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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
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
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Victorian Certificate of Education 2011
2011HISTRENEXAM 2
SECTION A – Question 1–continued
Question 1Explainhowgeographicfeaturesshapedeconomicactivityindifferenttypesofcity-states.Refertoatleastonerepublicanandonenon-republicancity-state.
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerboth questionsinthespacesprovided.BothquestionsfocusonUnit3Outcome1:TheItalianPeninsulaandtheRenaissance.
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10marks
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SECTION A – Question 2–continued
Question 2ExplainthewaysinwhichtheinvestmentofbothpublicandprivatepatronscontributedtothegrowthanddevelopmentofRenaissanceartandarchitecture.
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10marks
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2011HISTRENEXAM 6
SECTION B–continued
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?
1mark
Question 2Accordingto‘TheOrdinancesofJustice’,whatweretwodifferentrestrictionsonwhocouldbeelectedtooffice?
2marks
Question 3AccordingtoNajemy,whydidthepopoloplacearangeofsevererestrictionsonmagnates?
1mark
Question 4Fromyourownknowledge,explaintwochangestothedistributionofpowerduringthe14thcenturyinFlorence.
6marks
2011HISTRENEXAM 8
SECTION B – Question 5–continued
Question 5Towhatextentwas15thcenturyFlorencestillaguild-basedrepublicunderLorenzodeMedici?Usebothprimaryandsecondarysourcestosupportyourresponse.
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10marks
2011HISTRENEXAM 10
SECTION C–continued
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
OR
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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EitherQuestion1 orQuestion2
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END OF SECTION C
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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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SECTION D – Question 3–continued
Question 2Usingtheimageandyourownknowledge,explainhowtheVenetianGovernmentusedthePiazzaSanMarcotopromoteunityandmaintaincontrol.
6marks
Question 3Bonifaziode′Pitatidepictsaserenerepublic.HowdidtheVenetianStatemaintainaperceptionofthecityasLa Serenissimaduringthecrisesofthe15thand16thcenturies?Inyouranswer,drawonothervisualandwrittenprimarysources,aswellassecondarytextsbyhistorians.
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END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
2011HISTRENEXAM 20
Extra space for responses
Clearly number all responses in this space.
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2011HISTRENEXAM 22
Ascriptbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteyouranswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoverofthescriptbook.At the end of the examination, place the script book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
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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
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