Science, Religion and an angry Martin Luther (Chapter 16)

 The early modern period was a time of cultural transformation. At this point in history many things started changing and the world was starting to invent new ideas and customs. Chapter 16 starts off with the questioning/rising of Christianity and all the different aspects associated with it. At the time, Christianity had no gone world wide instead of only limiting itself to a certain part of the globe. With the rising of Christianity, the science revolution also came to existence. People were using new technology and finding out different notations and principles based off of science. As human beings we tend to believe something based on if there is facts and evidence to prove it. As more and more people were discovering ideas based on facts the more people started straying away from a religion and were starting to believe in science. The science revolution was starting to be a new religion for some people. These changes in the world also sparked the new religions coming to be, and people questioning Christianity.


In 1517, a man by the name of Martin Luther, began the protestant reformation. Martin Luther questioned the ruling of the Catholic church as well as question the whole religion in general, with that he created "Ninety-five Theses". The Catholic church didn't approve of him and hated all the attention he was bringing toward them. Many people followed Luther which angered the Catholic church. As a result of the Protestants vs. Catholics came the 30 year war. The war spread through out all of Europe and caused the Catholics to go through a reformation. At the time however, the Portuguese and the Spaniard were conquering more territory and turning the conquested people to Catholicism which worked for the Catholic church's favor. Not only were the Spanish and Portuguese exploring, but Europe in general was expanding with the idea of science and technology. One can prove that the science revolution starting in Europe made sense due to the fact that Europe was exploding with new ideas and changes during the sixteenth–eighteenth century. With this came the ideas of Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, and many others. Nonetheless Europe was in it's Golden Point.