Status Updates From The Italians Before Italy: ...

Bartlett sounds annoyed that he has to do these lectures. A fair amount of huffing and sighs.

Super annoying that Bartlett keeps pronouncing "peninsula" as "peninCHula"

Wrapping this up, and planning to move from here to a more solid understanding of the reformation, and how the enlightenment emerged. Ignoring my Bible procrastination guilt, I will probably take a detour through spains history, and open up latin American history, which is going to be rewarding, but with its rich literature could become a distraction in itself from other goals I have, perhaps more pressing to uni

I owe to Bartlett great gratitude for showing me that on the Italian peninsula history has had a curious habit of pouring together important cultural and political developments. This is the last of his courses I have not yet listened to, and a solid introduction to various of the most important city states, feudal or churchly authorities, that held their own in Italy of the early modern period. Europe in miniature.