 15 | Martin Luther and the Protestant Challenge |  | 
| 16 | The Age of Reformations | Fifth paper due | 
| 17 | Sixteenth-Century Peasants I |  | 
| 18 | Sixteenth-Century Peasants II | Sixth paper due | 
| 19 | 1543: The Copernican Revolution |  | 
| 20 | 1543: The Vesalian Revolution | Visit to Dibner library | 
| 21 | Individual Consultations with Instructor |  | 
| 22 | Review |  | 
| 23 | Portuguese Expansion | Long paper due | 
| 24 | Spanish Exploration |  | 
| 25 | Spanish Conquest |  | 
| 26 | Conclusion: The Future of the Renaissance |  |