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 131-023 Government, Church and Universities in Reformation England, 1485-1560

Note

Formerly available as 131-206/306. Students who have completed 131-206/306 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr B Collett

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This is a period of highly significant historical transformation in European history, and rich in the complexities of connections between government, religion and learning, and British links with continental Europe. For the past ten years these historical themes have been vigorously re-appraised. We begin with the end of civil war in 1485 and the reconstruction of government and civil service under Henry VII and Henry VIII, especially education and the 'Tudor revolution' in government. Woven into this study of government are church politics, theological doctrines, popular piety, religious disaffection and dissent, the condition of monasteries and nunneries and Protestant ideas in England. University learning and student life provides the third strand to this subject, including the influence of the humanities on government and reforms in government, church and society.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.



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