Monday through Thursday, October 14-17, 2013
Monday, 10/14: Quiz#4 on Sugar, Chattel Slavery and Maroon Communities.
Wednesday, 10/16: PSAT, 8-11:30AM.
Wednesday evening with Jamaica Kinkaid at the Lensic.
Thursday, 10/17: Class with Jamaica Kinkaid, 9:50-11:00AM.
Friday, 10/18: Head's Holiday and end of first quarter; grades and comments dues, Tuesday, 10/22.
Day 1, Monday, 10/14: Weekly quiz#4.
Homework#1: Read primary source handout, "The Reformation," in Western Civilization, pp.19-21.
Primary source#1: Johann Tetzel, "The Spark for the Reformation: Indulgences," p. 20, and Primary source#2: Martin Luther, "Justification by Faith," p. 21. Review secondary sources on the Renaissance. Prepare notes on the primary and secondary sources, i.e., SOAPSTONE and key arguments, respectively.
Key terms: Northern Renaissance, the Holy Roman Empire, indulgences, the 95 theses, the Protestant Reformation, the Diet of Worms, Lutheranism ("justification by faith," "the priesthood of all believers"), Calvinism (Predestination), the Council of Trent, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Jesuits, and the Peace of Augsburg.
Key persons: Johann Tetzel, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ignatius Loyola.
Key historiographical debates: #1: The "myth" of the Renaissance; #2: What were the causes of the Protestant Reformation?; #3: What was the historical significance of the Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation?
Long periods: Independent Research Topic Proposals.
- Meet at instructional classroom in the library.
- Discuss the secondary sources on the Renaissance, and the primary source handout on the Protestant Reformation.
- Introduce and work on independent research topic proposals (see handout and
additional blog post).
Day 2/3: The Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation.
- In-class: Discuss the primary source handout on the Protestant Reformation.
Homework#2: Read the primary and visual source handout on the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
Primary source#1: John Calvin, "Institutes of the Christian Religion: Predestination," pp. 23-24; Primary source #2: "Constitution of the Society of Jesus," p. 24; Primary source (visual source) #3: "Luther and the New Testament," pp. 25-26; Primary source (visual source) #4: Sebald Beham, "Luther and the Catholic Clergy Debate," pp. 25-26; and Primary source (visual source) #5: Peter Paul Rubens, "Loyola and Catholic Reform," p. 27. Prepare notes on the primary and visual sources, i.e., SOAPSTONE.
Day 4: Head's Holiday; end of the first quarter.
HOMEWORK for Monday, October 21:
Read the secondary source handout on the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
Secondary source#1: Euan Cameron, "What Was the Reformation?" p. 28; Secondary source #2: G. R. Elton, "A Political Interpretation of the Reformation," p. 28; Secondary source #3: John C. Olin, "The Catholic Reformation," pp. 29-30, Secondary source #4: Steven E. Ozment, "The Legacy of the Reformation," pp. 30-31; and Secondary source #5: "Women in the Reformation," p.31.Prepare notes on
the key arguments.