SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND READING ASSIGNMENTS .

WK I        CHRISTIANITY BEFORE THE REFORMATION 
               READING: Ozment, Ch 2, pp. 22-43 (to be discussed in class Tues10/3)
Hillerbrand, Frederick the Wise relic collection, pp. 22-24

Th 9/28        Introduction: Late Medieval Religious Thought: Theories of Salvation
     Late Medieval Religious Practice: Liturgy, Saints, Penitential System

WK II   FROM RENAISSANCE TO REFORMATION          

READING: Ozment, ; Ch 4, pp. 138-140, 144-148 (to FN 27), 155-172, Summary 179-181
Ch 5, pp. 190-204, 214-222
Hillerbrand, pp. 3-13 Grievances of German Nation Against Rome,
* Xerox/Link reading: Debate: Aeneas Silvio Piccolomini, Italy vs Germans (Mair & Jacob Wimpheling)
from Strauss, Manifestations of Discontent in Germany on Eve of Reformation, pp. 35-48

Tu  10/3    Ecclesiastical Politics: 14th C. Avignon , 15th C. Conciliarism & John Hus
                 Renaissance Papacy to Lateran Council of 1512

Th  10/5   Germany Before the Reformation: Politics & Society
                The "Universal Monarchy" of Charles V Hapsburg
DISCUSSION: Grievances of German Nation Against Rome, Hillerbrand, pp. 3-13
* Xerox/Link reading: Debate: Aeneas Silvio Piccolomini, Italy vs Germans (Mair & Jacob Wimpheling)
from Strauss, Manifestations of Discontent in Germany on Eve of Reformation, pp. 35-48

Weekend: start on Erasmus readings: Colloquies & Discourse on Free Will

WK III  ERASMUS AND HUMANISM

READING: Erasmus, * Xerox/Link reading: Colloquies: Shipwreck, Pilgrimage for Religion’s Sake
Erasmus, Discourse on Free Will, in Winter (ed.) pp. 3-68; Ozment, Ch 6, pp. 223-239           

Tu   10/10 Humanism and Printing: Sources of the Reformation
                    Erasmus: the Career of a Christian Humanist
DISCUSSION: * Xerox/Link reading: The Colloquies: critique of Church practices

Th   10/12   Erasmus on Free Will, Morality and Salvation: defense of Catholic position 
Why did the Reformation happen in Germany?
DISCUSSION: Erasmus, Discourse on Free Will, in Winter (ed.) pp. 3-68; humanist & Catholic elements

Weekend: read Luther assignments: very important for the course

WK IV   LUTHER & THE EARLY  REFORM MOVEMENT

 READING: Ozment, Ch 7, pp. 245-260; Hillerbrand, pp. 14-21 and 25-27 Indulgence Controversy
* Xerox/Link reading: 95 Theses on Indulgences, Disputation Against Scholastic Theology
Hillerbrand, Luther, Freedom of a Christian, pp. 28-58, Invocavit Sermons, pp. 59-65
Luther, Diatribe on Free Will in Winter (ed.), pp, 68-120

Tu  10/17   Luther's Theological Development, the Indulgence Controversy & 95 Theses
John Tetzel Instructions on Indulgences, in Hillerbrand, pp. 14-21, Luther’s response, pp. 25-27
 Luther’s Theology: Central Concepts
DISCUSSION: Luther, Freedom of a Christian  in Hillerbrand, pp. 28-58,
* Xerox/Link reading: 95 Theses (full version), Disputation against Scholastic Theology

Th  10/19   The Wittenberg Movement, 1521-22: Luther versus Karlstadt, Zwickau prophets  
READ: Luther's Invocavit Sermons, in Hillerbrand, pp. 59-65
DISCUSSION: -Luther, Discourse on Free Will in Winter (ed.) pp. 68-120

Wk V EARLY DIVISIONS IN REFORMATION: KARLSTADT, ZWINGLI, ANABAPTISTS

FIRST PAPERS DUE THURSDAY 10/26

Tu  10/24         Zwingli in Zurich and the Sacramentarian Controversy with Luther
READ: on Zwingli and radicals:  Ozment, Ch 9, pp.318-339
DISCUSSION: * Xerox/Link reading Marburg Colloquy and Gospel of St. John, Chapter 6

Th   10/26     The Origins of Anabaptism: Church vs sect
READ: Hillerbrand, Selections on Anabaptists, pp. 164-202;
DISCUSSION:  Anabaptists: The Schleitheim Confession of Faith
                     The Radical Reformation: Anabaptists, Kingdom of Munster and Mennonites
Ozment Ch 10, pp. 340-351, * Xerox/Link reading: Ronnie Hsia, Anabaptists & Munster

