HIST 3708 Lecture Notes - Anabaptism, Girolamo Savonarola, Movable Type
1 Dec 2012
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January 4th, 2011 - basic theological and church historical background. Tells us something about the present (the complexity of christianity, etc. ) Estimated 30,000 christian denominations; most are protestant. It affected things outside of the christian sphere. Economic, political, cultural, and social systems are linked to the. Paradigm of ren. -ref. (renaissance-reformation) has been replaced by. Early modern european" history (starts 1500 - splits the difference between the beginning of the renaissance and the completion of the. How did we come to be modern as individuals and as societies, etc. Teleology: most conceptions of early-modern; history is marching towards a certain end - a conclusion and a purpose (ends-oriented history) eg. would see luther as being a less-perfect version of us"; incomplete. Our collective memory has been shaped by it, whether we are 1) protestants, or: non-christians. Secularity and religiosity are inseparable; the reformation needs to be studied.
