Reformation Documentaries

Reformation Images

Erasmus

Thomas More

Martin Luther

John Calvin

Anabaptists

Council of Trent

Art of the Italian Renaissance Documentaries

Although with foreign-language subtitles, the brief clip below is actually the beginning of the Hollywood film "The Agony and the Ecstasy," a biopic of Michelangelo.

Black Death Documentary

Pay particular attention to Schama's description of the social, spiritual, and economic consequences of the Black Death.

Medieval Documentary

Although a little "sensational" in tone, view these brief clips with the notion of "decline" in mind. Also note the roles of Clovis, Monastaries, and St. Benedict.

Renaissance and Reformation Study Terms

The Renaissance—South and North
(Chapter Fourteen)
The Plague
Black Death & Its Consequences
Italy and the Renaissance--“Rebirth”
Humanism/Secularism/Classicism & Trade
Patronage:
The Medici/Lorenzo the Magnificent/Florence
Popes/Julius II/Rome
Literature:
Niccolo Machiavelli: The Prince
Art & “Frescoes”:
Leonardo da Vinci: “Mona Lisa,” The Last Supper
Raphael: The School of Athens
Michelangelo Buonarroti:
Painting: The Sistine Chapel
Sculpture: David
Architecture: St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican)
Northern Renaissance
(Johann Gutenberg/Printing, movable type/The Bible [and later] Protestantism)
Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly and the New Testament
Thomas More: Utopia


The Reformation—Protestant and Otherwise
England & the (earlier) Lollards
Pope Leo X/St. Peter’s Basilica/Indulgences
Martin Luther
Wittenberg/”Ninety-Five Theses”
Parameters:
Simple faith (Versus Good Works)

John Calvin
Human Depravity/Grace/Faith/Predestination
(France’s “Huguenots”/Scotland’s Presbyterianism)

Anabaptists
Adult baptism
Communism

Catholic Counter-Reformation
The Council of Trent
Papal Authority
Latin
All Seven Sacraments (e.g., Confession)
Good Works and Faith