Week 7: The Catholic Reformation

Europe’s Reformation

Monday

Lecture on the Catholic Reformation

Wednesday

Discuss Secondary Source:

  • Paul Grendler, “The Schools of Christian Doctrine,” in Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning, 1300-1600 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989), 332-362.

Friday

Discuss Primary Sources:

  • The Tridentine Creed. Online Here.
  • St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556): The Spiritual Exercises (excerpts). Online Here.
  • St. Francis Xavier: Letter from Japan, to the Society of Jesus in Europe, 1552. Online Here.
  • Presentation by Allie Black and Virginia Smith.