1450-1750+Europe+Theme+2

Theme #2 - Development and Interaction of Cultures
 * Religion
 * The Protestant Reformation-
 * Martin Luther attacked the Roman church for a wide range of abuses and called for thorough reform of Christendom. His works drew an enthusiastic popular response, and fueled a reformation of the German church as well.
 * Religious Wars-
 * Religious tension let to outright was between Protestant and Roman Catholic communities. Wars devastated France for 36 years. The wars turned into The Thirty Years' War.
 * Witch Hunts
 * They hunted for witches because they believed any bad thing that happened to them was because of the witches
 * Witches were caught and tried, and if found guilty hung or burned at the stake
 * The Catholic Reformation-
 * The Council of Trent: A group of Bishops, cardinals, and other high church officials, who from 1545-1563 meet occasionally to address matters of doctrine and reform. They said that the church leaders hould have strict standards.
 * The Society of Jesus
 * They wanted to extend the boundaries of of the Roman Catholic church
 * The leader was St. Ignatius Loyola
 * known as Jesuits
 * Belief Systems, Philosophies, Ideologies
 * Science and Technology
 * Galileo Galilei-
 * Showed that the heavens were not the perfect, unblemished realm that Ptolemaic astronomers assumed but, rather, a world of change. He used a telescope and made many amazing discoveries about space.
 * Isaac Newton-
 * Depended on accurate observation and mathematical reasoning to construct a powerful synthesis of astronomy and mechanics.
 * Arts and Architecture