HIST 1B Syllabus - UCLA Summer Sessions Online Courses

Lecture 14: The Protestant Reformation and Religious Wars
A) Luther and Calvin: The Protestant Reformation
B) War and Religion
C) The Catholic Reform: Trent
D) A Divided Europe
E) The Politics of Religious Warfare
F) The Power of Kings. Towards a New Concept of the “State.”
G) The Shock of the New. The New World. The New Christian Self
Required Reading:
Hunt et al, ch. 14, Global Encounters and the Shock of the
Reformation, “The Protestant Reformation,” pp. 458-466 and
“Reshaping Society through Religion,” pp. 466-472 and “Striving
for Mastery,” pp. 472-479.
Hunt et al, ch. 15, Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews,
“Religious Conflicts Threaten State Power,” pp. 483-491 and “The
Thirty Years’ War,” pp. 492-496.
Lualdi, ch. 14: Global Encounters and the Shock of the
Reformation, sel. 4, Scripture and Salvation, pp. 287-289; sel. 5:
Reforming Christianity, pp. 289-291; sel. 6, Responding to
Reformation, pp. 291-295.
Lualdi, ch. 15: Wars of Religion and Clash of Worldviews, sel. 3,
Defending Religious Liberty, pp. 302-306.
Lecture 15: The Other Revolution: Science, The New Religion
A) The Scientific Revolution
B) The Secularization of the European Mind
C) Copernicus and the Copernican World View
D) The Copernican Revolution: Towards the Enlightenment
E) Induction and Deduction
F) New Paradigms. Europe Remakes Itself
Required Reading:
Hunt et al, ch. 15, Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews,
“Economic Crisis and Realignment,” pp. 496-502 and “The Rise of
Science and a Scientific Worldview,” pp. 502-511.
Lualdi, ch. 15: Wars of Religion and Clash of Worldviews, sel. 4,
The Scientific Challenge, pp. 306-310.
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