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NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description

The module commences with consideration of some of the key features of the Italian Renaissance including the Humanist influences on Literature and the plastic Arts. The emergence and development of the Protestant Reformation is treated and its impact on religion, politics and society in Europe is examined. Other contexts examined are for example, International relations and international conflict in particular, as well as specific events in France or Spain.

Learning Outcomes

1. Display a broad knowledge of issues and events in Europe and the wider world between 1450 and 1648
2. Display a broad knowledge of issues and events in Europe and the wider world between 1450 and 1648
3. Trace the main developments in international relations during the period and relate these to religious and political conflicts and changes.
4. Display familiarity with some of the texts and documents of the Renaissance, Reformation/Counter Reformation period
5. Display ability to apply critical judgement in dealing with key course questions.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture241 Hour, twice per week
Independent Study20Assigned Readings
Assignment Completion12Essay Preparation
Independent Study69Independent study/research
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

The Italian Renaissance

The Origins of the Reformation in Germany

Luther, Zwingli and Calvin

The Catholic Reformation, Council of Trent, the Papacy and the Jesuits

The Religious wars in France

Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire

Spain, Philip II and Europe

Reformation texts and documents, a selective analysis.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable
Indicative Reading List

  • Euan Cameron: 2006, The Sixteenth Century, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 13: 978-01987
  • Diarmaid MacCulloch: 2004, Reformation : Europe's House Divided, Penguin, 13: 978-01402
  • Alister E. McGrath: 2000, Reformation Thought: An Introduction, 3rd Ed, WileyBlackwell,
  • Mark Konnert: 2008, Early Modern Europe: The Age of Religious War, 1559-1715, University of Toronto, Toronto,
  • H. Kamen: 1998, Philip of Spain, Yale University Press,
  • Peter Wilson: 2009, Europe’s tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War, Allen Lane,
Other Resources

27065, Website, Project Wittenberg, 0, Selected Works of Martin Luther, http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text /wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html, 27066, Website, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, 0, Reformation Europe, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsb ook02.html,
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