William P Caferro
Biographic Data
| ID | 1107102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William P Caferro |
| GIVEN NAMES | William P |
| FAMILY NAME | Caferro |
| SIGNATURE | CAFERRO W P |
| AFFILIATIONS | William Caferro is Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University. He is the author of John Hawkwood, an English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy (Baltimore, 2006); Mercenary Companies and the Decline of Siena (Baltimore, 1998). |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Teaching Western Civilization
This contribution to the second installment of the Common Knowledge symposium “Inside the Humanities Classroom” describes the experience of teaching a single class meeting of the year-long Western Civilization survey course at Vanderbilt University. The essay examines both the professional and pedagogical challenges involved in organizing the class and the strategies employed to encourage critical reflection and historical thinking among the stud…
Warfare and Economy in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1450
The well-known cycle of plague and famine in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy coincided with continuous and expensive warfare. These wars, largely ignored by scholars, had important economic consequences for the peninsula, reallocating resources on both the state and individual level. The spending habits of soldiers suggest, albeit tentatively at this stage, a "Renaissance" penchant for conspicuous consumption and display
Warfare and Economy in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1450
The well-known cycle of plague and famine in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy coincided with continuous and expensive warfare. These wars, largely ignored by scholars, had important economic consequences for the peninsula, reallocating resources on both the state and individual level. The spending habits of soldiers suggest, albeit tentatively at this stage, a "Renaissance" penchant for conspicuous consumption and display
Warfare and Economy in Renaissance Italy, 1350-1450
The well-known cycle of plague and famine in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy coincided with continuous and expensive warfare. These wars, largely ignored by scholars, had important economic consequences for the peninsula, reallocating resources on both the state and individual level. The spending habits of soldiers suggest, albeit tentatively at this stage, a "Renaissance" penchant for conspicuous consumption and display
Teaching Western Civilization
This contribution to the second installment of the Common Knowledge symposium “Inside the Humanities Classroom” describes the experience of teaching a single class meeting of the year-long Western Civilization survey course at Vanderbilt University. The essay examines both the professional and pedagogical challenges involved in organizing the class and the strategies employed to encourage critical reflection and historical thinking among the stud…
Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · China (1 works) · Civilization (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Consumption (sociology (1 works) · Economic history (1 works) · Economics (1 works)