OFFICIAL AND POPULAR RELIGION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Overview

Lecturer

Daniel Dumitran

Seminar tutor

Daniel Dumitran

Type of course

Compulsory

Language of instruction

Romanian

Erasmus language

English

Domain

History - Masters

Field of study

Regional Identities in Central Eastern Europe

Form of education

Full-time

Form of instruction

Class / Seminary

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Grade

Teaching methods

Lecture, conversation, exemplification

Entry requirements

Confessional Diversity and Social Modernization in Early Modern Europe.

Aims

Interdisciplinary study of religious phenomenon in Early Modern and Modern era (in the light of ecclesiastical history, sociology and cultural sociology).

The course proposes to investigate the relationships and interferences betweenofficial and popular religion, in the general- and central-European context of the end of the medieval era and the beginning of the modern era (15th-18th centuries).

From a methodological point of view, will be discussed the meanings conferred in historiography of the concepts of "official religion" and "popular religion", as well as the various forms of their manifestation, starting from the period Church Reforms and the Age of Enlightenment.

Course contents

1. Methodology. 2. "Official" and "popular" in debates of religious life historiography on the medieval and modern. 3. Official and popular religion in the late Middle Ages. 4. Reformulation framework of the official religion by the Protestant Reformation. Attitude towards popular religion. 5. Reformulation framework of the official religion by the Catholic Reformation. Attitude towards popular religion. 6. Tools for disseminating Reform: The parish clergy and its formation. 7. Tools for dissemination Reform in the Catholic territories: The orders, congregations and religious associations. 8. The Popular missions: An Evangelization project. 9. The Parish: Frame of the believers’ community life. 10. Benchmarks of Christian life: The rites of passage. 11. The Rhythms of Christian life: The holidays. 12. The cult of saints and practices of devotion. 13. The sorcery and the magical practices. 14. Conclusions: The official and the popular religion at the end of the Old Regime.

Learning outcomes

The study of the process of modernization of society, from the perspective of the main concepts previously studied “confession” and “diversity”, in terms of official and popular manifestations of religious phenomenon. Identifying and making use of sources, published and unpublished, which can provide new insights for research on these lines. Concrete production of new historical knowledge on the basis of deeper insights within the study of above referred historical subject.

Assessment

Oral exam – 40%; Frequency and oral presentation of a research paper – 60%.

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