The Medieval Legacy
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Discussion topics
- In what ways did religion affect the lives of European people?
- How was the Church in Western Europe organised, and what was the role and significance of the papacy?
- 'The threat to the authority of the Church around 1500 came from too much lay piety, rather than too little'. Discuss.
- How successful was Christian humanism as a reform movement?
Documents
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Interactive DVD
The English Parish Church Through the Centuries, ed. Dee Dyas (Christianity and Culture, 2010), section 'Later Middle Ages': featuring relevant texts, images, audio and videos
Audio Links and video links
- BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time' discussion on Erasmus
- 'O pastor animarum' (plainchant) by Hildegard von Bingen (d. 1179)
- Samples from a sung mass by John Taverner (d. 1545), performed by 'The Sixteen'
- Samples of Tudor church music performed by the Tallis Scholars
- You can also search for suitable versions of the following pieces e.g. on https://www.youtube.com:
- John Browne, 'O Maria Salvatoris' (from the 15thC 'Eton Choir Book')
- Guillaume Dufay, 'Vasilissa ergo gaude' (isorhythmic motet for 4 voices)
- Stabat Mater, in mode 6 (Gregorian Chant)
- Ave Verum (Gregorian Chant)
- Nowel: 'Owt Of Your Slepe Aryse' (15th Century Carol)
Secondary Literature
Selected Key Texts
- E. Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England c.1400-c.1580 (1992; 2nd edn 2005) (ebook).
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M. Aston, Faith and Fire: Popular and Unpopular Religion, 1350-1600 (1985), esp. chap. 6 (scan here)
- A. Brown, 'Civic religion in late medieval Europe', in: Journal of Medieval History 42, no. 3 (2016)
- J. Huizinga, The Waning of the Middle Ages (1972)
- Alister E. McGrath, Reformation Thought: An Introduction (fourth ed., Oxford, 2012) (ebook), esp. ch 2
- C.G. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe (1995)
- A. Pettegree, (ed.), The Reformation World (2000), (ebook) esp. chs. 2, 3, 4
Further reading
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D.W. Baker, Divulging Utopia: Radical humanism in sixteenth-century England (1999) (ebook)
- W. A. Christian, Local Religion in sixteenth-century Spain (1981)
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J. Dillenberger, Images and relics: theological perceptions and visual images in sixteenth-century Europe (1999) (ebook)
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L. Duggan, 'The unresponsiveness of the late medieval Church: a reconsideration', Sixteenth Century Journal 9 (1978)
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C. Harper-Bill, The Pre-Reformation Church in England (1989)
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D. Hay, The Church in Italy in the Fifteenth Century (1977) (ebook)
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R. Hutton, The Rise and Fall of Merry England (1994), chs 1-2
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C.J. Litzenberger, The English Reformation and the Laity: Gloucestershire, 1540-1580 (1997) (ebook)
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B. Moeller, ‘Religious life in Germany on the eve of the Reformation’, in G. Strauss (ed.), Pre-Reformation Germany (1972)
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" Imperial Cities and the Reformation: Three Essays (1972/1982)
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D.G. Newcombe, Henry VIII and the English Reformation (1995) (ebook)
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F. Oakley, The Western Church in the Later Middle Ages (1979)
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H.A. Oberman, ‘The Long Fifteenth Century: In Search of its Profile’, in T. A. Brady (ed.), Die deutsche Reformation zwischen Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit (2001)
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S. Ozment, The Age of Reform 1250-1550 (1980) (ebook) chs. 1-5
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V. Reinburg, 'Liturgy and the laity in late medieval and Reformation France', Sixteenth Century Journal 23 (1992)
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G. Rosser, ‘Parochial conformity and voluntary religion in late medieval England’, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 1 (1991)
- " , The Art of Solidarity in the Middle Ages: Guilds in England 1250-1550 (2015)
- Rubin, M., and W. Simons, eds, The Cambridge History of Christianity. Volume 4 Christianity in Western Europe, c. 1100-1500 (Cambridge, 2009) (ebook)
- R. Scribner, 'Ritual and Popular Religion in Catholic Germany at the Time of the Reformation', in Popular Culture and Popular Movements in Reformation Germany (1987), pp. 17-47.
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R.N. Swanson, Religion and Devotion in Europe c.1215-c.1515 (1995)
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“ , Church and Society in Late Medieval England (1989)
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L. Taylor, ‘Society and Piety’, in: Hsia, R. (ed.), A Companion to the Reformation World (2002) (ebook)
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A.T. Thayer, Penitence, Preaching and the Coming of the Reformation (2002)
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J.A.F. Thomson, Popes and Princes 1417-1517: Politics and Polity in the Late Medieval Church (1980)
- P. Wallace, The Long European Reformation (2003) (ebook), esp. chs 1-2.
Module Forum
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E-Resources
Chronology
Glossary of Religious Terms
External Links
- Primary Sources: - collection of sources relating to the Early Modern period and Reformation
- Wycliff New Testament - translation of John Wycliff's 1382 Bible
- Vulgate Bible - translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible
- British Library virtual books: see especially 'Masterpiece of the Renaissaince', 'Outstanding 15th-century church book', 'Lindisfarne Gospels', and 'Glimpses of Medieval Life'
- The Gutenberg Bible - copies of Johann Guternberg's Bible (c.1450)
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library - videos relating to Medieval Mass
- Gregorian Chants - YouTube video
- Danish Medieval Church Art
- English Medieval Church Art