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    Essay Question: Describe and analyze the ways in which 16th century Roman Catholics defended their faith against the Protestant Reformation. As a result of the vast expansion of Protestantism and quickly decreasing numbers in Roman Catholics‚ the Counter Reformation was initiated by the Roman Catholic Church in order to reconcile the Catholics and Protestants into one faith. The Roman Catholics attempted to achieve this goal through several methods‚ addressing the abuses of the Church by accepting

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    philosopher John Locke (516). He served as the bases for absolute monarchy and attacked the divine right theories. He believes that people are a product of their environment. This weakened the influence of organized religion (519). In medieval Europe‚ the Catholic Church was very influential as they defined many different aspects of society‚ such as art‚ politics‚ and science. During 1450 to 1750 what power the church had began to go away‚ and scientist began to challenge the church

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    Protestant Reformation vs. Scientific Revolution Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution are alike in many ways. During these two times periods many discoveries were made which probably make us who we are today. It is said that the Protestant Reformation influenced the Scientific Revolution in many ways. The Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution are alike in many ways. One way whey they are alike is that they both wanted change. When Martin Luther didn’t want to

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    Around the time of the Reformation‚ societies suffered profoundly from The Black Death. The plague caused the deaths of 50-60% of Europe and 500 million deaths worldwide. People were intensely fearful and many turned to religion to cope. Many questions arose about God and the Church‚ which became a spotlight of attention. What effect was this having on the faith of the people? Many people believed that God was punishing them. Many performed acts of good‚ known as indulgences‚ in the hope that God

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    1 OLD WORLD‚ NEW WORLDS THE CHAPTER IN PERSPECTIVE Early modern Europe emerged from its isolation during the Middle Ages by conquering the world’s oceans—opening direct contact and commerce with Africa and Asia and rediscovering America. Before the end of the fourteenth century‚ western Europeans had relied on the mariners and merchants of the Muslim world for their access to the trade and technology of the rest of the known world‚ Africa and Asia. But during the fifteenth century‚ western

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    Before the reformation‚ the only church that existed in England was that of Roman Catholic Church. and it was seen to be tyrannical‚ stifling with numerous harsh church rulings enormous influence on how people thought and how subsequently they lived their lives. The Roman catholic church had at the time many supporters and covered a large proportion of the world which was called Christendom. Before the reformation‚ the Church had been one of the principal employers‚ with large numbers of farm workers

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    Dalia Deanna Selman The Modern World 01/20/2014 Response paper 1 Chapter 20 in the 4th edition of "The Humanistic Tradition" discusses Catholic reformation and Baroque style‚ including many pieces of art work. This era produced phenomenally graphic and realistic art‚ much of it being gruesome and bloody toned. Art is always an interesting record of humans perceptions of what is happening around them. For example‚ I enjoyed reading about Michaelangelo Merisi‚ better known as‚ Caravaggio who was

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    Many critiques were made about the Catholic church during the time of the Protestant Reformation. One of these critiques can be found in source number 1‚ a letter written from Luther to the Pope. A critique Luther makes about the church in this letter is that they use their power to steal from the people. In Luther’s words‚ “the Roman Church as become the most licentious den of thieves” (Luther). One of the things Luther is referring to here is the Church saying if you buy this certificate‚ called

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    The Protestant Reformation caused many changes in the political and social aspects of European life‚ most notably the tension between the Catholics and Protestants at the time period‚ greater rights for women‚ and the further expansion of education. The tension between the Catholics and Protestants led to many different political changes throughout Europe. Women‚ where before had near no rights‚ now had much more than they had ever been seen before in European culture. Whereas in the Renaissance

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