REFORMATIONS IN EARLY MODERN CHRISTIANITY

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This course explores the origins, development and consequences of the religious reformations in early modern Europe from the late fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century, drawing on the approaches of social, cultural and intellectual history. It explores the significance of the rise of various Protestant confessions as well as the reform of the Catholic church from the perspectives of popular belief and formal doctrines. A survey of the beliefs of the major Christian confessions - such as Lutheranism, Calvinism and Catholicism - is complemented by an exploration of the intertwining of politics and religion and the social and cultural effects of religious reform.