This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...
In order to reach its aims, the course will focus on the study of : the Protestant Reformations, the Council of Trent and the development of Catholic Reformation (Roman impetus, new religious orders, spirituality, extra-European missions), the relation between Church and State (and the so-called State Catholicism), Christian Enlightenment in the 18th century and the impact of the Revolutions on Christianity.
Mastering the chronology of Early Modern Christianities
Understanding the great religious issues of the time
Apprehending the different historiographical paradigms relating to their interpretation
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
1 oral examination
The students will be provided with a syllabus for the first 9 classes with a special focus on acquiring historical knowledge Early Modern Christianities. The next five classes will text the acquisition of that knowledge as the focus shifts to a series of specific issues and to the study of historical documents.
2016-2017
I. From Medieval to Early Modern Christianisties (mid 15th - early 17th century)
1. Unity and diversity of late Medieval Christianities. The Churches and the main trends of the Early Modern era
2. From Reformation to confessions : Protestantisms
3. Catholic reformations
4. Religious conflicts and coexistence
II. From Confessionalization to Secularization (mi 17th ' late 18th century)
5. Religions, states, and geopolitics in Europe and the World
6. Continuity and routinization of the Reformations
7. Intra and extra confessional dynamics (coexistence, conflicts, dissidence)
8. Enlightenment Christianities
9. Revolutions and Religion in Europe
III. Special issues
10. Religious History of the Netherlands (Renaissance)Histoire religieuse des Pays-Bas (XVIe-XVIIe)
11. Religious History of the Netherlands (Enlightenment)
12. Global Christianities
13. Eastern Christianities in the Age of Confessionalization and Enlightenment
J.'R. Armogathe, Y.-M. Hilaire (dirs.), Histoire générale du christianisme., vol 2, Du XVIe siècle à nos jours, Paris, PUF (Quadrige Dicos Poche), 2010.