WK VI    POLITICS, SOCIETY AND THE REFORMATION

READING: Ozment, Ch 7, pp. 260-289; Hillerbrand, pp. 73-122 Luther on Government & Peasants’ War
* Xerox/Link reading: Documents on Thomas Müntzer, Luther and the German Peasants' War

Tu 10/31 The German Peasants' War of 1525
            Thomas Müntzer and the League of the Elect: * Xerox/Link reading Muntzer
DISCUSSION: 12 Articles of Swabian Peasantry in Hillerbrand, pp. 93-97
Luther's response to Peasant War in Hillerbrand, pp. 98-122 and
* Xerox/Link reading: Luther, Against the Robbing, Murdering Hordes & Open Letter on the Harsh Book

Th   11/2 MIDTERM EXAM IN CLASS             

WK VII    CALVIN AS THEOLOGIAN AND REFORMER

READING: Ozment, Ch 11, pp. 352-380; Hillerbrand, pp. 205-254
* Xerox/Link reading: Robert Kingdon, "Was the Protestant Reformation a Revolution? The Case
of Geneva" in Kingdon, Transition & Revolution, pp. 53-107 (BR3010/K5)

Tu 11/7 Calvin from France to Geneva
DISCUSSION: on Calvin: Ozment: Were Calvinists Really Protestants? pp. 372-380
Hillerbrand: selections from Calvin, Ecclesiastical Ordinances and Institutes of Christian Religion

Th  11/9    The Toleration Debate Begins: Servetus and Castellio; Reformation as revolution?
DISCUSSION: * Xerox/Link reading, Kingdon: "Was the Protestant Reformation a Revolution?"

WK VIII     SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE REFORMATION

READING: Ozment, Ch 12, pp. 381-396; Hillerbrand,  pp. 137-149 
* Xerox/Link reading Jeanne de Jussie chronicle;
N.Z. Davis, "City  Women/Religious Change," Ch 3 of Society & Culture in EM France
David Sabean, "Communion and Community," Ch 1 of Power in the Blood

Tu 11/14       Art and the Reformation: Iconoclasm and Propaganda
DISCUSSION: Hillerbrand: Luther, On the Jews and their Lies, pp. 137-149

Th 11/16         After Celibacy: Marriage, Women, Family in Reformation
DISCUSSION: * Xerox/Link readings listed above: NZ Davis on women; Jeanne de Jussie;
Poor Relief: Catholics vs Protestants
             Enforcement of Orthodoxy: DISCUSSION: David Sabean, “Communion & Community”

WK IX  : ENGLAND'S REFORMATION: CHURCH & STATE 

READING: * Xerox/Link reading: David Newcombe, Henry VIII and the English Reformation;
Hillerbrand, pp. 277-299 ; Ozment Ch. 14, pp. 419-433

T 11/21 The Reformation in England: Henry VIII, his wives and Parliament
Church and State in England and Scotland
DISCUSSION: : John Knox in Scotland, in Ozment Ch. 14, pp. 419-433

TH 11/23 NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING (thanks to early English American Puritan Calvinists)

WK X    CATHOLICISM: REFORM and  COUNTER-REFORMATION

READING: Ozment, Ch 13, pp. 397-418,
        John Olin (ed) Autobiography of Ignatius Loyola, Rules for Thinking with Church pp. 1-109
                   * Schroeder, Canons & Decrees of Trent, on Mass, Justification, Purgatory etc
                             pp. 29-49, 144-153, 214-217, 253-254 (270.6/T72c)

Tu 11/28           Roman Inquisition, Council of Trent & Counter Reformation
* Xerox/Link reading: DISCUSSION: Trent, Decrees on Doctrine and Practice

Th 11/30            Ignatius Loyola and the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
DISCUSSION: Autobiography of Ignatius Loyola: pp. 1-109

WK XI    REFORMATION AND MODERNITY

READING: Ozment, Ch 14, pp. 419-33;  Philip Mornay, in Hillerbrand, pp. 255-274
* Xerox/Link readings: Bruce Lincoln, "St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre" 
            Gerald Strauss, "Success & Failure in German Reform," Past & Present (1975) #67, pp 30-63

Tu 12/5    French Religious Wars and Huguenot Theories of Resistance to Tyranny
DISCUSSION: * Xerox packet Bruce Lincoln, “St. Bartholomew’s  Day Massacre”  
Hillerbrand, Mornay’s Defense of Liberty against Tyrants

Th 12/7  Calvinism & Capitalism: Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic & the Spirit of Capitalism
               Limits of Reformation: Popular Culture & Scientific Revolution
               DISCUSSION: * Gerald Strauss, "Success & Failure in German Reformation,"

           CONCLUSION AND REVIEW FOR FINAL

EXAM: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, 4:30-6:20 PM in Smith 304