The title of the 2019–2020 Roman Forum New York Church History Discussion Series was Revolution and Counterrevolution
Catholic Revival & the Difficult Escape from the Naturalist Grip. Both audio and videotapes of all lectures will be posted on the Roman Forum Soundcloud.
Syllabus
September 10: French Catholics Trapped Between Right & Left (1794-1799)
September 24: Europe & the Gospel of Revolutionary Liberty (1794-1799)
October 8: Pius VII & the Two Faces of the Napoleonic Settlement (1799-1804)
October 22: Clerical-Lay Resilience, Romanticism, & Catholic Revival (1794-1846): Part One
November 5: Clerical-Lay Resilience, Romanticism, & Catholic Revival (1794-1846): Part Two
November 19: Traditionalism, Mysticism, & Dogmatic Muddle (1794-1846)
December 3: The Continued Strength of the Enlightenment and Reformed Catholicism (1794-1846)
December 7: Tugging at the Chains: Napoleonic Europe & Catholic Resistance (1804-1814/1815)
2018
January 7: Joseph de Maistre & the Two Faces of the Restoration (1814/1815-1830)
January 14: Legitimism & the Abbé de la Mennais (1815-1830)
January 28: Democratic Nationalism, Poland, & Palingenesis (1815-1830)
February 11: Lamennais & the Two Faces of Liberalism & Democracy (1830-1846)
February 25: The Many & Varied Heirs of Lamennais (1830-1846)
March 11: Gregory XVI & the Catholic Revival (1830-1846)
March 25: Germany & Freedom of Association (1830-1846)
April 8: The Church, Education, & Liberal Regalism (1830-1846)
April 22: A Catholic Party? (1830-1846)
