HUMS 3000
Culture and Imagination
Major forms of literary, artistic, and philosophical expression from 1500-1800. Sources drawn from renaissance humanism, reformation theology, enlightenment and romantic philosophy.
2026
Readings
- Sonnets by Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Lady Mary Wroth, and Shakespeare: on-line.
- Sebastian Brant, The Ship of Fools. Translated by E.H. Zeydel (Dover Books) ISBN: 978-
- Martin Luther, Freedom of a Christian (Ares link).
- Katherine Parr, excerpt from The Lamentation of a Sinner. Ares link.
- Lyndal Roper, "Turbulence and the German Peasants War of 1524-26." History Workshop 100/1 (2025), 134-152.
- "The Twelve Articles", translated by Andrew Drummond, History of the Present 15/1 (2025), 133-138.
- "The Scheitheim Articles,” in Michael Baylor, The Radical Reformation (CUP) [Ares reserve] "Michael Gaismair's Territorial Constitution for Tyrol," in Michael Baylor, The Radical
- Reformation (CUP) (Ares Reserve) Shakespeare, The Tempest (Broadview Press). ISBN: 9781554814954 /1554814952. At bookstore.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): HUMS 2000 and enrolment in the Bachelor of Humanities program. Lectures three hours a week and tutorials one and a half hours a week.