Module designed to provide general overview of long and complicated history of relations between medieval Catholic Church and state, both on personal and institutional level, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Hussite Revolution and Reformation. It aims to reflect how these relations changed over time and how they affected Medieval society, both Christian majority and religious minorities. Participation in this module may offer useful background for those preparing for Introduction to European History and Comprehensive Exam in European History in Contexts, both in its Czech and English variation.

Module designed to provide general overview of long and complicated history of relations between medieval Catholic Church and state, both on personal and institutional level, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Hussite Revolution and Reformation. It aims to reflect how these relations changed over time and how they affected Medieval society, both Christian majority and religious minorities. Participation in this module may offer useful background for those preparing for Introduction to European History and Comprehensive Exam in European History in Contexts, both in its Czech and English variation.

1. Church and State in Roman Empire
2. Birth of Medieval Christian Europe - and Christian State
3. Church Reform and Rise of Papal Authority
4. "Render unto Caesar“? Contemporary Views on Papal v. Royal Supremacy
5. Church and State in Conflict
6. Church, State and the Crusades
7. Religious and Institutions in Medieval Society, part 1
8. Religious Institutions in Medieval Society, part 2
9. Heresy and Institutional Repression
10. Christian State and Religious Minorities: The Jews, the Muslims
11. Hussites, Reformation and Erosion of Traditional Model
12. Final test

1.      Church and State in Roman Empire

2.      Birth of Medieval Christian Europe – and Christian State

3.      Rise of Papal Authority

4.      Church and State in Conflict

5.      "Render unto Caesar“? Contemporary Views on Papal v. Royal Supremacy

6.      Church, State and the Crusades

7.      Religious Institutions in Medieval Society, part 1

8.      Religious Institutions in Medieval Society, part 2

9.      Heresy and Institutional Repression

10.   Christian State and Religious Minorities: The Jews, the Muslims

11.   Hussites, Reformation and Erosion of Traditional Model

12.   Final test

1) Short essay on individual topic related to the module.

Requirements: 1000 words (+-10% tolerance), list your sources, use Harvard citation style for references (see http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/harvard). Please, use relevant sources only for your essay - academic literature, papers and primary sources.

Sent by e-mail by the end of January.

 

2) Final test on key terms related to the lectures. List of terms will be provided one week before the test which will take place during the final lecture.

DEANESLY, Margaret. A History of the Medieval Church (590-1500). 9th ed. London: Routledge, 1967

LE GOFF, J. The Birth of Europe. Boston: Blackwell, 2005.

MCGRATH, A. E. The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation. Boston: Blackwell, 2004 (chapters 1, 2).

SOUTHERN, Richard W. Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970.

DEANESLY, Margaret. A History of the Medieval Church (590-1500). 9th ed. London: Routledge, 1967

LE GOFF, J. The Birth of Europe. Boston: Blackwell, 2005.

MCGRATH, A. E. The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation. Boston: Blackwell, 2004 (chapters 1, 2).

SOUTHERN, Richard W. Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970.