Unit name | The Early Reformation (Level I Lecture Response) |
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Unit code | HIST25009 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Balserak |
Open unit status | Open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The Reformation was an event of seismic importance: it shattered the unity of Christendom, which had existed for more than a thousand years, into a series of competing confessions; the legacy of this is still apparent today. The unit is particularly concerned with the first wave of the Reformation movement. It adopts a combination of perspectives, sometimes focusing on the experiences of individual countries, and at others seeking to bring out broader themes. Above all the unit looks to emphasise the diversity of the Reformation in Europe, and the different areas of life which were affected by it. While due attention will be paid to the theological ideas that underpinned the movement, greater consideration will be given to the transmission and reception of these ideas, and how they related to the political, social, economic and cultural environments in which they were accepted, modified or rejected.
Aims:
1 x 3000 word essay (50%) and 1 x 2 hour exam (50%)
Cameron, Euan, The European Reformation (1991)
Collinson, Patrick, The Reformation (2005)
Lindberg, Carter, The European Reformations (1996)
MacCulloch, Diarmaid, Reformation. Europe’s House Divided, 1490-1700 (2003)
Pettegree, Andrew (Ed.), The Early Reformation in Europe (1992)
Rublack, Ulinka, Reformation Europe (2005)