The Fracturing of Christendom: the Reformation Era

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 3 credits from HIST 2001, 2011, 2031, RELG 2821, 2831, 2841; 3 credits from HIST, RELG at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department This course treats the history of Christianity during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, an era when the unity of mediaeval western Christendom was driven by series of reformations; Protestant, Radical, and Catholic. It investigates the ecclesiastical, intellectual, political, and social circumstances and consequences of dramatic religious change. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed as RELG 3631 and may therefore count as three credits in either discipline.](Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: HIST 3131)