areas of Europe. In this essay I will examine the fundamental role Martin Luther played in the protestant reformation. Primarily, I will analyse the role Martin Luther played in this movement and how his protest over the sale of indulgences resulted in a significant change in the history of Christianity. In addition, I will focus on the expansion of Protestantism and Protestant denominations across Europe during the 16th century. At the beginning of the 16th century, potent figures in the Western Church
began in Germany and spread quickly throughout Europe. It was initiated by the German Augustinian monk Martin Luther and John Calvin who started disorder and revolt with his discourse in response to the growing sense of corruption and abuse in the church. This reformation had different effects in many aspects of our lives but mainly in religiosity, politics, languages development, education and abolition of slavery and children sacrifice. This essay intends to briefly answer the question ¿ how has
On the other hand, through a comparative study by using novel as an example (not a model) and by concentrating on the rise of modern novel, Moretti in his polemical essay attempts to outline how the literary world-system works. Here, as he emphasized in another essay in response to the following one, novels, as a literary genre, are representative of the most mobile strata of the system, not of the entire system, as an example to show the mobility of world literature. In his opinion, the study of
In 1498 Vasco Da Gama’s fleet arrived in the port city of Calicut in India. Da Gama had achieved a great feat: finding the first completely naval route from Europe to India and within a short amount of time the spice trade had already begun. This marked the beginning of the ‘Vasco Da Gama Epoch’, an era of Trade and prosperity between the West and the East. At first glance this may seem like a significant moment in History, marking the beginning of European imperialism and creating a connection of
negatives are balanced by the spread of technology and ideas that benefit underdeveloped countries. The downsides of globalization include the potential of a generic monoculture and deteriorated relations due to cultural clashes. The introduction of Western ideologies to essentially untouched civilizations often proposes the notion that traditional methods are worse because they are old. This leads to the breakdown of previous cultural barriers, leaving an outlier group that developed on its own to no
Postmodernism is a complicated term, or set of ideas, one that has only emerged as an area of academic study since the mid-1980s. Postmodernism is hard to define, because it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of disciplines or areas of study, including art, architecture, music, film, literature, sociology, communications, fashion, and technology. It's hard to locate it temporally or historically, because it's not clear exactly when postmodernism begins. BACKGROUND History on Modernism
Black Death arrived in Europe in 1347. Although outbreaks of the plague had devastated the continent in the past, the level of catastrophe was unprecedented. Medical knowledge was primitive, and mass hysteria was rampant. The people of Europe needed an outlet for their frustrations. Thus, both the common people and the elite members of society accused Jews of poisoning food and water supplies. Accusations were followed by wild murders and organised mass burnings. This essay will describe Jewish massacres
now the name of the Charlemagne is still remaining popular in historical sources. Charles was” Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire” and leader of Franks (Wikipedia). Many accomplishments of the Charlemagne brought prosperity to his lands. In this essay the question: How powerful was Charlemagne? Will be answered through taking consideration of his military success and administrative accomplishments. Charlemagne was a great commander who created a strong army and waged war with many
The Sociology of Racism All people in the world are different and this is our specialty which makes life colorful. The diversity that distinguishes or marks people is called race or ethnicity. However for many centuries the diversity has been the object of discrimination even slavery of some nations. Racism is the tragedy of humanity which still exists as a genetic disease coming from generation to generation. Especially racism is commonly associated with “black and white people” when “white people”
Assimilation does not mean that every culture is melting to establish one major recognisable culture of many traditions but the ethnic minorities ‘melt’ in to the dominant culture to escape the underlying feeling of prejudice and unfair treatment. In modern Europe and the US, assimilation can be strictly related to class structure and the overall dominance of that class. During colonial and post colonial society slavery had been superseded by other counterparts of coerced labour. Labour from India and China