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The European Reformation was a time of immense ecclesiastical, social, intellectual and political transformation that changed the religious and cultural landscape of the West forever. By way of regular seminars, this course draws students into detailed exploration of critical events, developments, ideas and debates of this tumultuous period in history to consider the nature of the transformations which it bequeathed to subsequent centuries up to and including our own.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course explores the history of European Christianity during the period of the Reformation (15th - 17th c). Focussing upon 16th century efforts to reform the church and the permanent rifts such efforts ultimately created within western Christianity, we consider developments in Roman Catholic doctrine and practice ensuing from internal and external pressure to reform, the origins and early development of national Protestant churches (Reformed, Lutheran and Anglican), as well as more radical Christian parties which often shared uneasy relations with political states and their allied churches; the course also examines the emergence of a divided Christendom and the political revolutions which accompanied this transformation of the European religious landscape. Special attention is given to critical examination of the central theological issues and debates of the period with a view to understanding both the nature and stakes of these divisive disputes. Regular seminars will offer students a broad introduction to developments in Christian theology, spirituality and institutional life during this period. Direct engagement with contemporary primary texts will offer students opportunities to consider individual items of historical evidence in greater depth.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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1,500-word Gobbet / Expository Essay worth 30% of overall grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Critical appreciation of the historic significance of the developments and ideas at work in the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding and appreciation of the connections between the main events, figures, and ideas involved in the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Factual | Remember | Reflective familiarity with the historical events and theological ideas of the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Procedural | Apply | To build capacity for the articulation of complex ideas and argued historical and theological judgments in both writing and oral exchange. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Final Research Essay worth 70% of overall grade. |
Word Count | 2500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Critical appreciation of the historic significance of the developments and ideas at work in the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding and appreciation of the connections between the main events, figures, and ideas involved in the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Factual | Remember | Reflective familiarity with the historical events and theological ideas of the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Procedural | Apply | To build capacity for the articulation of complex ideas and argued historical and theological judgments in both writing and oral exchange. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Essay on a different subject to the original assessment. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | To build capacity for the articulation of complex ideas and argued historical and theological judgments in both writing and oral exchange. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding and appreciation of the connections between the main events, figures, and ideas involved in the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Factual | Remember | Reflective familiarity with the historical events and theological ideas of the Reformations of the 16th century. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Critical appreciation of the historic significance of the developments and ideas at work in the Reformations of the 16th century. |
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