Subject:  Assigned Topic: Your Name: Abstract: Quick overview of the topic significance and its particulars, 75-100 words. Paragraph 1: Who? What? Facts for those who will be interested in follow

Subject:  Assigned Topic: 

Your Name: 

Abstract: 

Quick overview of the topic significance and its particulars, 75-100 words. 

Paragraph 1: Who? What? Facts for those who will be interested in following up on your briefing. 

Paragraph 2: Context? 

Where does this topic fit within the broad sweep of Italy’s history, as well as within our more focused concerns about patronage and cultures? How can this topic contribute to understanding our course themes?

Paragraph 3: Why? As historians, why should we take an interest in this? How does it tie to other topics in our course?

Bibliography: Can you give us some recommended readings? Tell us where to find good reference materials? We all know how to use Wikipedia and Google searches – only