• Chapter one of Gay&Webb should be completed
• Documenst: 1) J. Burckhardt, ‘Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy’ Part2, and 2) Petrus Paulus Vergerius, De ingenues moribus, and 3) Pico della Mirandola, ‘Oration on the Dignity of Man’[Under RENAISSANCE document tag.]

You should be able to identify the central arguments of Burckhardt – that is, what are his theses regarding the Renaissance?