HISTORY: Renaissance ItalyWritten examination

Friday 11 November 2011 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

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SECTION A – Question 1–continued

Question 1Explainhowgeographicfeaturesshapedeconomicactivityindifferenttypesofcity-states.Refertoatleastonerepublicanandonenon-republicancity-state.

SECTION A

Instructions for Section AAnswerboth questionsinthespacesprovided.BothquestionsfocusonUnit3Outcome1:TheItalianPeninsulaandtheRenaissance.

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Question 2ExplainthewaysinwhichtheinvestmentofbothpublicandprivatepatronscontributedtothegrowthanddevelopmentofRenaissanceartandarchitecture.

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Source 1

...Thus,everyyeareverytwomonthsattheaforesaidtimetheelectionofthePriorsistoproceedinthiswayandform,whichhenceforthistobeobserved...NoonecaninanywayandmannerbeelectedtothePriorate1:fromtheHeadsofthetwelveGuildsorfromthe“goodmen”makingthenominations.. .whohasbeenamemberofthePriorateatanytimeduringthelasttwoyears;orwhodoesnotcontinuallyply2histradeorwhoisnotinscribedinthematriculation3bookofoneoftheGuildsofthecityofFlorence;orwhoisaknight.NorcanthereeverbeelectedtwoormorePriorsfromoneandthesameGuild.AndifthereisanelectionofanyPriorwhichcontravenestheserules,itisnullandvoid...

Itisprovidedandordainedthatifanymagnates4whosoeveroftheCityandDistrictofFlorenceshould...killorhavekilledorwoundorhavewoundedanycommoner(popolano)oftheCityandDistrictsothat...deathshouldensue,thentheLordPodestàshouldcondemnthemagnate,whodidorcausedtohavedonesuchacrime,todeathbybeheading...AndmoreoverthePodestàisheldandoughttoconfiscateandhaveconfiscatedallthepropertyofsuchcriminals...IfindeedanyMagnateshouldwoundormaketowound...withanykindofweaponorswordanycommoneroftheCityorDistrictofFlorence...thePodestàshouldcondemnhimtoafineof2,000lire.Ifthecriminaldoesnotpaythefine,withintendaysfromthedayofthesentence,hisrighthandshouldbeamputated...

‘TheOrdinancesofJusticeofFlorence,July1295’,fromGSalvemini,Magnati e popolani a Firenze, 1280–1295(Florence,1899),Appendix,translatedbyBGKohl,pp.140–142

Source 2

Thepresenceamongthemagnatesofsomuchoftheeconomicelitemakesitimpossibletoargue,asmanyhave,thattheOrdinancesmarktherisetopowerofthecapitalistelitethathadbeenpushingolder“feudal”familiesfromthecentersofpower.Behindthepopulargovernmentof1293–5werethenon-eliteguildsmenwhoviewedwithsuspiciontheentireelite(oldandnew,GuelfandGhibelline5,bankersandlandowners).Tohaveattemptedtorelegate6theentireelitetomagnatestatuswouldofcoursehaveprovokedanupper-classrevolt.Whatthepopolodidinstead(andthishadtohavebeenplanned)wastosplittheelitebetweenmagnatesandnon-magnates.Punishingcertainfamiliesservedasawarningtoothers...

JMNajemy,A History of Florence 1200–1575,Malden,MA,BlackwellPublishing,2006,p.86

1Priorate–theninemagistratesoftheSignoria2ply–toworkat3matriculation–inFlorence,uponyourmatriculationyouwereregardedasafullguildmember4magnate–amemberoftheelite,bannedfromallgovernmentpositions5GuelfandGhibelline–politicalfactions6relegate–tomovetoalowerstatus

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BExaminethefollowingwrittenmaterialandanswerallfive questionsinthespacesprovided.AllquestionsfocusonUnit3Outcome2:RenaissanceFlorence.

inMajorProblemsintheHistoryoftheItalianRenaissance,editedbyBenjaminG.KohlandAndrewsSmith,reproducedwithpermissionfromWileyPublishers,US

reproducedwithpermissionfromWileyPublishers,UK

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Question 1Accordingto‘TheOrdinancesofJustice’,whatwastheessentialconditionforelectiontooffice?

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Question 2Accordingto‘TheOrdinancesofJustice’,whatweretwodifferentrestrictionsonwhocouldbeelectedtooffice?

2marks

Question 3AccordingtoNajemy,whydidthepopoloplacearangeofsevererestrictionsonmagnates?

1mark

Question 4Fromyourownknowledge,explaintwochangestothedistributionofpowerduringthe14thcenturyinFlorence.

6marks

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Question 5Towhatextentwas15thcenturyFlorencestillaguild-basedrepublicunderLorenzodeMedici?Usebothprimaryandsecondarysourcestosupportyourresponse.

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SECTION C

Instructions for Section CChooseoneofthefollowingessaytopicswhichfocusonUnit4Outcome1:SocialLifeinRenaissanceItaly.

Question 1

Florence‘Youcanseeateveryturnthebenefitsyouderivefromhavingagoodname,agoodreputation.Buttheyarefewcomparedtothoseyoudonotsee.Thesecomeoftheirownaccord,withoutyourknowingthecause,broughtaboutbythatgoodopinionpeoplehaveofyou.Itwassaidmostwisely:agoodnameisworthmorethangreatriches.’

FrancescoGuicciardini,Maxims and Reflections of a Renaissance Statesman,trans.MarioDomandi, NewYork:Harper&Row,1965,p.81

TowhatextentwereFlorentinesocialstructuresshapedbythedesirefora‘goodname’?20marks

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Question 2

Venice‘Inpractice,thelong-livedstabilityoftheVenetiangovernmentrestedontheattentionitsrulersgavetobothspecialinterestsandthegeneralwelfareofthebelovedcity.’

FCLane,Venice: A Maritime Republic,Baltimore:TheJohnHopkinsUniversityPress,1973,p.273

TowhatextentdidVenetiansocialstructuresbalanceboththe‘specialinterests’andthe‘generalwelfare’ofthecity’sinhabitants?

20marks

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Bonifaziode′Pitati,God the Father above the Piazza San Marco,1540s,middlepanelofatriptychoftheAnnunciation,VeniceTheworkoriginallyhunginthePalazzodeiCamerlenghiintheofficesoftheMagistratodegliImprestidi,thestateloanoffice.

Question 1IdentifyfouraspectsoftheMythofVeniceinthisimage.

4marks

SECTION D

Instructions for Section DRemovetheinsertfromthecentreofthisbookbeforeansweringthissection.Answerthefollowingthree questionsinresponsetothevisualrepresentation.AllquestionsfocusonUnit4Outcome2:RenaissanceVenice.

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Question 2Usingtheimageandyourownknowledge,explainhowtheVenetianGovernmentusedthePiazzaSanMarcotopromoteunityandmaintaincontrol.

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Question 3Bonifaziode′Pitatidepictsaserenerepublic.HowdidtheVenetianStatemaintainaperceptionofthecityasLa Serenissimaduringthecrisesofthe15thand16thcenturies?Inyouranswer,drawonothervisualandwrittenprimarysources,aswellassecondarytextsbyhistorians.

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Bonifazio de Pitati, God the Father above the Piazza San Marco, 1540s, middle panel of a triptych of the Annunciation, Venice