What’s modern about the modern world? (The World of theReformation)

Tuesday, August 30, 2022


Martin Luther, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529. Uffizi, Florence

Read before class:

  • Luther, On Christian Liberty (Introduction to Contemporary Civilizations in the West (hereafter, ICCW, 717-728)
  • Luther, Address to the Nobility of the German Nation (ICCW 702-704, 713-17); “On Temporal Authority” (Course packet, hereafter CP, 1-4)