Blog #5 first half of chapter 15

The early modern era of World History started the cultural trends of the spread of Christianity to Asians, Africans, and Native Americans and the modern scientific outlook.


Martin Luther came to a new understanding of Salvation: he believed that it came through fate alone. His ideas provoked a massive schism pithing the world of catholic christendom. Women were attracted  to Protestantism because Reformation did NOT have reaching and practices that offer them a substantially greater role in the church and society.
Reformation spread quickly beyond Germany with the invention of the printing press.

• there was a class division in Europe because of the different religions: (1562-1598) French society by violence between Catholics and the Protestant minority known as Huguenots (HYOO-guh-naht). in August 24, 1572 catholic mobs in Paris massacred some 3,000 Huguenots and thousands perished weeks after.
• Christianity motivated European political and economic expansions and also benefited from it.