Justin D. Lyons

Associate Professor of Political Science

Ashland University

Ashland, Ohio 44805

Office: Andrews 117

(419) 289-5709

jlyons1@ashland.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Course Links

HIST 112: Western Civilization

Flannery, “Liberal Arts and Liberal Education”

Foster, “On the Goal of Liberal Education”

Schramm, “On Reclaiming Liberal Education in the University”

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

The Acts of the Apostles

HIST 113: Western Civilization

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, I. Ch. 3; II. CH. 2

The Declaration of Independence

Federalist #9 (Read first three paragraphs)

Federalist #10

Federalist #51

The Sinews of Peace

HIST 267: Medieval Europe

Internet Medieval Sourcebook

Why the Crusades Still Matter

HIST 321: Warfare: Ancient and Modern

Victor Davis Hanson, “The Return of Military History?”

POLSC 205: Comparative Politics

Robert C. Bartlett, On the Decline of Contemporary Political Development Studies

POLSC 344: Medieval Political Thought

Fides et Ratio

POLSC 380/HIST 304: Churchill

The Churchill Centre

Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

Pericles, Funeral Oration

Hitler, Speech of April 10, 1923

Hitler, Speech of April 13, 1923

Hitler, Speech of March 23, 1933

Hitler, Speech of October 9, 1938

Hitler, Speech of May 4, 1941

A Guide to Avoiding the Evils of Plagiarism

Martin Luther and the Reformation

Week 1: The Medieval Background

*Papal Documents (handout)

 
Week 2: The Reformation Begins 

*Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (95 Theses), 1517:

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/ninetyfive.html

*Letter to the Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz, 1517:

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/nine5-albrecht.txt

*Letter to Pope Leo X, 1518:

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/nine5-pope.txt

Luther's Tower Experience: Martin Luther Discovers the True Meaning of Righteousness: 

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/tower.txt

*THE THREE WALLS OF THE ROMANISTS from An Open Letter to The Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate, 1520:

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/nblty-03.html

 
Week 3: Theological Critique; Excommunication
*The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1520:
http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext/luther/babylonian/babylonian.htm
Read 1. Luther’s Introduction 2. The Sacrament of the Altar, A-G
 
*Exsurge Domine, 1520: 
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo10/l10exdom.htm
 
Week 4: Freedom of a Christian; Counter-Reformation

*Martin Luther's Definition of Faith: An excerpt from "An Introduction to St. Paul's Letter to the Romans," Luther's German Bible of 1522:

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/luther-faith.txt

 
* Concerning Christian Liberty, 1520
 Three parts:
 http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/cclib-1.html
 http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/cclib-2.html
 http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/web/cclib-3.html

*From the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/loyola-spirex.html

For General Reference:

Luther sources: http://www.projectwittenberg.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-luther.html

*Council of Trent, 1545-63:

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/trent.html

*Catechism of the Catholic church:

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/ccc.html