The Reformation And The Enlightenment

Rise of A New Religion

Exposure Church needs a

change– Abuses– Wealthy– Live in sin– Sale of Indulgence

Protestantism Starts in HRE

– Martin Luther – 1517 C.E.

Nail 95 thesis’s on the church door

Start of the Protestant reformation

Luther’s Beliefs And Problems With The Church

Accept basic early Christian creeds

Bible supreme authority

Salvation achieved by faith alone

Two sacraments instead of seven

Women and the Reformation

Helps status of women– Priest hood of all

believers– All must read the

bible Hurts status of women

– Closed monasteries

Reformation Grows

Spreads like wild fire Especially popular in

HRE Persecuted at first by

Catholic Church Eventually a shaky

peace established between the two

England Becomes A Protestant Nation

Henry VIII– Married Catherine Of

Argon Has 6 kids Only Mary Tutor

lives– Henry seeks

Annulment Catherine says no Pope says no

– 1533 C.E.. Secretly marry

Anne Bolyne– Clergy say

noAct of

Supremacy– Can practice

religion

The Enlightenment

Appeal to reason fostered by the Renaissance belief in human capacity for self realization

Can only improve society through ordered thinking and reason

Newton Starts It all

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy– Discovered gravity

– People start to view world like clock

Famous People Of The Day

John Locke– Blank slate– Education important

Trancois Barre– Mind has no sex

Diderot– Encyclopedia– 28 volumes

Galileo– Sun centered

universe– House arrest

Rousseau– Social contract

Theory

Exploration

Why?– Merchants

Profit– Colonization– Adventure– Religion– Restless Nobles

Famous Explorers Of The Day

Columbus– Try reach Orient– Encounter America

Vasco Da Gama– Try reach Orient– Sail round Cape of

Good Hope

Ponce De Leon– Explore Florida

in search for what?

Magellan– First European to

sail around the World

Results Of Exploration

Banking spread Boost to Middle Class Expand Slavery Destroy encountered countries New food

– Potato– Squash– Maize