Sumários
4 Outubro 2023, 12:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
Thomas More creation of a new genre: utopia. The etymology of the word. the defining charactetistics of this kind of fiction. The ambivalent relationship between utopia and context as exemplified by the structure of More's work: the major problems and challenges of the times - Book I - and possible solutions - Book II.
The socjal and political structure of Utopia and its economy. Education and work as the keys to a harmonious life.
Utopia's philosophic principles: the notion of pleasure and altruism. Colectivism as a means to lead a comunity to perfection.
29 Setembro 2023, 12:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
The consolidation of the Tudors.
Elisabeth's external policy. The diplomatic relationships and the break of war with Spain - the victory over the Invencible Armada. Exploration of Elisabeth's speech to the troops at Tilbury in 1588.
Protestant
Reformation under Elisabeth I: the building of the Anglican Church with the theological contribution of Thomas Hooker.
27 Setembro 2023, 12:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
The
religious schism.
Henry III and the political context: externally, the increase in transatlantic commerce and the need to overcome Spanish competition. Internally, the need to consolidate the Tudor dynasty.
The break of the alliance between Spain and England and Henry's and Cathetine of Aragon's divorce process. Rome's answer, or lack of it. The religious Protestant alternative.
The three-level severance: the royal coup,eps divorce; the break of Henry VII's alliance; the divide of Christendom.
Insularity, religous and poltical empowerment as tools of national identity.
22 Setembro 2023, 12:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
The rule of Henry VIII' s heirs and their respective impact on the building of Tudor England.
Edward VI and the affirmation of the Protestant church in England. The new Prayer Book and the changes in ritual and dogma.The abollition of the religious orders in England and the confiscation of their property.
Mary Tudor's rule: the attempt to reverse the Reformation with the persecution of protestant believers. Her marriage with Philip of Spain and its economic and social impact.
20 Setembro 2023, 12:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
Martin Luther's 95 theses. The contestation of Rome's decisions on the indulgencesp concession; the questioning of ecclesiastical hierarchy and the defense of a simpler, agricultural-based way of living.
John Calvin's theory of predestination and its impact on the urban, entrepreneurial way of living that was emerging.