SOCS 641
History of the Papacy, 1500-Present
Michael Printy
Assignments | |
3 papers: 1. A short paper on primary sources (5-7pp). 2. An "obituary" of any pope as if written at the time of his death -- i.e. without the benefit of hindsight (5-7pp). 3. A review essay surveying at least two books or the equivalent on a particular topic relevant to the course (7-10pp). All assignments must be completed satisfactorily to receive a passing grade |
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Required Readings | |
Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, 2nd. Ed (Yale, 2001)
Peter Godman, Hitler and the Vatican: Inside the Secret Archives that Reveal the New Story of the Nazis and the Church (Simon and Schuster, 2004) David Kertzer, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara: The Extraordinary Story of How a Jewish Child, Made a Prisoner of the Vatican in 1858, Ended the Rule of the Popes in Italy (Random House, 1998) Walter Ullmann, A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages (Routledge, 2002) A.D. Wright, The Early Modern Papacy: From the Council of Trent to the French Revolution, 1564-1789 (Longman, 2000) A Course Reader of primary and secondary sources (readings marked with * in syllabus). NB: Duffy's Saints and Sinners is meant to provide a synoptic overview and will overlap with some of the other secondary readings. Suggested: J.N.D. Kelly, The Oxford Dictionary of the Popes (Oxford, 1986) |
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Course Schedule | |
PLEASE NOTE THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND | |
February 2 | Introduction, papacy to 1000
Ullmann, ch. 1-6 Suggested: |
February 9 | Gregory VII to Avignon
Ullmann, ch. 7-13 Suggested: |
February 16 | Conciliarism, Humanism, Renaissance Papacy
Duffy, 177-195 Suggested: |
February 23 | Reformation and Early Counterreformation
Duffy, 196-229 Suggested: |
March 2 | Counter-Reformation and Early Modern Papacy, Trent
Wright, Early Modern Papacy Suggested: |
March 9 | Rise of the State, Enlightment, Decline of papal prestige
Duffy, 230-246 Suggested: |
March 30 | French Revolution, Napoleon, Age of Concordats, Liberalism
Duffy, Chapter 5 Suggested: |
April 6 | Pius IX, Nationalism, Vatican I
Kertzer, Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara Suggested: |
April 13 | Leo XIII, Social Question, Modernism
Duffy, Chapter 6 |
April 20 | WWI, Fascism and WWII, Pius XII
Godman, Hitler and the Vatican |
April 27 | John XXIII, Vatican II, Paul VI
Duffy, Chapter 6 |
May 4 | John Paul II, Cold War, Marxism and Christianity, Globalization, "Culture" wars
*Evangelium Vitae |