While taking various forms, both the Renaissance and Reformation marked breaks with mediaeval Europe that radically transformed life in the early modern period. Each was built on, or incorporated, socio-economic changes, scholarly developments, the advent of printing, new forms of political authority, and stunning cultural and intellectual achievement. Yet while intermixed, the two movements were also fundamentally different: while one commonly celebrated the human and worldly, the other sought a purified Christian faith. UL Lect: 3 hrs. Antirequisites: HIS 678 and HIS 778 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
