Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

Historians now tend to look at the Reformation as a process rather than an event. The concept of Europe’s Long Reformation, stretching from the early sixteenth century until at least the end of the seventeenth century, has become increasingly accepted. This module adopts this perspective, and looks at the Protestant and Catholic Reformations throughout Europe, and including North America, in this period. The module, therefore, deals with a series of inter-related questions and themes; it looks at the magisterial reformers in some detail and examines the different ‘reformations’ which they advocated. It then looks at how those different ‘reformations’ became entwined with larger dynastic and political concerns throughout Europe; adopting a series of case studies from different parts of Europe. The module also explores the nature of Protestant belief and spirituality, and it looks at what it actually meant in real terms to be a Protestant and a Catholic in this period.