Università Roma Tre

The course aims to provide an overview of the essential issues of the history of the Church and its relations with other Christian denominations during the Early Modern and Modern age. Emphasis will be placed on the reading and interpretation of the sources (literary and iconographic) in the light of the most important historiographical debates and particular attention will be given to the technical vocabulary and the ability to place in space and time the main historical events reviewed.
Specifically, the main topics covered are listed below:
- political, social and cultural changes between the 14th and 15th centuries;
- Avignon papacy;
- the Western Schism (1378), and the Councils of the 15th century;
- Renaissance papacy;
- the Protestant Reformation;
- the Catholic Reformation and the Council of Trent;
- Christianity, globalisation and mission;
- The Age of Absolutism and Jurisdictionalism;
- Jansenism;
- Galliganism, Quietism and Josephinism;
- The Age of Enlightenment;
- Church and the French Revolution.
Finally, a part of the course will deal with the specificity of female religiosity: some models of female holiness will be examined and the different ways in which women participated in religious movements in the modern age will be analysed.

For students attending the course:
- Dossiers of sources and handouts provided by the professor during the lessons;
. "Storia del cristianesimo", vol. 3: L’età moderna (secoli XVI-XVIII), a cura di Vincenzo Lavenia, Roma, Carocci 2015 (capp. 1-12 e 14);

For students who do not attend the course:
- "Storia del cristianesimo", vol. 3: L’età moderna (secoli XVI-XVIII), a cura di Vincenzo Lavenia, Roma, Carocci 2015 (capp. 1-12 e 14);
-a book of your choice from: P. G. WALLACE, "La lunga età della Riforma", Il Mulino, Bologna 2006 (ed. or. 2004); A. PROSPERI, "Il concilio di Trento. Una introduzione storica", Einaudi, Torino 2001.
- a contribution to be agreed with the professor and to be chosen: L. SCARAFFIA, G. ZARRI (a cura di), "Donne e fede. Santità e vita religiosa in Italia", Biblioteca Universale Laterza, Bari 2009 or: S.CABIBBO, "Ignorantia Scripturarum, ignorantia Christi est". Tradizione e pratica delle Scritture nei testi monastici femminili del XVII secolo", in Rivista storica italiana 1989, CI, 1, pp. 85-124; or: S. CABIBBO, "Modelli culturali, modelli istituzionali. Marcella romana, vedova, nell'età della Controriforma", in G. BARONE, M.CAFFIERO, F. SCORZA BARCELLONA (a cura di), " Modelli di comportamento, modelli di santità. Contrasti, intersezioni, complementarietà", Rosenberg-Sellier, Torino 1994, pp.283-294.

Ulteriori titoli di approfondimento verranno suggeriti durante le lezioni.