And a discussion of volume V of Durant's story of Civilization - The Renaissance {Remember: there was no Italy; only city-states}
The following topics will be presented in the Forum. (chapter titles to be added in the future)
Book I Prelude: 1300 - 1377
Chapter I The Age of Petrarch and Boccaccio 1304-1375 and
Chapter II The Popes in Avignon 1309 -1377
Book II. The Florentine Renaissance 1378-1534
Book III. Italian Pageant 1378 - 1534
Book IV. Roman Renaissance - 1378 -1521
Book V. Debacle
Book VI. Finale 1534 - 1576
Remember: The Black Death was from 1346 -1353. Important cities: Florence and Padua