HIST110 American University Fundamental Features of The Renaissance Questions Read an article and answer the questions. Underline where the answers come fr

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HIST 110: Short Writing Assignment #1: Findlen, “Possessing the Past”
Directions: Answer the following questions in short paragraphs. Students should
read and take notes on the reading prior to answering these questions. If you use
direct quotations from the texts, you must include page numbers for citation.
1) What does Findlen mean when she writes, “What is most striking about the
Renaissance, in the popular imagination, is its legacy as a reproducible past”
(85)?
2) Why might this reproducibility be problematic in assessing and
understanding the past?
3) What was one of the “fundamental features” of the Renaissance? Why did it
matter then, and now?
4) How did Renaissance collectors try to preserve the past, and was this a good
thing?
5) In your opinion, how should we understand the Renaissance today? Through
what means, what sources?

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