| Unit name | Martin Luther and the Reformation |
|---|---|
| Unit code | GERM29006 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Anne Simon |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of German |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
To study in breadth the political, social and religious causes of the Reformation and its impact on German-speaking territories and beyond; to accustom students to thinking across and making links between disciplinary boundaries; to train students in the use of original source materials and independent analysis. Students will understand the causes of the Reformation and the fundamental changes it wrought on the economic, political, cultural, religious and educational life in the German-speaking territories; will be able to define their own research questions and further develop the analytical tools with which to answer them; will be used to working with a wide range and variety of original sources materials and synthesizing the information gleaned into a coherent whole.
Aims:
To study in breadth the political, social and religious causes of the Reformation and its impact on German-speaking territories and beyond; to accustom students to thinking across and making links between disciplinary boundaries; to train students in the use of original source materials and independent analysis.
Students will understand the causes of the Reformation and the fundamental changes it wrought on the economic, political, cultural, religious and educational life in the German-speaking territories; will be able to define their own research questions and further develop the analytical tools with which to answer them; will be used to working with a wide range and variety of original sources materials and synthesizing the information gleaned into a coherent whole.
A two-hour seminar per week over one teaching block.
One 2,000 essay; one two-hour examination.
