Study Group Details
724: Italian Renaissance Men and Women with Power
Monday10:00 - 11:50
Starting March 02
Greek Orthodox Church
We will discuss powerful movers and shakers of the Italian Renaissance -- Lorenzo the Magnificent (Medici of Florence), Pope Alexander VI, his son Caesar Borgia, his daughter Lucrezia Borgia, Isabella d'Este of Mantua and Ferrara, Machiavelli, Castiglione (The Courtier), and others. Our purpose will be to get insight and understanding of city-state politics and culture of the Italian Renaissance golden age from 1450 to the sack of Rome in 1527. As we examine city-states and individuals, we will explore newly developing individualism, humanism, religion, and rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman history and literature: Lots of reading, lots of discussion.
This study group is
Class Type: Discussion
Class Format: TBA
Hours of Reading: 2 hrs/week
Study Group Leader(s):
Markley Roberts
Markley Roberts, a Ph.D. economist, has long-standing interests in history and politics. Classes he has led at OLLI include: The Making of the U.S. Constitution, International Human Rights, and Renaissance Florence.
Reading List
The Italian Renaissance (J.H. Plumb) | Required
The Renaissance (Will Durant) | Required