Print syllabusReligious Movements in England from the Middle Ages to the Year 1689
General data
| Course ID: | 3301-KB2404 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.303
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| Course title: | Religious Movements in England from the Middle Ages to the Year 1689 |
| Name in Polish: | Historia ruchów religijnych w Anglii od średniowiecza do roku 1689 |
| Organizational unit: | Institute of English Studies |
| Course groups: |
(in Polish) Fakultatywne przedmioty dla studiów dziennych z kultury brytyjskiej |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | English |
| Type of course: | elective courses |
| Prerequisites (description): | Classes for students with basic knowledge of the religious history of the West in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. |
| Mode: | Classroom |
| Short description: |
The course covers history of religious movements and related phenomena on the British Isles from the beginnings of British Christianity to the Restoration. The course is intended for MA students. Duty hours: Tuesdays, 11:30-13:00, Room 232. |
| Full description: |
The course covers history of religious movements and related phenomena on the British Isles from the beginnings of British Christianity in the early Middle Ages to the Restoration. Themes examined throughout the course include: 1. Conversion of the British Isles. 2. Pilgrimages and Relics. 3. Crusades. 4. Continental Heresies. 5. Franciscans in England. 6. John Wycliff and the Lollards. 7. Early English Reformation. 8. Millenarianism and the Sixteenth-Century Anabaptists. 9. Puritans under Queen Elizabeth. 10. Religious Movements of the Civil War. 11. Restoration and the Toleration Act of 1689. At the end of the course students take an oral exam. |
| Bibliography: |
Sourcebooks: Aughterson, Kate (ed.). The English Renaissance. An Anthology of Sources and Documents. Routledge. London and New York. 2002. Cressy, David, Ferrell, Lori Anne (eds.). Religion and Society in Early Modern England. A Sourcebook. Routledge. London and New York. 1996. Douglas, David C. (ed.). English Historical Documents. Vols. I-VIII. London 1968. Selected secondary sources: Duffy, Eamon.The Stripping of the Altars. Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 1992. Elton, Geoffrey Rudolph. England Under the Tudors. Routledge. London and New York.1996. Gilley, S., Sheils, W. J. (eds.). A History of Religion in Britain. Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, Oxford and Cambridge, Mass. 1994. Haigh, Christopher.English Reformations: Religion, Politics, and Society under the Tudors. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1993. Morill, John (ed.).The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart England. OUP. Oxford and New York. 1996. |
| Learning outcomes: |
Having finished the course students: a) know basic facts and people from the history of English and European religious movements, discussed in class; b) have a basic ability to analyse and understand source texts concerning the history of religion. Education at language level B2+. In class discussions students acquire skills of expressing their thoughts in a clear, coherent, logical and precise manner, with the use of language which is correct grammatically, lexically and phonetically. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
The final grade depends on: - active participation in class discussions throughout the course - result of the final oral exam covering the main issues disscussed in class. Three absences are allowed. The form and criteria of obtaining the final grade may be changed depending on current pandemic conditions. |
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