5 November 2024
Edinburgh University, The Old College
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Lecture series
5:15pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Room, Old Medical School Doorway 1
“Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death: Comparative Dimensions” – Dr. Samuel K. Cohn
The talk presented the central hypotheses of the project to an audience of circa 50 advanced students, faculty, and members of the public. It concentrated on comparing social trends in art commissioning between cities and the countryside in Florentine Tuscany, circa 1250 to 1525.