The title of the 2011–2012 Roman Forum New York Church History Discussion Series was Fervent Catholics on a Ship of Fools From the Fall of Constantinople to the Reuchlinstreit (1453–1517). Both audio and videotapes of all lectures will be posted on the Roman Forum Soundcloud.

Syllabus

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2011

September 18: City-States, “New Monarchies”, and Popes: Part One

October 2: An Unending Ottoman Advance

October 16: Eastern Christianity and the Rise of Muscovy

October 30: Western Christendom: A Multiplicity in Unity

November 13: Preaching, Printing, and the Thirst for Sanctity

November 20: Humanist Progress and Erasmus’ “Age of Gold”

December 4: Modern Image & Catholic Truth Series
Modern Liberty and Tyranny: Now and Forever — One and Inseparable

December 18: Cajetan and the Revival of the Scholastic Endeavor

2012

January 22: City-States, “New Monarchies”, and Popes: Part Two

February 5: A Politicized Papacy?

February 19: A Rut Triumphant?

March 4: A Neo-Platonic and Neo-Aristotelian Christianity?

March 18: A Neo-Pagan Culture?

April 1: France, the Borgias, and the Bonfire of the Vanities

April 15: France, Julius II, and the Fifth Lateran Council

April 29: New Worlds, Padroado, and Patronato

May 13: Utraquists, Heretics, and Millenarians

May 20: The Reform of the Empire, the Erasmian Golden Age, and the Reuchlinstreit