Section A: The Reformation in its Historical Contexts
The study of at least five of the following topics:
- The Medieval and Renaissance background.
- Martin Luther and the German Reformation
- Huldrych Zwingli; the Anabaptists
- John Calvin and the Reformation in Geneva
- The English Church under Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I
- The Elizabethan Settlement; Cranmer; Puritanism; Hooker
- The Catholic Reformation: Council of Trent and the Jesuits
- The Reformation in Scotland
Section B: The Reformation – Primary Sources
The study and analysis of a selection of 4-8 primary documents, chosen from the following (or equivalent primary texts):
Latimer, Sermon of the Plough, Sermons on the Card
Hooper, Sermons on Jonah
Jewel, Challenge Sermon 1559/1560
Parr, Lamentation of a Sinner
Luther, Three Treatises of 1520
Zwingli, Of the Clarity and Certainty of the Word of God
Argula von Grumbach, To the University of Ingolstadt (1523)
Bucer, Instruction in Christian Love
Hubmaier, On Free Will
Calvin, Ecclesiastical Ordinances, Institutes (part of Book IV)
The Canons & Decrees of the Council of Trent (Sessions VI, VII, XIII, XIV, XXI-XXIII)
Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle (selections)
Ignatius of Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises (First – Fourth Week, and Rules)
Elton, The Tudor Constitution (document numbers 174-185; 190-209)
Ridley, Treatise against Transubstantiation
Preface to Foxe’s Acts and Monuments (Book of Martyrs)
Prefaces to Bible translations: Tyndale’s NT, Great Bible, Geneva Bible
The Examination of Anne Askew
The Thirty-nine Articles, or “Preface” and “On Ceremonies” from the Book of Common Prayer
The Second Book of Discipline of the Church of Scotland
The primary sources selected from Section B listed above, should be studied in relation to the topics covered in Section A in the delivery of the unit.
