As promised, further details on the 'Renaissance Secrets' series, kindly
supplied by the BBC. There will be a website for the series up and running
on http://www.open2.net prior to the first programme transmission.
Venice: a second hand city?
Transmission 29th October 1930. BBC2
Patricia Allerston from the University of Edinburgh questions the premise
that Renaissance Venice was the city of opulence as detailed in Thomas
Coryat's 1611 book "Coryat's Crudities". She has uncovered evidence that
Venice was a "Second Hand City" and the renting of clothing led to poverty
and prostitution.
Contributor: Patricia Fortini-Brown, Princeton University.
Patricia Allerston will be available for an on-line chat immediately after
the programme.
The Italian Patient
Transmission 5th November 1930 BBC2
New research by John Henderson from the University of Cambridge outlines
what it was like to be an "Italian Patient" and that there are remarkably
similar aspects to the healthcare of today. The statutes of the hospital of
Santa Maria Nuova reveal 6 senior doctors being employed, free healthcare to
the poor, and food and wine being served to patients.
Katherine Park reveals evidence of numerous autopsies being performed by and
for the clergy.
John Henderson will be available for an online chat immediately after the
programme.
Conspiring Against the Queen
Transmission 12th November 1930 BBC2
In 1594 Roderigo Lopez was hung, drawn and quartered for attempting to
poison Queen Elizabeth I. Historians have argued that he was framed, but
David Katz has reviewed the evidence and finds him guilty as charged.
John Guy or David Katz will be available for an online chat immediately
after the programme.
What did Gutenberg invent?
Transmission 19th November 1930 BBC2
Gutenberg is credited with having invented moveable type printing, and it was
assumed that the method he invented continued to be used for a further 500
years. However Paul Needham and Blaise Aguera y Arcase have made a discovery
that throws doubt on that. Stan Nelson demonstrates the methodology that he
thinks was used to create Gutenberg's type.
Stan Nelson will be available for an online chat immediately after the
programme.
All dates and times of transmission are subject to change.
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Rupert Shepherd
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Material Renaissance Project
Essex House
University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QQ, U.K.
Tel. +44 (0)1273 872544 Fax +44 (0)1273 678644
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