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HIST 455 The Spanish Inquisition, 1450-1800: Sexuality, Sin, and Spiritual Beliefs Units: 6.00
This course considers the Spanish Inquisition and Extirpation of Idolatries campaign Spain and Latin America between 1492 and 1700. We examine how Catholic orthodoxy and heresy, faith, sexuality, healing practices, witchcraft and mysticism served as cultural unifiers and as markers of gender and ethnic differences.
Learning Hours: 288 (72 Seminar, 216 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate their mastery of the knowledge and skills involved in historical practice by conceptualizing and executing a significant piece of original research that is 20 pages in length.
- Locate primary sources, analyze evidence, and situate them in historical context.
- Critically engage with a secondary source by considering relevant primary sources, the logic of the argument, against the backdrop of major interpretations in the field.
- Present historical analysis and arguments in a clear written and oral form, including the ability to construct an argument by marshaling evidence in an appropriate and logical fashion in seminar discussions.
- Gain an understanding of the Spanish Inquisition in the early modern period.