Week of November 4th
Tuesday, Nov 6
- Read: Palmer 106-114; Ginzburg 80-95
- Lecture: Rise of Spain & the Atlantic Economy
- Workshop: Discuss Ginzburg
Thursday, Nov 8
- Read: Palmer 121-130; Ginzburg 95-110
- Lecture: Rise of England & the Dutch Republic
- Workshop: Essay Planning
Ginzburg essay prompts:
- Analyze various ways that Ginzburg uses the combination of oral culture and printed works represented in Menocchio's trial to challenge the assumptions of conventional top-down intellectual historiography.
- Analyze various ways that the humanist values of the Renaissance and Reformation influenced Menocchio's religious worldview.
- Analyze various ways that Menocchio's trial reflects the interaction of Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter Reformation projects.
