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HIST 3280 Heresy, Conflict, and Violence

4 hours

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This course will look at how the growth of institutional religion in the Middle Ages led to growth of heresy and religious authoritarianism. Against that backdrop we will look at the religious revolts of the Sixteenth Century, and the way the breaking of religious uniformity resulted in social and political conflict and violence.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 2120 Western Civilization Through Religion to 1648.