
Section 1: Renaissance & Reform
CONTENT
- The Church, Humanism & the Renaissance
- The Protestant Reformation
- The Anglican Schism
- The Catholic Reformation
- The Council of Trent
- The Renewal of the Church after the Council
- The Catholic Reform & Protestantism from 1555 to 1648
READING LIST
ESSENTIAL READING
Orlandis, J., A Short History of the Catholic Church, (Dublin: Four Courts, 1985), pp. 85-105.
Armenio, P., The History of the Church: Parish Edition, (Downers Grove: MTF, 2014), pp. 120-151.
FURTHER READING
On the Renaissance
Armenio, P., Complete Course, pp. 424-462.
John Paul II, Letter to Artists, 4 April 1999, nn. 9-10. VIEW
On the Protestant Reformation & the Wars of Religion
Rex, R., The Making of Martin Luther, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017), Excerpts Chapter 4. VIEW
Armenio, P., Complete Course, pp.464-478; 510-524; 531-542.
On the Anglican Schism
Armenio, P., Complete Course, pp.479-486; 525-530.
Duffy, E., Reformation Divided: Catholics, Protestants and the Conversion of England, (London: Bloomsbury, 2017).
Duffy, E., The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England c. 1400-1580, 2nd ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005).
Haigh, C., English Reformations: Religion, Politics, and Society Under the Tudors, (Oxford: OUP, 1993).
Jedin, H., “Schism and Reformation in England,” in History of the Church V, Hubert Jedin and John Dolan (eds), (New York: Seabury Press, 1980) pp.327-339. VIEW
Rex, R., “The Religion of Henry VIII.” The Historical Journal, 57, no. 1 (2014): 1–32. VIEW
Act of Supremacy (1534). Statutes of the Realm, III. | VIEW
Pius V, Bull, Regnans in Excelsis (1570). | VIEW
On the Catholic Reformation
Armenio, P., Complete Course, pp. 487-508.
Jesuit Formula | VIEW
On the Council of Trent
Armenio, P., Complete Course, pp.490-95.
The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, trans. T.A. Buckley, (London: Routledge, 1851). | VIEW
VIDEOS
St Thomas More (2 mins) VIEW
The Life of St Thomas More (documentary, 18.16 mins) VIEW
Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven, 2010.
A Man for All Seasons.