Small Group Worksheet: Giovanni and Lusanna Each group should come up with a list of the following people and describe them briefly so that each person has a knowledge of the characters in the book: · Ser Filippo Mazzei · Archbishop Antonius · Lusanna · Benedetto di Girolamo · Andrea di Antonio Nucci · Giovanni della Casa · Ser Lodovico della Casa · Stefano di Francesco · Friar Fra Felice Asini · Marietta Rucellai · Piero Migliorrelli · Giovanni della Porta of Novara Each group should answer one of the following questions (assigned by Halvorson) as a group and report back to the class. However, during the “sharing time”, you should jot down the answers others come up with. 1. What sources does historian Gene Brucker use for this book? 2. What is a notary? What is a procurer? What did they do in 15th century Florence? 3. When (or at least where) did Giovanni first see Lusanna? How did their affair begin? 4. What caused Lusanna to bring suit against Giovanni? Where was this case tried? 5. Why and how did the archbishop and Podesta fight over legal jurisdiction for this case? 6. What different social classes and guilds did these two lovers belong to? Summary questions for general class discussion and final exam preparation (write down the answers to each as we discuss this generally, or in detail after class. · What was the trial outcome? · What did the archbishop base his decision on? · What eventually happened to the case? What happened to Lusanna? · What does this episode tell us, then, about the position of women in Florentine society? Hot Stew in the Ice Age? Evidence Shows Neanderthals Boiled Food An ancient diet expert suggests our early cousins knew how to boil their meals. This female Neanderthal, found in a cave in Gibraltar, may have enjoyed foods heated in birch bark trays. PHOTOGRAPH BY KENNETH GARRETT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Dan Vergano National Geographic PUBLISHED APRIL 30, 2014 Neanderthal cooking likely wouldn't have won any prizes on Top Chef, but a paleontologist suggests that our ancient cousins knew how to cook a mean stew, without even a stone pot to their name. "I think it's pretty likely the Neanderthals boiled," said University of Michigan archaeologist John Speth at a recent meeting of the Society for American http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/neanderthals-article/ http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef https://www.lsa.umich.edu/anthro/people/faculty/ci.spethjohnd_ci.detail http://www.saa.org/ Archaeology in Austin, Texas. "They were around for a long time, and they were very clever with fire." Neanderthals were a species of early humans who lived in Europe and the Near East until about 30,000 years ago. Conventional wisdom holds that boiling to soften food or render fat from bones may have been one of the advantages that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive, while Neanderthals died out. (Related: "Surprise! 20 Percent of .