HIST 370 Religion and Society in the Early Modern World
This course analyzes religion, politics, and society in Europe and the European empires (especially the British and Spanish empires), ca. 1450-ca. 1700. Readings will focus on primary sources. Among the topics to be studied are relations between Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and other non-Christian peoples; the lives and works of Erasmus, Thomas More, and Martin Luther; the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal; imperial rivalries in their political and religious contexts; the development of biblical criticism; and religious toleration.