Week 3—Sep 11-15

Modern Europe

Monday: The Reformation

presentation: https://lectures.nathanmichalewicz.org/modern-europe/reformation

Read:

  • Merry Wiesner-Hanks, “Europe: Reforms and Reformations in Christianity,” in Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World: A Brief History with Documents (New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009), 48-55 (on Zotero)

Listen:

Wednesday: Wars of Religion

Listen:

Friday: Discussion #2

Sources:

  • Desiderius Ersamus, “The Praise of Folly,” in Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World: A Brief History with Documents, ed. Merry Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009), 56-58 (on Zotero)
  • Martin Luther, “The Freedom of a Christian, 1520,” in Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World: A Brief History with Documents, ed. Merry Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009), 58-61. (on Zotero)
  • Jean Calvin, “The Church,” in John Calvin: Selections from His Writings (New York: Harper Collins, 2006), 52-56. (On Zotero).
  • Charlotte d’Arbaleste, “Escape from the Massacre, 1572” in The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre: A Brief History with Documents, ed. Barbara Diefendorf (New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009), 108-111. (on Zotero)
  • Tryntje Helfferich, ed., “Hans Heberle’s Zeytregister,” in The Essential Thirty Years War (Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2015), 141–65. (on Zotero)