The Reformation (HIST*3750) | College of Arts

The Reformation (HIST*3750)

Code and section: HIST*3750*01

Term: Winter 2024

Details

Method of Delivery: 

Two 90 min. in-person lectures/seminars each week.

Course Synopsis:  

HIST 3750 The Reformation discusses the social, political and cultural changes that occurred from 1400-1600 that were driven by new religious movements. The core question of the course is: how did the religious revolution of the sixteenth affect early modern life? The course will look at this question holistically through the lenses of theology, society, gender and politics, and place emphasis on primary sources related to these issues. Topics include early modern Catholicism, humanism and the proto-Reformers of Europe, the reforms of Luther and their impacts on Germany, Calvin and the “Calvinist” reform of Switzerland and France, the “Radical Reformation,” the Reformation in England and Scotland and Catholic reform.
Pre-Requisite(s): 7.50 credits including HIST*1010

Methods of Evaluation and Weights:

Article Review - 10%
Primary Source Discussion Participation - 30%         
Research Essay - 35%
Final exam - 25%    

Required Textbook

Marshall, Peter, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.

 

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