Primary Sources

(1) Assigned readings, in their chronological order:

Pope Innocent III, “On the Misery of the Human Condition” (1190-98)

Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctum (1302), Clericos Laicos (1296)

Petrarch (1304-1374), Three Sonnets

Boccaccio (1313-1375), Fra Alberto’s Tale

Bruni (1370-1444), “Letter to an Illustrious Lady”

Erasmus (1466-1536), In Praise of Folly

Machiavelli (1469-1527), The Prince

More (1478-1535), Utopia

(2) Readings for the papers:

John of Salisbury (1120-1180), Policraticus

Erasmus (1466-1536), Two Colloquys

Castiglione (1478-1529), Book of the Courtier

Rabelais (1495-1553), Gargantua and Pantagruel

Secondary Historical Materials:

R.R. Palmer and Joel Colton, excerpts from A History of the Modern World

Philip Bobbitt, excerpt from Shield of Achilles

Charles Nauert, excerpt from Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe

Christopher Dawson, excerpt from The Dividing of Christendom

Skip Knox, excerpt (first few pages) from lecture on the Renaissance

Michael Wood, videos from Art of the Western World