A History of World Societies Ninth Edition

CHAPTER 15Europe in the Renaissance

and Reformation, 1350–1600

Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

John P. McKay ● Bennett D. Hill ● John BucklerPatricia Buckley Ebrey ● Roger B. Beck

Clare Haru Crowston ● Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

I. Renaissance Culture

A. Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy1. The Medici family2. Cities of Italy

I. Renaissance Culture

B. The Rise of Humanism1. Individual achievement2. Educational practice3. Machiavelli’s The Prince

I. Renaissance Culture

C. Christian Humanism1. Christian cultural mix2. Thomas More’s Utopia3. Desiderius Erasmus

D. Printing and Its Social Impact1. Johann Gutenberg2. The written thought

I. Renaissance Culture

E. Art and the Artist1. Religious themes2. Donatello3. Leonardo da Vinci4. Michelangelo

II. Social Hierarchies

A. Race and Slavery1. African influences2. Atlantic islands

B. Wealth and the Nobility1. Changing status2. Hierarchy of orders

II. Social Hierarchies

C. Gender Roles1. Female rulers2. The “true” man

III. Politics and the State in the Renaissance,ca. 1450–1521

A. France1. Charles VII2. French royalty

B. England1. The Welsh house of Tudor2. Henry VII

III. Politics and the State in the Renaissance,ca. 1450–1521

C. Spain1. Ferdinand and Isabella2. Persecutions3. Inquisitions

D. The Habsburgs1. Marital politics2. Maximilian

IV. The Protestant Reformation

A. Criticism of the Church1. Clerical concerns2. Absenteeism

B. Martin Luther1. Justification through faith2. Indulgences3. Ninety-five Theses4. Diet of Worms

IV. The Protestant Reformation

C. Protestant Thought and Its Appeal1. Protestants2. Foundational arguments3. Lutherans4. The written word

D. The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ War1. Anabaptists2. Peasant tax revolt3. Nobles’ response

IV. The Protestant Reformation

E. Marriage and Women’s Roles1. Celibacy2. The pastor’s wife3. Sacrament or contract

F. The Reformation and German Politics1. State support2. Religious wars3. Peace of Augsburg

IV. The Protestant Reformation

G. England’s Shift Toward Protestantism1. King Henry VIII2. Mary and Elizabeth3. The Puritans

H. Calvinism and Its Moral Standards1. John Calvin’s predestination2. Calvinist descendants

V. The Catholic Reformation

A. Papal Reforms and the Council of Trent1. General council2. Spiritual renewal

V. The Catholic Reformation

B. New Religious Orders1. The Ursulines2. The Society of Jesus

VI. Religious Violence

A. French Religious Wars1. Religious “pollution”2. Saint Bartholomew’s Day3. Edict of Nantes

B. Civil Wars in the Netherlands1. Spanish control2. Union of Utrecht

VI. Religious Violence

C. The Great European Witch-Hunt1. Demonological beliefs2. Trials and executions3. Doubts