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HISTORY: Renaissance ItalyWritten examination

Friday 15 November 2013 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

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 2 2 20B 5 5 20C 2 1 20D 3 3 20

Total 80

• Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers.

• Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape.

• No calculator is allowed in this examination.

Materials supplied• Question and answer book of 22 pages. There is a detachable insert for Section D in the centrefold.• Additional space is available at the end of the book if you need extra paper to complete an answer.

Instructions• Detach the insert from the centre of this book during reading time.• Write your student number in the space provided above on this page.

• All written responses must be in English.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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SECTION A – Question 1 – continued

Question 1 (10 marks)Describe fi ve examples of how one specifi c city-state interacted politically and/or economically with at least two others on the Italian peninsula.

SECTION A

Instructions for Section AAnswer both questions in the spaces provided. Both questions focus on Unit 3 Outcome 1: The Italian peninsula and the Renaissance.

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SECTION A – continuedTURN OVER

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SECTION A – Question 2 – continued

Question 2 (10 marks)Explain how the ideas and values of the classical past contributed to changes in Renaissance painting and sculpture.

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SECTION B – continued

Source 1 – Excerpt from ‘The Ricordi of Gino di Neri Capponi’, written in his old age in 1420, just before he died

‘When I was a child and I fi nished grammar school, about 1363, I remember that grammar-school children, upon leaving the classroom, shouted “Long live the caps,” that is, “Long live the worthy and gentle folk,” and “Death to the hoods,” which meant the unskilled artisans1 and citizens of low estate. In 1378 the saying was reversed.

They were shouting “Long live the hoods and death to the caps.”… The government which followed was a government of tradesmen and journeymen2; no party won unless it was the party of a wool weaver or of a spice dealer … In a few days the Alberti family, who were tradesmen, became aristocrats, and the Ricasoli’s and others of gentlemanly rank were forced to low condition.

Concluding my thoughts on government, I say that you must get along with those in power and give your aid to the rulers, because it is far better to have a powerful state than a series of pointless popular leaders.’

‘The Ricordi of Gino di Neri Capponi’ in Renzo Sereno, ‘Research Notes – The Ricordi of Gino di Neri Capponi’, in The American Political Science Review, vol. 52, no. 4, December 1958, p. 1122

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1artisans – workers who make things by hand2journeymen – skilled workers who are employed by others

Source 2 – Excerpt from Vespasiano’s biography of Palla Strozzi, written in the 15th century

‘… the war with Lucca was the beginning of the civil discords1 and the cause of all the evils which befell Florence; and Nicolo da Uzzano spake2 truly when he declared that the fi rst man who should propose a public assembly would be digging a grave for himself; therefore, as a wise man of weight3, he opposed all changes in the state, foreseeing the evils which would follow.

After these troubles, Nicolo being dead, the Balia of 1433 was formed. Palla vehemently4 opposed its enactments, being certain they would lead to disaster, but the movement was too strong for him to withstand. It was set going by the great crowd of ignorant and turbulent5 citizens.’

Vespasiano, Renaissance Princes, Popes, and Prelates – The Vespasiano Memoirs: Lives of Illustrious Men of the XVth Century, trans. W George and E Waters, Harper Torchbooks/The Academy Library, New York, 1963, p. 239

1discords – lack of agreement or harmony2spake – the past tense of speak, like spoke3weight – importance4vehemently – done forcefully, passionately or intensely5turbulent – not calm, unstable, confused

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BExamine the following written material and answer all fi ve questions in the spaces provided. All questions focus on Unit 3 Outcome 2: Renaissance Florence.

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SECTION B – continuedTURN OVER

Question 1 (1 mark)What was the difference between the ‘caps’ and the ‘hoods’?

Question 2 (3 marks)Explain what Capponi meant by ‘popular leaders’. What were two dangers that Capponi saw in rule by ‘popular leaders’?

Question 3 (2 marks)Explain one way in which the views expressed in Source 2 are similar to those expressed in Source 1.

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SECTION B – Question 5 – continued

Question 4 (4 marks)Using your own knowledge, explain one short-term and one long-term effect of the Ciompi Revolt of 1378.

Question 5 (10 marks)What were the most important means by which two Medici rulers maintained their regimes?In your response, you must support your comments with reference to primary sources and historians’ opinions.

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SECTION C – continued

SECTION C

Instructions for Section CChoose one of the following essay topics which focus on Unit 4 Outcome 1: Social life in Renaissance Italy.

Question 1 (20 marks)

Florence

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A Richard Turner, The Renaissance in Florence – The Birth of a New Art, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1997, p. 13

1la terra di mercantatia – the land of merchants

To what extent did economic factors shape the distinct social and political structures of 15th-century Renaissance Florence?

OR

Question 2 (20 marks)

Venice

‘The merchant of Venice was the master of Venice. The founders of Venice were merchants or, rather, they were forced to trade in order to survive. The doges themselves engaged in trade. So there is the curious anomaly that the earliest nobility of the city were wholly involved with commerce; there was no hierarchy of birth, dependent upon a feudal system of honour, but a social framework entirely fashioned1 out of commercial speculation.’

Peter Ackroyd, Venice – Pure City, Chatto & Windus, London, 2009, p. 103

1fashioned – made

To what extent did economic factors shape the distinct social and political structures of Renaissance Venice?

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SECTION D – continuedTURN OVER

‘Porta della Carta, the grand entrance to the Palazzo Ducale designed after 1438 by Bartolomeo Bon.’

Question 1 (4 marks)Explain the way in which this architectural feature shows four elements of the Myth of Venice.

SECTION D

Instructions for Section DRemove the insert from the centre of this book before answering this section.Answer the following three questions in response to the visual representation.All questions focus on Unit 4 Outcome 2: Renaissance Venice.


SECTION D – Question 3 – continued

Question 2 (6 marks)Using the visual representation or your own knowledge, identify one specifi c sacred legend, and explain its development and how it contributed to the Myth of Venice.

Question 3 (10 marks)How did imperial expansion and contraction impact on the development of the Myth of Venice from the 14th to the 16th century?Refer to a range of events and visual and/or written primary sources, as well as secondary texts by historians, when explaining your observations.


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Extra space for responses

Clearly number all responses in this space.


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A script book is available from the supervisor if you need extra paper to complete your answer. Please ensure you write your student number in the space provided on the front cover of the script book. At the end of the examination, place the script book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.

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Insert for Section DPlease remove from the centre of this book during reading time.

END OF INSERT FOR SECTION D

‘Porta della Carta, the grand entrance to the Palazzo Ducale designed after 1438 by Bartolomeo Bon.’Giandomenico Romanelli (ed.), Venice: Art & Architecture, Könemann, Cologne, 1997, p. 130

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