Prompt: What were the main themes of Petrarchs moral and political writing?
Length of essay: At least five and no more than six, double-spaced pages, in font size 12, using MLA CITATIONS. NO AI NO PLAGARISM.
I have the first few paragraphs done if thats helpful. edit them to make sure there’s no ai and everything is correct. and then write the rest of the essay.
Instructions
- Ensure that the essay is based on the relevant primary and on the secondary sources of the course.
- Before writing, spend time considering the language of the question you have chosen to answer. Do not think of the questions simply as prompts. Each question asks you to consider a particular historical problem. Each question requires you to respond to specific terms in which that problem is framed.
- The essay should have a coherent and logical structure from beginning to end.
- The opening should contain an outline of the general argument. Some kind of thesis statement
- The essay should unfold in progressive stages divided into paragraphs of appropriate length and conclude properly.
- Good conclusions briefly recapitulate the central points of an argument in order to show that the question has been sufficiently answered.
- Each paragraph should be organized around an idea or theme or argument. It should not simply be a chronological narrative of events
- Every claim made should be supported by proof derived principally from primary source material. The primary material is the textual basis of your historical evidence, and it must be cited accordingly.
- In answering the question you have chosen, you will also always be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the secondary historiography you have been set. A capacity to describe the interpretations of the relevant modern historians, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of their positions and arguments, must be on display. The best answers to historical questions thread a path through existing interpretations in the light of the primary sources
- The essay must be informed by the relevant material which is presented only in lectures. Failure to demonstrate learning from class will cost you grade points.
- Clarity of expression is crucial, complex arguments are often best expressed in lucid, clear statements. Formulate your thoughts in a more straightforward language. You will be judged upon your ability not only to communicate your ideas and arguments accurately and grammatically but also fluently.
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