General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | Church History in Early Modern Era |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | ks. prof. UAM dr hab. Paweł Zając |
Lecturer's email | pawelarz@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | |
Faculty | Faculty of Theology |
Semester | 2024/2025 (winter) |
Duration | 16 |
ECTS | 3 |
USOS code | 12-AP18 |
Timetable
The information will be provided at the beginning of the semester.
Module aim (aims)
- To give an overview of basic facts concerning Church history in early modern era
- To analyze motivations and inspirations of people who had most impact on historical events
- To investigate broader social context of major turning points in the life of the Church
- To increase ability of critical evaluation of archival sources
- To understand continuity and change in the life and institutions of the Church
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
- Awareness of the specificity of historical discourse
- Basic knowledge of history of the early modern era (dates, names, places)
- Ability to engage in analysis and synthesis of historical material
- Respect for different points of view in the evaluation of historical facts
Syllabus
- Reformation and Catholic Reform in Europe
- Reformation and Catholic Reform in Europe with special focus on Poland
- Universal Christianity - missionary projects after 1492
- Papacy and Roman Curia from Alexander VI to Pius VI
- Theology, spirituality and culture inspired by Christianity from Renaissance to Baroque
- Church and state in Europe before the French Revolution
- Religious orders, their saints and their critics
- Challenge of Enlightenment and Christian responses
- From wars of religion to French Revolution
- Religious tolerance in 18th century, partitions of Poland
- History in practice: Vatican Archives
- History in practice: missionary archives
- History in practice: documentation of the process against Galileo Galilei
- History in practice: about index Librorum prohibitorum (index of forbidden books)
- History in practice: papal diplomacy
- History in practice: from the Council of Trent to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Reading list
Butterwick R. The Polish Revolution and the Catholic Church, 1788-1792: A Political History. Oxford University Press 2011.
Davies N. God’s Playground. A History of Poland, 2 vol., Oxford University Press 2005.
Hsia RP, ed. The Cambridge History of Christianity. Volume 6: Reform and Expansion 1500-1660 Cambridge University Press 2007 (online 2008).
Jedin H., ed. History of the Church, vol. 5-7, New York 1980-1981.
Kloczowski J., A History of Polish Christianity, Cambridge University Press 2000.
Lehner U., Printy M., ed., A Companion to the Catholic Enlightenment in Europe. Brill 2010.
S.J. Brown, T. Tackett, ed., The Cambridge History of Christianity. Volume 7: Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660–1815. Cambridge University Press 2006 (online 2008).