HSTEU 402                  FINAL EXAM Weds Dec 13 4:30-6:20 SMITH 304            REFORMATION

Exam will cover all material from Luther on (all readings,lectures since Wk III) excluding o
nly pre-Reformation issues such as scholasticism and conciliarism. (Humanism may be included in essays.)
Use Ozment and class outlines for your review.

IDs will not include items on midterm, such as Schlietheim Confession and   
    Marburg Colloquy, but review these for possible included in essay responses.
Format of final will be similar to midterm: choice of identifications and choice   
 of two essay questions.  Exam = two hours.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING BLUEBOOKS.

A good exam essay combines an argument with solid, factual information, including dates where
applicable and reference to specific authors, treatises and events.  In your review, think through
 the events of the entire Reformation, asking yourself which were the crucial turning points and issues in each case.

Major areas for review:
Luther’s theology, political theory: the two kingdoms

Early splits in German Reform: causes, issues, individuals

Wittenberg movement of 1521-22: Karlstadt
 Spiritualists: Zwickau prophets, Thomas Müntzer

Peasants’ War: a) Luther vs peasants   b) Thomas Müntzer
c) religious, economic and other factors in peasants' revolt

Zwingli How does his Reformation differ from Luther's?

Sacramentarian controversy and Marburg Colloquy
  Church and state in Zwingli's Zurich

Anabaptism, from Zurich to Münster

Doctrinal issues:  definition of church (sect), baptism & ban
Swiss Brethren & Schlietheim Articles                 
Consequences for politics: church/state relations

Kingdom of Münster    

Calvinism and French Reform  Calvin's theology: compare w/ Luther and others
   Political and social theory:
            1) separation of church and state institutions(Geneva Ordinances)
            2) enforcement of Christian discipline in society:

                            role of consistory; implications for church state relations;
                            Christian discipline and social policy (incl Sabean on Germany)

            3) Calvinist theories of resistance in France (Huguenots), Scotland

   Kindgon article: was Calvinism in Geneva a `revolution'? 

Catholic Reform and Counter Reformation

            continuity of Catholic reform efforts with pre-l5l7

            how does Reformation change character of Catholic Reform?

            institutional responses: Jesuits, Trent, Inquisition
            nature of Counter-Reformation spirituality
                        (especially in Autobiography of Ignatius Loyola)

Social impact and limits of the Reformation:  Poor Relief

            Gerald Strauss' argument about popular resistance to Reform
                         (`Success or Failure in German Reformation')

General review issue: interaction of religion and politics (England impt here)

for each of the nations or areas affected by the Reformation be able to discuss the interaction of religious and political issues, including:      
a) reformers' theoretical positions on church-state relations;       
b) historical circumstances affecting the practical outcome in each case

Tenative Essay topics:
       Theological differences betw Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Loyola, Anabaptists
       Political issues and outcomes of Ref in Germany, France, Switz, England
              including general review topic above, on church state issues
       Social impact of Reformation: how did society change (specific examples)
       How did Catholicism change &/or remain the same after the Reformation?

 Turning points: pick 4-5 major turning points in Reformation, explain why

 

 

 

 

POSSIBLE ID’s FOR FINAL EXAM 

 

Hapsburg Valois Wars                                        German Peasants’ War
Schmalkaldic League                                          Thomas Müntzer
Phillip of Hesse                                                   Twelve Articles of Swabian Peasantry
Augsburg Confession                                          
Peace of Augsburg

                                                                             St. Peter’s Basilica

Affair of the Placards 1534                                 Medici Popes: Leo X, Clement VII           
                                                                              Sack of Rome 1527
Calvin:                                                                 Lateran Council 1512
            Institutes of Christian Religion               Council of Trent 1454-1563
            Geneva Confession                                  Roman Inquisition

             Ecclesiastical Ordinances                       Index of Forbidden Books

             Consistory, elders (presbyters)              Paul III Farnese
Michael Servetus, On the Trinity                       Paul IV Carafa
Sebastian Castellio,                                             Ignatius Loyola, Jesuit order
             On Persecution of Heretics                        Spiritual Exercises

                                                                                 Rules for Thinking with the Church

Kingdom of Münster, 1534                               
                                                                              Henry VIII
                                                                             Catherine of Aragon
WEEK 10 Lectures                                             Reformation Parliament

Huguenots                                                            Act of Supremacy

French Wars of Religion                                     Act for Dissolution of Monasteries
           Valois                                                       Edward VI
           Guise                                                         Chantries Act

           Bourbon                                                    
Catherine de Medici                                             Mary Tudor
Massacre at Vassy                                                Elizabethan Settlement
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre                             
Henry IV Bourbon of Navarre                             John Knox

Edict of  Nantes                                                    Max Weber, Weber Thesis

Huguenot theories of resistance to tyranny                   Protestant Ethic and the
         Theodore Beza, Philip Mornay                            Spirit of Capitalism