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National Park Service: The Chicano Movement
Site provides information on the major concepts that fueled the Chicano Movement: focus on politics, economic change, education reform, challenging the Catholic Church, cultural renaissance, and Chicano expression.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Protestant Reformation and Religious Wars
The Catholic Church came under scrutiny during the 15th century which led to reformation. This provides learning resources, lessons, videos, and primary sources to enhance studying this era.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Popes in the 12th 18th Centuries
Biographies of the Popes governing the Roman Catholic Church in the 12th-18th centuries. Entries range from minimal to very extensive.
CNN
Cnn: Mother Teresa Declared a Saint Before Huge Crowds in the Vatican
On September 4, 2016, Blessed Mother Teresa of the Sisters of Charity was canonized Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Understand the criteria and process involved in being canonized by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. [2:11]
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: Martin Luther
[Free Registration/Login Required] How do you consider contrasting stories by the same author? This lesson and supporting resources help students do just that when studying about Martin Luther breaking from the Catholic Church.
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St. Bede a Biography by Catholic Community Forum
A biographical note on St. Bede (672-735), the monk, scholar, and author who wrote about history, rhetoric, mathematics, music, astronomy, poetry, grammar, philosophy, hagiography, homiletics, and Bible commentary.
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Britannia History: Henry Viii
Describes Henry VIII's six wives including details of each of the marriages and the Church of England's break with the Roman Catholic Church. Brief description of the effect of his reign on England. Includes links to other sites on...
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Ichr: The Relic Burial and Consecration of the Altar
Read a historical essay discussing the cult of martyrs and their relics. Traditions surrounding the burial of saints in the Catholic church is focused upon.
Rice University
Galileo Project: Historical Overview of the Inquisition
This article defines an inquisition, which is a legal proceeding of the Catholic Church and not restricted to a particular institution such as the Spanish Inquisition.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Catechism for Parish Priests
This is a primary source document of a catechism issued by the Council of Trent to Catholic priests to ensure their orthodoxy and prevent the spread of heresy.
Global Catholic Network
The Holy Spirit: Pentecost
Introductory and links page to information about Catholic belief in the Pentecost event, the Holy Spirit, the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Holy Image, Sacred Ground: Icons From Sinai
A stunning exhibition, organized by the Getty in 2006, looks at the world's largest collection of Byzantine icons, from the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, located in the desert, near Mount Sinai, in Egypt. With many media-rich tools...
Library of Congress
Loc: Mexico: Religion
Scroll down to read about religion in Mexico. Push the "forward" button to read about church-state relations and popular beliefs.
University of Calgary
The Protestant Reformation
Resource presents the Protestant Reformation in brief outline form from "Background" to "Roman Catholic Reformation."
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Mu Special Collections: Dorothy Day
This site details the work of Dorothy Day as she began the Catholic Worker Movement. It gives an in-depth look at her religious influence and social ministry legacy.
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Encyclical of Pope Gregory Xvi on Civil Obedience
A letter/Encyclical from Pope Gregory XVI to the Catholic leadership of Poland condemning their revolutionary uprising and asking them to submit to their monarch.
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Catholic Answers: Confirmation
Find a list of quotations about the sacrament of confirmation compiled from the work of Church Fathers and early Christian writers.
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The Pew Forum: Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of Religion
A summary of a survey taken (in 2007) of American Latinos showing how they are "transforming" the American religious landscape through traditional and non-traditional religious practices. The full report is available at the bottom of the...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: The End of Europe's Middle Ages
This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...
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Depicting Devotion: Illuminated Books of Hours
A digital page-by-page walk through an illuminated Middle Age Book of Hours.
Georgetown University
Augustine: Christianity and Society
A scholarly article on St. Augustine's religious philosophy. It includes an examination of his major theological work "City of God".
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Henry Iv Letter to Gregory Vii
Contains the full text of Henry IV's response to Gregory VII after being called a "usurper," in which Henry refers to Gregory IV as a "false monk."
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ban on Lay Investitures
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decrees which banned lay investiture.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages
Forget the romantic view of the Middle Ages. What was it really like? Lesson plan focuses on exploring the lives of the peasants, craftsmen, and monks. Hyperlinks lead to great illustrations.
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